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A short story about buying or finding used.
A friend bought a bike at a garage sale. Looked like a really nice bike
- just a few years old. His first ride on it was a club ride. He stood up at the bottom of a fast
downhill in order to try to stay on our tandem wheel. We believe what happened next is that the
chain rode up onto the tops of the large chainwheel as he torqued the cranks - at which time his
crank promptly spun fairly freely. All I heard was grinding & scraping as he & his bike hit the
road. Ambulance was called. He had 5 broken ribs & lots of road rash.
Moral of story: be careful of the bargains. Check them over carefully & take your time to get
accustomed to them.
MOO, Matt
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>>I got a Gary Fisher Mr.skinner out of a dumpster today. Its been painted, and has no brakes. But
>>who cares. It had a bent crank too but that was fixed no prob with a pry bar. Nice bike though.
>>Just need to find some of the brakes I have layin around.
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>Im gonna paint it now, but, its steel, do I need to prime it first before I paint on the bare
>steel? Or should I just rough up the old paint.
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short story about buying or finding used.<br> <br> A friend bought a bike at a garage sale.
Looked like a really nice bike
- just a few years old. His first ride on it was a club ride. He stood up at the bottom
of a fast downhill in order to try to stay on our tandem wheel. We believe what happened
next is that the chain rode up onto the tops of the large chainwheel as he torqued the cranks - at
which time his crank promptly spun fairly freely. All I heard was grinding & scraping as
he & his bike hit the road. Ambulance was called. He had 5 broken ribs & lots
of road rash.<br> <br> Moral of story: be careful of the bargains. Check them over
carefully & take your time to get accustomed to them.<br> <br> MOO,<br> Matt<br> <br> TJ
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<blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I got a Gary Fisher Mr.skinner out of a dumpster today. Its
been painted, and has no brakes. But who cares. It had a bent crank too but that was fixed no prob
with a pry bar. Nice bike though. Just need to find some of the brakes I have layin around. </pre>
</blockquote> <pre wrap=""><!----> Im gonna paint it now, but, its steel, do I need to prime it
first before I paint on the bare steel? Or should I just rough up the old paint. </pre>
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