miles.lowry

He is looking for $40.

Pick up only!!! 80's model huffy durasport road bike. Nothing special just a begginers road bike.. Minor scratches and minor rust on rims . Rims need minor truing . Gears all work . have one good tube for the bike but no tires.. 26x 1.25 tires are needed.. Moving soon so make me an offer..

Yo Spiff

I saw that ad earlier in the day myself. It appears to be in decent shape and might be worth $40, but it's an old, heavy department store bike that probably has little to no vintage value. Unless you have a reason to want a bike like that, you can do much better on CL.

IthaDan 

Just because it's old doesn't mean it wasn't crappy then.

I'd pass. Look for a dingy fuji for similar money, WAY better bike.

miles.lowry

That bike does bring up another question. That one is a woman's bike. If I were (I'm a man) to join a group on a woman's bike would I get laughed out? I can't afford to go out and buy a bike for over $100 right now. I just want a road bike to ride in groups, I don't know if I could keep up on my moutain bike.

Yo Spiff

If you have a decent mountain bike, it will be a better choice than this. I wouldn't laugh, but it does say "Fred". (on the other hand, I know some Freds who can ride circles around me) I'd say to keep an eye on CL for a better choice. You could probaly find a decent 80's road bike for under $100. I check it pretty much every day myself, and being in the same area as you are, I'll be happy to alert you if I see a good deal.

MajorMantra

Put some narrowish slicks on your mtb and get the bars as low as possible and the difference between it and a road bike will not be enormous. I've seen strong guys do fast group rides on such setups.

That Huffy is a piece of junk - don't waste your money.

ahsposo 

Put some cheap tires and tubes on it and you'll triple the value of that bike.

ahsposo 

No, you'll quintuple the value.

Yo Spiff

How tall are you? I recall a pawn shop in the Haltom City area that recently had a Bridgestone for around $125. It was too tall for me, however. If it is still there, I'm sure they would take a lot less. Probably needs some TLC as it was sitting outside, but not in bad shape when I saw it.

IthaDan 

Do you know what size you're looking for? How tall are you?

And what's the mountain bike? There has to be some solution using that for less than $100.

Yo Spiff

His profile say's it is a Roadmaster, another department store brand.

Patience will yield results with Craigslist. Save your pennies and wait for the right deal to come along.

IthaDan 

Might be able to talk this guy down to $150. Not a bad buy for that. $200 is a little steep for this bike with its hodgepodge of generations and lines of components. FWIW, $100 is almost too little to work with for a complete bike.

https://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/bik/3011536107.html

Edit: can one of you two buy these and mail them to me? I can paypal the money RIGHT NOW.

https://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/bik/3012291050.html

Yo Spiff

Be happy to. I'll respond to him right now and PM you my email and cellphone so we can make arrangements.

That upgraded LeTour looks like a good find, especially if he will come down a bit. A nice mix of 80's 600EX and 105, and it looks in good clean shape. Except for that tractor seat that is on it.

miles.lowry

My budgit is very limited right now, we are doing major renovations on the house, 3 rooms from the dirt up (one is the bathroom).

That would be great, I don't get to brouse CL very often. BTW: "Fred" ???
I don't know about that one but most PS take that sort of stuff in at night or when it rains. I'm 6'1", HC is a bit out of my beaten path. I work in Carrollton and live in Cleburne most days it take 1.5 - 2 hours to get home (another place my money goes), that is one reason I don't ride to work, it would take 5 hours each way.

miles.lowry

I may check into something like that, just have a different set up depending on my purpose for that day

billyymc

Miles - if you can be patient, my recommendation is to scour garage sales this summer. Craigslist rarely has decent bike deals anymore imo. But if you work garage sales, you will turn up a very decent rideable 80's or early 90's era road bike for anywhere from $30 to $100. You might need a few maintenance items on it - tires especially - but that's normal. You can pick up some decent tires (i.e. - reasonably puncture resistant) for $15 on clearance online.

Until then, do what is suggested with your mtn bike. Then when you do find a decent road bike you'll already be that far ahead.

Yo Spiff

This thread should explain it: Fred-School
I think it is a term that is evolving much like "geek". Something that started as a derisive term, but is now used as a badge of pride. And if you're not a Fred, you're a poser.



Longer drive than myself, working in N. Irving and living in FW. At my previous job, I would often have to start and/or end the day in someplace like Garland or Plano. Too much driving.

halfspeed

I stopped reading at "Huffy". $40 if that's what he's paying you to haul it away.

Homebrew01

Yup. Keep looking.
I picked up a couple of nice hybrids for $35 each. They were on Ebay, but only 5 miles from my house, so no shipping charge. You can search within x miles from your zip code to find local items.

Yup again. Those bottom end bikes are just horrible to maintain and ride.

But if it had tires, needed no money or repairs, and you wanted it to ride to the corner store & back, it would be fine.

pgjackson

Not trying to be a d1ck, but if you can't afford a $100 bike, this probably isn't the sport for you. Most cyclists shoes cost more than that. Hell, a decent pair of bibs costs about $100. That bike is a POS and I wouldn't take it on a serious ride. If you were to show up for a group ride on that hooptie the leader might ask you to stay way in the back so nobody gets hurt when it falls apart. And NOBODY rides "girl" bikes...not even women. Yes, you will get laughed at on that thing. That might be a good bike for commuting at school, but I doubt anyone would let you in the pack on a group ride. Save your money and get something decent and then plan to spend at least that much again on gear. You don't need to spend a fortune, but $100 just isn't going to cut it.

miles.lowry

I've already been looking around at garage sales, just exploring my options.
I'm trying to get transfered to Alvarado but they haven't built the building yet.
I'm not trying to get into "serious" cycling. I'm doing it for health reasons, I just thought that it would be nice to ride with a group. Groups provide more motivation, if there are people expecting you then it is harder to come up with an excuse not to ride that day.

mihlbach

As long as everything is functioning and it fits you, I would buy just buy it if you need a bike now and thats all you can afford. How many miles do you need to ride to recover that in saved gas?...not far. In the meantime keep saving for something else. In the end you can can probably resell it for basically the same cost and add that to your new bike fund.
And I don't know what you mean by groups, but for leisurely to moderately fast paced riding, I am sure its fine. There are plenty of groups like that. I think many of the elitists-poseurs above are imagining you taking it out on a A ride hammerfest, which is probably not what you have in mind.

mihlbach

Pathetic

merlinextraligh

1) By the time you put tubes, and tires on that bike, and likely a chain and possibly a frewheel, you'll likely be above $80, and close to what you could buy a brand new department store bike of similar quality.

2) Just put slick tires on your mountain bike and lower the handle bars. That will make you just about as fast as you'd be on this bike.

Vlaam4ever

No, it belongs in the trash