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Old 03-29-20, 07:22 PM
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Should work with a good mange of frame sizes?
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Originally Posted by Headpost
No matter how hard I try, I just can't keep up with the latest trends here in NYC.
Monsieur Mangetout ate a whole bike once, by breaking it down into small pieces. That's not all he ate though. Probably weirdest was an entire Cessna airplane, which took him two years to eat. The publishers of the Guinness book awarded him a brass plaque declaring him the man with the world's 'strangest diet', but he ate the plaque.
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Originally Posted by bulgie
Monsieur Mangetout ate a whole bike once, by breaking it down into small pieces. That's not all he ate though. Probably weirdest was an entire Cessna airplane, which took him two years to eat. The publishers of the Guinness book awarded him a brass plaque declaring him the man with the world's 'strangest diet', but he ate the plaque.
I bet his plumber bill was as much as his mortgage.
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Old 03-29-20, 10:16 PM
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That's just plain weird. I'm trying to figure out how you could safely apply the brakes.
I can't figure it out either, I guess the seller is just better at riding bikes than me?
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"This was on a 21 Speed Univega"
"It will be up to the winning biddder on removing them from the frame remants"
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This 1995 Gary Fisher Cronus in team colors is a cool bike at a decent price minus the blown Judy XC. I didn't want to list it in the "are you looking for one of these" thread because the ad was 25 weeks old. And then there's this curious saddle configuration.

Men’s Gary Fischer - $100 (Council Bluffs, IA)

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Originally Posted by ctak
"This was on a 21 Speed Univega"
"It will be up to the winning biddder on removing them from the frame remants"
https://www.ebay.com/itm/153881641470


Someone was hasty with that saw, huh?
Now the crankset and BB costs $21 to ship, instead of $13 and change.
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Old 03-30-20, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by ctak
"This was on a 21 Speed Univega"
"It will be up to the winning biddder on removing them from the frame remants"
https://www.ebay.com/itm/153881641470
Fools! They cut the seat tube too short to use the shell/tubing as an LBS front-counter pen holder.
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Old 03-30-20, 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Clang
This 1995 Gary Fisher Cronus in team colors is a cool bike at a decent price minus the blown Judy XC. I didn't want to list it in the "are you looking for one of these" thread because the ad was 25 weeks old. And then there's this curious saddle configuration.

Men’s Gary Fischer - $100 (Council Bluffs, IA)

https://www.bookface.com/marketplace/item/809068066202032/
Lots of WW bonus points here, the "featured" background (double bonus for featuring Old Faithful), the seller's evident inability (or lack of inclination) to inflate the rear tire, the dust that matches everything else in the shot, the misspelled brand name....
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Old 03-30-20, 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Clang
This 1995 Gary Fisher Cronus in team colors ...
And then there's this curious saddle configuration.


That saddle has a football hip pad wrapped to it.
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also looks like its shifted into both small gears which is a good way to ruin a chain.
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Old 03-30-20, 09:24 PM
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https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/bik...098788736.html

Vintage Gary fisher mountain bike - $250 (fremont / union city / newark)

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Originally Posted by pierce
also looks like its shifted into both small gears which is a good way to ruin a chain.
Looks like that's how they ride...
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Old 03-31-20, 05:58 AM
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Originally Posted by ctak
"This was on a 21 Speed Univega"
"It will be up to the winning biddder on removing them from the frame remants"
https://www.ebay.com/itm/153881641470


Hope this seller's not a doctor.
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Originally Posted by curbtender
That saddle has a football hip pad wrapped to it.
Thanks- I couldn't quite place what it was supposed to be. I feel for these people that for whatever reason, come into possession of an old XC race bike, have to slap a huge gel saddle on it, then need additional padding because it's not comfy enough.
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Hurl for the... er... Hooray for the red, white and blue.....

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2-stroke 80cc gas motorized bicycle - $400 (Galesville)

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What's wacky about this one? Trying to figure out if I am missing something on the picture...
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https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/bik...098788736.html

Vintage Gary fisher mountain bike - $250 (fremont / union city / newark)

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Hope this seller's not a doctor.
And here I am trying to figure out how to make a quirky lamp out of it...
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Originally Posted by jdawginsc
What's wacky about this one? Trying to figure out if I am missing something on the picture...
pierce had mentioned the chain was on the small/small. Right after, I came across the same bike/chain setup. Only wacky if you ride it that way.
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Originally Posted by curbtender
pierce had mentioned the chain was on the small/small. Right after, I came across the same bike/chain setup. Only wacky if you ride it that way.
Ahhhhh. Got it now!
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Retails for only $700 here: Nitro Rail | World's First Dragster Bicycle | Gallery
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