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Road Cycling “It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle.” -- Ernest Hemingway

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Old 02-17-14, 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by halfspeed
Let me guess. It's advertised as "vintage" and is at least three times a reasonable price.
Doesn't seem too bad.

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Originally Posted by mvnsnd
Fixed for pizza
Surprisingly, I have never been to Varsity Pizza. I'm on campus a couple of times a week.
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Originally Posted by kelsodeez
i hope old schwinns get super overpriced. i have a continental that ive wanted to restore, but couldnt justify the cost of putting $500+ into a bike worth $150
Don't let that stop you. I put a few hundred bucks into my old Traveler a couple of years ago.
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Originally Posted by kelsodeez
i hope old schwinns get super overpriced. i have a continental that ive wanted to restore, but couldnt justify the cost of putting $500+ into a bike worth $150
In all likelihood, none of our bikes are worth what we spent on them.
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haha i never realized how similar the contis were with the varsity model. here's my continental

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Old 02-17-14, 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by RollCNY
In all likelihood, none of our bikes are worth what we spent on them.
Yeah, but my single speed conversion will easily be worth the price of a couple of eggs.
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Originally Posted by RollCNY
In all likelihood, none of our bikes are worth what we spent on them.
the value to my schwinn is purely sentimental. my dad bought it new and i spent my childhood being carted around on that bike on a baby seat similar to this one:



maybe i will buy a decal set for it and start taking it apart
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Originally Posted by halfspeed
A Continental is worth $150?
...on the local NorCal CL, $150-200 Varsities and Continentals are all too common. The ads usually contain the words "Chicago Schwinn".#unclear_on_the_concept
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Yeah, but my single speed conversion will easily be worth the price of a couple of eggs.
Yep, you got one over easy on me.
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Originally Posted by RollCNY
In all likelihood, none of our bikes are worth what we spent on them.
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Originally Posted by kelsodeez
haha i never realized how similar the contis were with the varsity model. here's my continental

Hey look, it's an adult sized bicycle!
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Originally Posted by kelsodeez
haha i never realized how similar the contis were with the varsity model. here's my continental
The frame is the same, the fork on the Conti is tubular so it's a bit less heavy.
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Originally Posted by RollCNY
Hey look, it's an adult sized bicycle!
Leave our little members alone!
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Old 02-17-14, 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Three digits for a Varsity seems way out of line to me.
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Old 02-17-14, 04:29 PM
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What's up with the spawn of Addiction threads?

Someone needs to get called into the principal's office.
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Originally Posted by halfspeed
Three digits for a Varsity seems way out of line to me.
This is a college town, so it's still less than a textbook.
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Originally Posted by halfspeed
Three digits for a Varsity seems way out of line to me.
the last bike party i went to in san jose, a dude offered me 250 bucks for my continental right there.
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Originally Posted by kelsodeez
the last bike party i went to in san jose, a dude offered me 250 bucks for my continental right there.
Did you take it?
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Originally Posted by Herbie53
Did you take it?
nah, like i said before, my conti has way more sentimental value than monetary value to me.
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Originally Posted by datlas
What's up with the spawn of Addiction threads?
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2 flats today in 28 miles. Time for new tires I think.
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Originally Posted by datlas
What's up with the spawn of Addiction threads?

Someone needs to get called into the principal's office.
We decided to annex the rest of the 41. Weren't you at the meeting?
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What's up with the spawn of Addiction threads?

Someone needs to get called into the principal's office.
Casting out multiple lines for new participants?
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Casting out multiple lines for new participants?
That's not necessarily a good thing.
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