Beater bikes!
11-03-07 | 09:02 AM
#51
Senior Member
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 568
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From: Melbourne in Australia
Bikes: Old 12-speed commuter, When I earn enough I'll get a fixed KHS flite 100
Sixty-Fiver, your beater looks amazing, its exactly what I would want from my beater. I can imagine you treat her like a beater, but wouldn't want it to ever get stolen or wrecked. Single-speeds or internal hubs I'm sure you agree, are very good for beaters.
Also AliceStrongs first bike looks great, really nice.
Also AliceStrongs first bike looks great, really nice.
11-03-07 | 05:46 PM
#52
In the right lane
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 9,556
Likes: 8
From: Des Moines
Bikes: 1974 Huffy 3 speed
This is my beater. It used to be my first ever road bike, when I wanted a road bike but could only afford a 50 dollar ebay bike. I rode it like mad for the last 3 years, and now that I'm away overseas this year, my dad uses it to ride to work every day. It was an average 10-speed when it started off, with stem shifters and cracked tires, but through every single ten-speed I found on Melbourne streets, the bike got better tires, a better seat, better brakes, and the most important change, a wonderful 3-speed Shimano internal hub that I found on a girls bike on the street that I live. It is the most cutest and functional little 3-speed, and it was such a joy to throw away that old deraillleur, tighten up that chain.
PS- The best thing about 10-speeds as beaters is that if something breaks, ride around your block a couple of times and you'll find a replacement part.
