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Have to agree. Even if it's locked inside your house it has to be locked to an object inside I think. The small print is designed ot get them off the hook if at all possible

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What an excellent site this is

Polish girls and their bikes
http://bicyclegirls.pl/

Bikes look good
Girls look good
Photos look good

WIN WIN WIN

[Dynamo Kev]

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If I could ask a favor please:
I'm looking for a very very cheap ($200) road bike so I can train for some sprint triathlons come spring, but I haven't a clue..

Found this on Craigslist

and this from Amazon.
Could one of you take a quick look and tell me what you think. If I do go with a used bike- should I look for anything specific when I go to buy it (cracks in the frame, missing wheels, banana seats, etc).

thank you.

[kugelrund]

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That Bianchi is worth having a look at. You could always put bar-end shifters on to make gear changes easier. The Schwinn won't be a lightweight (nothing will at that price), but you can probably also find similarly priced bikes by Giant, Specialized and the like.

These are some good tips on second-hand bike buying, from the bikeradar forum. (It's worth checking out an equivalant forum in the States for secondhand bikes - or even asking at cycling clubs in your area to see if anyone's getting rid of an old frame or bike. Club cyclists can be very generous with old gear; you might be able to find a decent frame and kit it out yourself with stuff that's pretty much given away, and end up with a nice old bike).

Anyway:

1. If there’s no frame number anywhere on the secondhand steed, beware. It may have been stolen and filed off.

2. Look for crash damage. If a frame is bent, forget it. It’ll be severely weakened. The most common damage area is just behind the head tube, on the top and down tubes. Look for paint and/or metal distortion. If the headset cups move in the frame, it may be evidence of a frontal impact.

3. Check the fork isn’t bent. If the legs are pushed back from the steerer angle, the bike has been ridden into something. Turn the steering to see if there are loose and tight spots in the headset. If it locks or loosens, there has probably been impact damage. Make sure the suspension fork compresses and rebounds smoothly.

4. Line up the front and rear wheels by eye from the back. If the wheels aren’t in line, the frame has been hit from the side or is badly built. And check the wheels are central in the frame and not off to one side.

5. Inspect the rear mech gear hanger and dropouts for damage. You can have a new gear hanger fitted to a steel frame, but alu frames have a replaceable hanger as there are less people able to repair them.

6. Spin the wheels. Are they straight and true? Minor sideways buckles are easy to true but big ups and downs often mean a new wheel. Factor this into the price.

7. Check the tyres and sidewalls for wear and damage. Proper MTB tyres are costly to replace (£20-£35).

8. Check everything that has bearings. Have the bearings got play or are they stiff? Pay particular attention to hubs, bottom bracket, pedals and headsets. They may just need servicing but if they’ve been that way for a while, they may be beyond the re-greasing solution.

9. Check the brakes. Are the pads worn down? Do they work smoothly without grabbing? If not, look for buckled rims or wonky or damaged disc rotors.

10. Check the drivetrain. If a chain doesn’t sit snugly on the teeth, it’ll may need replacing. Unfortunately, if a chain has been ridden while worn out, it may also have worn out the sprockets. A new chain will often slip on old worn sprockets, as an old chain will slip on new sprockets.

11. Make sure stems and seat posts aren’t seized. This is a common problem on old bikes. Take an Allen key with you and when everything is tight and set, go for a test ride.

Happy hunting...

[Incandenza]

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Some bike porn courtesy of EcoVelo:

[Levin]

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That is rather nice. How long would you spend polishing it though so it stays looking like that.

http://ritteracing.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/side-red.jpg

Is my current crush. How good is that paint scheme? Availible here

[hobbes]

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Putting a bike with mudguards on a bike porn thread is like putting a woman in painters overalls on a real porn thread.

[Levin]

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Women in painters overall can be sexy...

A question for all you cyclists. I need to replace my bar tape. I have a black Cannondale CAAD9, black frame, black bar, black stem, black tape, black saddle, black seatpost and metal levers and mechs. Can anyone suggest a cool looking bartape that wouldn't look too out of place? Or am I stuck with black tape?

