Would you guys buy...
12-15-10 | 02:59 PM
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Would you guys buy...
A Peugeot P20 for $50 (assuming nice condition)? It's an '87 I believe...
Like this (not this one):
https://www.flickr.com/photos/shoupiest/4587195587/
Will be used to leave at my shop and run to the post office/bank/etc.
???
Like this (not this one):
https://www.flickr.com/photos/shoupiest/4587195587/Will be used to leave at my shop and run to the post office/bank/etc.
???
12-15-10 | 05:06 PM
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Naw.
For a basic around-town errand bike, I'd just use a rigid mtb - unless you need the utility of a folder.
For a basic around-town errand bike, I'd just use a rigid mtb - unless you need the utility of a folder.
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12-15-10 | 06:56 PM
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No...I have that.
This is to sit by the back door at my shop...the front people can use it to run up the street if they like. Maybe it will never get used. We'll see.
This is to sit by the back door at my shop...the front people can use it to run up the street if they like. Maybe it will never get used. We'll see.
12-15-10 | 06:59 PM
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So...I almost walked away from it...but...I picked it up for $30.
The indicator chain is broken, and the bottom bracket is loose. Tires were of course flat, needs brake shoes/etc.
If it proves to be too much trouble I'll just bring it by the co-op.
The indicator chain is broken, and the bottom bracket is loose. Tires were of course flat, needs brake shoes/etc.
If it proves to be too much trouble I'll just bring it by the co-op.
12-15-10 | 07:39 PM
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Tomorrow morning...maybe I'll even feel like putting a new cable on it and airing up the tires.
Anyone know what to expect of the bottom bracket? French, Italian (read somewhere they were supposedly made in Italy), or ??? Cottered crank, so there is the immediate PITA factor.
Anyone know what to expect of the bottom bracket? French, Italian (read somewhere they were supposedly made in Italy), or ??? Cottered crank, so there is the immediate PITA factor.
12-16-10 | 05:12 AM
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Bikes: Giant Excursion, Raleigh Sports, Raleigh R.S.W. Compact, Motobecane? and about 20 more! OMG
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"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
12-16-10 | 10:43 AM
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Here's a pic: 
The front tube held air...back, not so much. Needs cables, indicator chain, and brake pads...and I should probably service the headset and BB.
I should have everything laying around here, except maybe a 20" tube...so...not too much further outlay.
The front tube held air...back, not so much. Needs cables, indicator chain, and brake pads...and I should probably service the headset and BB.
I should have everything laying around here, except maybe a 20" tube...so...not too much further outlay.
12-16-10 | 10:47 AM
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I'm guessing it has an Italian BB!
But yeah, if I needed a bike for the type of job you describe, I would probably buy that bike.
If I didn't... I might just buy it for the stem!
But yeah, if I needed a bike for the type of job you describe, I would probably buy that bike.
If I didn't... I might just buy it for the stem!
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