OT: desire (of bike)

Monique Y. Muda

I'm looking for an old coaster-brake bike; I figure the kind
you can get at a garage sale for $15-25. In the meantime,
though, all these distractions ...

At the end of a Boulder garage sale, I got an old touring
bike (Nashbar Toure Alpha 5000?) for free. It's worth every
cent and it's missing the front wheel, though the original
owner said it "ought to be around here somewhere" and is
looking for it. So that's sitting in my garage. I really
hope she does find the wheel; that would make life easier.
The rear wheel has grass and whatnot all wrapped around the
axle; definitely a handyman's special. I figure I can learn
a bit about bikes fixing it up.

Today, I noticed that a second-hand store has moved in
across the street from work. There's a white bike there
with weird under-the-handlebars brakes and grip shifters
for $25. Again, it's not what I'm looking for ... but ...
it's awfully tempting. And at least it would be
immediately useful.

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monique "needs more stuff sitting in her garage"

Mattb

Monique Y. Mudama wrote:
> I'm looking for an old coaster-brake bike; I figure the
> kind you can get at a garage sale for $15-25. In the
> meantime, though, all these distractions ...
>
> At the end of a Boulder garage sale, I got an old touring
> bike (Nashbar Toure Alpha 5000?) for free. It's worth
> every cent and it's missing the front wheel, though the
> original owner said it "ought to be around here somewhere"
> and is looking for it. So that's sitting in my garage. I
> really hope she does find the wheel; that would make life
> easier. The rear wheel has grass and whatnot all wrapped
> around the axle; definitely a handyman's special. I figure
> I can learn a bit about bikes fixing it up.
>
> Today, I noticed that a second-hand store has moved in
> across the street from work. There's a white bike there
> with weird under-the-handlebars brakes and grip shifters
> for $25. Again, it's not what I'm looking for ... but ...
> it's awfully tempting. And at least it would be
> immediately useful.

There used to bbe an old guy in Cortez with a whole city
block of old bikes. The pawn shops here used to go down
there to stock up for the college crowd. I went by there
once probably eight years ago. If you ever find yourself
around that area it might be worth seeing if that place is
still there.

Matt

Mattb

Monique Y. Mudama wrote:
> I'm looking for an old coaster-brake bike; I figure the
> kind you can get at a garage sale for $15-25. In the
> meantime, though, all these distractions ...
>
> At the end of a Boulder garage sale, I got an old touring
> bike (Nashbar Toure Alpha 5000?) for free. It's worth
> every cent and it's missing the front wheel, though the
> original owner said it "ought to be around here somewhere"
> and is looking for it. So that's sitting in my garage. I
> really hope she does find the wheel; that would make life
> easier. The rear wheel has grass and whatnot all wrapped
> around the axle; definitely a handyman's special. I figure
> I can learn a bit about bikes fixing it up.
>
> Today, I noticed that a second-hand store has moved in
> across the street from work. There's a white bike there
> with weird under-the-handlebars brakes and grip shifters
> for $25. Again, it's not what I'm looking for ... but ...
> it's awfully tempting. And at least it would be
> immediately useful.

One more tip: I got mine (in sorry shape) for $5 at a police
auction. I put $50 into it an now it's a sweet ride. Look
for horizontal dropouts if you want to have coaster brakes.
Mine had cantis and gears when I got it but I got a new
coaster brake/SS rear wheel and the dropouts made that easy
to deal with.

Matt

Monique Y. Muda

On 2004-06-29, MattB penned:
>
> There used to bbe an old guy in Cortez with a whole city
> block of old bikes. The pawn shops here used to go down
> there to stock up for the college crowd. I went by there
> once probably eight years ago. If you ever find yourself
> around that area it might be worth seeing if that place is
> still there.

Thanks, Matt. I just checked mapquest and it reported that
that's an 8 hour drive ... but if I'm ever in the area ...

--
monique

Monique Y. Muda

On 2004-06-29, MattB penned:
>
> One more tip: I got mine (in sorry shape) for $5 at a
> police auction. I put $50 into it an now it's a sweet
> ride. Look for horizontal dropouts if you want to have
> coaster brakes. Mine had cantis and gears when I got it
> but I got a new coaster brake/SS rear wheel and the
> dropouts made that easy to deal with.

Cool!

*goes to find out what dropouts are*

--
monique

Panda

"Monique Y. Mudama" <spam@bounceswoosh.org> wrote in message
news:slrnce1so5.u0a.spam@home.bounceswoosh.org...
> On 2004-06-29, MattB penned:
> >
> > One more tip: I got mine (in sorry shape) for $5 at a
> > police auction. I put $50 into it an now it's a sweet
> > ride. Look for horizontal dropouts if you want to have
> > coaster brakes. Mine had cantis and gears when I got it
> > but I got a new coaster brake/SS rear wheel and the
> > dropouts made that easy to deal with.
>
> Cool!
>
> *goes to find out what dropouts are*
>
> --
> monique

they are people who sleep in cardboard boxes

panda
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uk to net for response

S O R N I

panda wrote:
> "Monique Y. Mudama" <spam@bounceswoosh.org> wrote in
> message news:slrnce1so5.u0a.spam@home.bounceswoosh.org...

>> *goes to find out what dropouts are*

> they are people who sleep in cardboard boxes

Umm, more likely people who invented something in your
computer.

Bill "or got drafted by the Clippers" S.

Monique Y. Muda

On 2004-06-29, MattB penned:
>
> One more tip: I got mine (in sorry shape) for $5 at a
> police auction. I put $50 into it an now it's a sweet
> ride. Look for horizontal dropouts if you want to have
> coaster brakes. Mine had cantis and gears when I got it
> but I got a new coaster brake/SS rear wheel and the
> dropouts made that easy to deal with.

In case anyone else was wondering, here's a great
description of dropouts, with pictures and everything:

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/gloss_d.html#dropout

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monique