[Incandenza]

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hobbes wrote:

Putting a bike with mudguards on a bike porn thread is like putting a woman in painters overalls on a real porn thread.

Some of us don't need intimidating looking road bikes that cost thousands to get excited--a nice bike that you could ride to work and still look cool can do the job. The bike next door.

[caja-dglh]

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Hot Pink or fluorescent yellow. Obviously. Or any fluorescent color I guess.

[Felicity, I guess so]

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Women in painters overall can be sexy...

As if to prove this (and certainly to prove my distracted reading of the thread), I've just scrolled through the Polish site, from Grudzień all the way to Sierpień, looking for the one in the painters’ overalls!

EDIT: Excuse the mangled spellings: this board is lingo-fascist and doesn't do foreign

[Levin]

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This years Lampre bikes are rather fetching. I'm not normally one for naked carbon (as seen by my love of the Ritte bike a few posts up)but these Wilier's are ice cold.

Click here for piccies

[Gerontophile]

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Right. After moving from Bournemouth, with its, all too many, hills, I am now in a flattish area, which doesnt require a 'serious' bike.

Not too many gears, a solid frame, and not more than £150 (£200 at a push) to spend, although if work continues to go well, then I can go up to £300.

Any ideas, or is this just a thread for serious cycle porn?

Must have a comfortable saddle. No drop handlebars required. And as I type this, I am already thinking, that I should just buy a cheap frame and des accoutrements (sic)?

[Incandenza]

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Fixie time!

[The Purple Cow]

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Geronto, think about something like this...



It's a 2009 Charge Plug, list price is £459, but I've seen the 2009 listed at a lot less recently. The 2009 is also much nicer than the 2010.

This photo doesn't do it justice, it's a lovely bike in the flesh.

[The Purple Cow]

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Yes, boring old Mr. Cinellista is back, but how much do you love the new 2010 Cinelli Mystic Rats Street bike...?



MSRP £685. I want one, mommy..

[Levin]

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All it needs is some gears and it'll be perfect

[Twilight Johnny Atom]

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I prefer a vintage look to a fixie/single speed, with quill stem, steel frame etc. like this:









In fact I'm snapping up old frames and building a few now to sell on ebay.

[Twilight Johnny Atom]

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And here's some bike porn:

Nice

[Felicity, I guess so]

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Not that I have any great love for the Katusha team, but this is very attractive:



mentioned in my Prendas Ciclismo newsletter yesterday, so they are selling it

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I don't know how many of you know about this amazing 2+ year thread of Anti-Bike Porn from the LFGSS forum.

There's some weird and wonderful machines lurking in the 180 odd pages and the various comments are often very funny.

Enjoy

[hobbes]

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As soon as I've got a bit of spare cash, I'm tooling my '05 Muirwoods up with these bad boys:-



£130 on ebay. Nice...

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I don't know those wheels but £130 does seem very cheap even 2nd hand. Maybe even too cheap.

Seeing as I'm here what does everyone think about what I've boiled down to a straight choice regarding getting a new bike.

A Planet-X SL Pro with Ultegra and an upgrade to DuraAce carbon wheelset approx £1600

or

Cervelo Carbon S2 or R3 with carbon centaur groupset and Eason SL90 wheelset built up at Condor with a size fitting for approx £3000

Clearly I want the Cervelo. I've been riding Campag for 10 years and apart from holding back on the groupset it's a no compromise dream bike. I've also got the 3 grand to spend without going into debt.

BUT

I don't race and my ability doesn't really justify buying a £3k bike. That said, I do cycle a lot, 400-600km p/month excluding commutes, so whichever bike I go for it's going to get well used.

Which way to go? Should I go with my heart or my head?

[hobbes]

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Geezer makes them himself, I believe. Hence the price.
They come in lots of different colours too. The white ones are beautiful, but my bike is all matt black (the first one that was, before all the other bastards copied it) so they wouldn't go.

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What's the make. What's the ebay link? I'll check them out