Possibly My First Commuting Bike

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03-27-10 | 07:05 PM

clipt

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Possibly My First Commuting Bike

Hey guys I'm trying to find a nice commuting bike so I've been scoping out craigslist and I found this bike. I'm curious if this bike is any good... Please let me know.

Link: https://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/bik/1664600747.html

03-27-10 | 07:28 PM

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It's hard to tell from the photos whether or not it has mounts for a rack and fenders. I'm not sure if it's my imagination or if I can kinda, sorta see upper rack mounts near the rear brake. Maybe it's not a concern for you either.

Even so, for the price you can't too far wrong.

I have a Sora bike that I use for commuting. Runs just great. Shifts just as nice as my 105 bike, and almost as nice as my Dura-Ace bike. It's nothing to look down upon as some people do.

The nice thing is that the 8-speed chains and cassettes are really, really cheap, which is important with the wear and tear commuting puts on them.

03-27-10 | 07:30 PM

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You could always put a seat post rack on it.

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03-27-10 | 07:37 PM

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Triple chainring, decent quality bike...yeah looks like a good commuter to me. again its hard to tell from the pic but I would expect a bike like that to have decent fender clearance and mounts for racks etc. check it when you look at it.