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02-02-07 | 03:58 PM
#5
(((Fully Awake)))
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From: ~Serenading with sensous soliloquies whilst singing supple sentences that are simultaneously suppling my sonnets with serenity serendipitously.~ -Serendipper
Bikes: Guerciotti Pista-Giant Carbon-Bridgestone300- Batavus Type Champion Road Bike, Specialized Hardrock Commuter, On-One The Gimp (SS Rigid MTB/hit by a truck)- Raleigh Sports 3-speed,Gatsby Scorcher, comming soon...The Penny Farthing Highwheel!
It's easier to box and ship too.
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02-02-07 | 04:07 PM
#6
Arizona Dessert
Joined: Jun 2004
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From: AZ
Bikes: Cannondale SuperSix, Lemond Poprad. Retired: Jamis Sputnik, Centurion LeMans Fixed, Diamond Back ascent ex
I'd be annoyed to have to pay for pedals on a new or used bike that were not the kind I used/wanted.
What about saddles? Seems that saddles are often cheapened down on new bikes as many/most will get replaced - but are on there as shop unlikely wants to slap saddles on each time a test ride is needed and are aesthetically more important to look than pedals. The saddle on my new Jamis Sputnik was a Fizik Pave - cheap looking most uncomfortable saddle ever. Its lightweight, thats why I bet its on there, to bring the advertized weight of bike below 17lbs.
Al
What about saddles? Seems that saddles are often cheapened down on new bikes as many/most will get replaced - but are on there as shop unlikely wants to slap saddles on each time a test ride is needed and are aesthetically more important to look than pedals. The saddle on my new Jamis Sputnik was a Fizik Pave - cheap looking most uncomfortable saddle ever. Its lightweight, thats why I bet its on there, to bring the advertized weight of bike below 17lbs.
Al
Last edited by noisebeam; 02-02-07 at 04:18 PM.
02-02-07 | 04:22 PM
#9
Arizona Dessert
Joined: Jun 2004
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From: AZ
Bikes: Cannondale SuperSix, Lemond Poprad. Retired: Jamis Sputnik, Centurion LeMans Fixed, Diamond Back ascent ex
Originally Posted by The Fixer
Same goes for saddles. I've always kept my saddles and replaced them with whatever I found in my junk box prior to each sale.
Currently my favorite saddle I swap between my two bikes as I switch between them so rarely.
Al
02-02-07 | 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by coelcanth
bikes are often sold without bartape, saddles, or pedals because these three contact points are usually decided according to personal preference...
EVERY bike that i've seen that is "missing" a part is usually sold without the pedals, but with bar tape and a saddle. This is usually on upper mid-higher end road bikes- most of the low-mid end ones just come with stock cheap clipless pedals, or clips/straps on the really cheap ones.
Presuambly mountain bikes would follow a similar pattern, but i'm not too qualified to comment on those.
02-02-07 | 10:24 PM
#15
ride fast...take chances
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From: alpharetta ga
Bikes: 2004 titus switchblade, '96 marin rocky ridge ht ss; '91 marin rocky ridge ht (soon to be fully rigid); 2006 motobecane grand sprint; '06 bianchi pista; '83 (?) haro freestyler - neon green.
the seat sold on a bike is *usu* going to be one the seller doesn't care for much. i know i would keep the saddle i like and put a different one on there for the sale, if at all. as for pedals, i ride crank bros stuff, so why would i want to sell a pair just to turn around and have to buy another pair for the next ride. i mean, if i sell one bike i am def gettin' another. =)
02-03-07 | 04:15 PM
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Paste Taster
Joined: May 2006
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From: Sacramento, CA
Bikes: , Jury Bike, Moto Outcast 29, Spicer standard track frame and spicer custom steel sprint frame.
psh I ain't selling you my atacs with my old bike yo but I have been known to sell a bike minus the whole cockpit
02-03-07 | 11:32 PM
#19
live free or die trying
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From: where i lay my head is home.
Bikes: bianchi pista workhorse, cannondale r1000, mountain bike fixed conversion
Originally Posted by eddiebrannan
pedal choice is such a personal thing that it's normally assumed that the buyer will have his/her own
ding ding ding! we have a winner! johnny, what do we have for him?
