Please tell me if this deal is as crazy as it looks
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Please tell me if this deal is as crazy as it looks
https://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/bik/1836617731.html
Im looking at the systems, i cant find any info on them but they are sold at REI so i know they have to be somewhat of a good brand? please let me know ASAP
Thanks so much,
Johnny Law
Im looking at the systems, i cant find any info on them but they are sold at REI so i know they have to be somewhat of a good brand? please let me know ASAP
Thanks so much,
Johnny Law
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REI and dicks arent really on the same page lol
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Looked like a decent bike to me. I warned him already that the fork & rear shock are garbage, but they could be replaced to make what looks like a decent bike based on the specs. The only thing I wasn't sure about was the strength of the welds. They look a little thin, but the pictures aren't very good.
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180 bucks. im not going to pass it by. i did some research and REI sold them for 1100 bucks just 2 years ago. and these are in practically new condition.. and i really want to ride! i need a bike while i pimp out my trek
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I tend to agree, I don't think you can go wrong at that price.
I'm obviously behind on the times, got a link about that?
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Doesn't make it an $1100 bike...just means that they duped some yuppies that live in yuppie-mountainville to pay $1100 for a Novara. Probably conned them into "accesorizing" with the latest Oakley's and Pearl Izumi crap too.
Heck man...I'll sell you a bike that I was considering asking $1500 for...I'll let it go for $50 shipped. Now that's a heck'uv'a'deal!
Heck man...I'll sell you a bike that I was considering asking $1500 for...I'll let it go for $50 shipped. Now that's a heck'uv'a'deal!
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Wow, a lot of hate for REI brands here. They're nothing special, but nobody looking at the $200 range is hoping for it. My experience with the brand is that they generally offer component lines on their bikes that you would have to go up a few hundred to find on name brand bikes. If you really think the deal is crap, help the OP find a better bike for the same price.
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rei supports sierra club. sierra club is currently active in pursuing wilderness designation for millions of acres of public lands in the us. a wilderness designation means permanent exclusion of all ohv traffic, including bikes.
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^^Well my brother's girlfriend's sister's boyfriend's dad's grandpa was a Nazi. Does that make me a Nazi supporter?
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Well only the hot ones. What can I say, I have a weakness for Nazi prostitutes...
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Wow, a lot of hate for REI brands here. They're nothing special, but nobody looking at the $200 range is hoping for it. My experience with the brand is that they generally offer component lines on their bikes that you would have to go up a few hundred to find on name brand bikes. If you really think the deal is crap, help the OP find a better bike for the same price.
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chelboed makes me LMAO at times! I agree with his yuppie post. REI's strangely seem to always be in the rich part of town for a reason! Ours here in Asheville is in the "Doctor's Ghetto" as we call it. It is essentially a secluded housing area mainly of doctors and such with their own shopping centers and theatre and all that ritzy stuff. But I say the rich need to be victimized too! Why not sell a Huffy to a a yuppie with a Santa Cruz price tag, if they are stupid enough to buy it I would sell a rock from my property to them and tell them in the center is gold!
But to the OP...................those bikes are not what they should be and a $1100 price tag two years ago, I am skeptical. But if your adamant about getting them then buy them. I would just hold out for something proven and you know is not "crap" as chelboed stated. Good luck.
Did I mention I hate REI too. Give me Performance; PricePoint; Nashbar; Jenson; Cambria; and Blue Sky Cycling any day.
But to the OP...................those bikes are not what they should be and a $1100 price tag two years ago, I am skeptical. But if your adamant about getting them then buy them. I would just hold out for something proven and you know is not "crap" as chelboed stated. Good luck.
Did I mention I hate REI too. Give me Performance; PricePoint; Nashbar; Jenson; Cambria; and Blue Sky Cycling any day.
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OP...do you even know what size bike you need? Do you know what size bikes those are?
To enjoy MTB'ing and actually stick widdit, you need to get something that's going to fit right. If it doesn't fit, you will get fatigued early and not enjoy riding.
1. How tall are you?
2. How much do you weigh?
3. What type of riding will you be doing?
To enjoy MTB'ing and actually stick widdit, you need to get something that's going to fit right. If it doesn't fit, you will get fatigued early and not enjoy riding.
1. How tall are you?
2. How much do you weigh?
3. What type of riding will you be doing?
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OP...do you even know what size bike you need? Do you know what size bikes those are?
To enjoy MTB'ing and actually stick widdit, you need to get something that's going to fit right. If it doesn't fit, you will get fatigued early and not enjoy riding.
1. How tall are you?
2. How much do you weigh?
3. What type of riding will you be doing?
To enjoy MTB'ing and actually stick widdit, you need to get something that's going to fit right. If it doesn't fit, you will get fatigued early and not enjoy riding.
1. How tall are you?
2. How much do you weigh?
3. What type of riding will you be doing?
These guys had it under "Mnt" instead of "Mtn or mountain" so it has just been sitting there and they have been getting nothing on it and nobody has seen it for that cheap
i promise you i can turn around and sell that bike for 350-400.. People in this area will pay anything for a mountian bike, add disc brakes and FS they will trade their first born son for it.