Pics of "beaters"
03-23-04, 05:56 PM
#26
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Originally Posted by The Fixer
If that's your beater, what does your good bike look like...?
The whole bike kinda sucks, and it has reached about a constant level of suck after beong thown off three to four foot drops (with me on it). Now I just sort of putt around on it. I dont think I'd want to ride it to work...
03-23-04, 11:20 PM
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Originally Posted by The Fixer
If that's your beater, what does your good bike look like...?
03-26-04, 02:57 PM
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This is now my beater. In the 80's is was my prize mtb, then demoted to my road bike until yesterday, and now it is my beater.
03-26-04, 08:18 PM
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Here's my beater. It used to be my nice bike, but time has been unkind to it, and now it gets passed over for the soma doublecross when it comes to nice rides.
It's an early nineties kona explosif frame, with the random scraping the shop bins parts package. I love the way it rides, and it's ugly enough that i can lock it up pretty much anywhere.
It's an early nineties kona explosif frame, with the random scraping the shop bins parts package. I love the way it rides, and it's ugly enough that i can lock it up pretty much anywhere.
03-26-04, 11:23 PM
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Yes that is ugly. Was that done on purpose to deter theft, or did it just kinda happen?
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03-27-04, 06:05 AM
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Just ride.
I like Fixer's "beater."
Mine's a '93 Bridgestone RB-T with Moustache h-bars. Heavy, but has a triple and can handle gravel roads and neglect.
Mine's a '93 Bridgestone RB-T with Moustache h-bars. Heavy, but has a triple and can handle gravel roads and neglect.
03-27-04, 09:44 AM
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Well, here's my commuter. I guess you could call it a beater. $24.95 from the local thrift store. Use it to commute almost daily. 
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03-27-04, 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by pyze-guy
Yes that is ugly. Was that done on purpose to deter theft, or did it just kinda happen?
So, yes to both, I guess.
03-28-04, 05:03 PM
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Ok guys, here is my beater number two. This equals three bikes that I have now (after I sell my mountain bike), so I've downsized considerably. It's my 1965 Schwinn Varsity, 39x14, which is even harder when your bike weighs 30-40 pounds??? he he he
03-28-04, 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by schwinnbikelove
Ok guys, here is my beater number two. This equals three bikes that I have now (after I sell my mountain bike), so I've downsized considerably. It's my 1965 Schwinn Varsity, 39x14, which is even harder when your bike weighs 30-40 pounds??? he he he
03-30-04, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by jim-bob
Here's my beater. It used to be my nice bike, but time has been unkind to it, and now it gets passed over for the soma doublecross when it comes to nice rides.
It's an early nineties kona explosif frame, with the random scraping the shop bins parts package. I love the way it rides, and it's ugly enough that i can lock it up pretty much anywhere.
It's an early nineties kona explosif frame, with the random scraping the shop bins parts package. I love the way it rides, and it's ugly enough that i can lock it up pretty much anywhere.
jeff
03-30-04, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by SipperPhoto
that may be the most hideous bike I have ever seen... I like the Moustache bars though :-)
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