"Marlene Blanshay" <
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>
> For that money,get a mountain bike! I can't remember if it was here,or
> somewhere else, but someone posted about finding one IN THE TRASH! And was
> barely able to scavenge any decent components. Maybe some nuts or bolts.
I think that was me. I salvaged pretty much only the frame from a trash-day
example of its predecessor, the "AutoBike". Of course, it had hardly been
ridden, no wear on rim walls, tires or (clean) sprockets. Same idea, automatic
shifting. People get conned into buying these after watching an infomercial,
somehow being convinced that shifting was the thing that made bicycling so
difficult in the dim past. If someone can't deal with today's indexed shifting
then perhaps they should consider another pastime. These bikes are made to be
garage ornaments.
I replaced: the cranks, wheels, BB, pedals, tires, stem, bars, brakes, brake
levers, shifters, chain, cables, grips, saddle, seatpost. I added fenders,
rear rack, front bar-bag, and grocery pannier. It's now a pretty nice bike.
Damn frame/fork is awfully heavy, and the headset is junk, though. Perhaps
after I swap those out it'll be perfect.