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09-11-19, 05:03 PM
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I guess it's common. You don't buy downhill bikes to ride up them.
09-11-19, 05:20 PM
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09-11-19, 07:44 PM
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You don't say...
Very light! It will go! It's titanium! It's a Bridgestone RB1!
09-11-19, 08:03 PM
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09-11-19, 08:12 PM
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I did too! 23 is the correct number, and makes it to large to be comfortable. Did you happen to notice the chrome 1981 voyageur 11.8 labeled properly? At 25" Also too big for me, but gorgeous.
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09-11-19, 08:33 PM
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Haha, I emailed this guy too. Was thinking about shipping it. But yep, not my size at 23". Weird way of talking about shipping too. Kept referring to his "competitors".
09-11-19, 08:52 PM
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the three of us are buddies now.
09-11-19, 09:02 PM
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This has to be stolen
That's it. That's the ad
Did anyone have their Lemond stolen? Pictures are - drive side only, doesn't mention brand, model, year, components. I think someone who picked out this bike would know...
09-11-19, 09:16 PM
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Oh noe!
I'll post this in art bike / alt bike too.
Stretch rat bike
Stretch rat bike
09-11-19, 11:59 PM
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09-12-19, 07:22 AM
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09-12-19, 11:13 AM
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A highly creative bunch. I greatly respect the ratbike community. They don't march to the same drummer as many of us do. Many of them have as much of a feeling of triumph and satisfaction of finding a junk Huffy in a ditch as someone else in here may in finding an NOS Raleigh Professional in an attic.
09-12-19, 12:53 PM
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A highly creative bunch. I greatly respect the ratbike community. They don't march to the same drummer as many of us do. Many of them have as much of a feeling of triumph and satisfaction of finding a junk Huffy in a ditch as someone else in here may in finding an NOS Raleigh Professional in an attic.
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09-12-19, 01:12 PM
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I have always wondered why some will spend so much time and effort producing a very ugly product. I expect that they had great plans but tired of the project halfway in.
A highly creative bunch. I greatly respect the ratbike community. They don't march to the same drummer as many of us do. Many of them have as much of a feeling of triumph and satisfaction of finding a junk Huffy in a ditch as someone else in here may in finding an NOS Raleigh Professional in an attic.
Here's the CL link: https://dayton.craigslist.org/bik/d/...965113590.html
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09-14-19, 05:36 AM
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Hot!
(Now we're cookin'? Looks like a good range of gears? Just needs a good degreasing? Easy to get dialed in? People list this gaspipe crap? Mmmhmmmph.)
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09-14-19, 06:33 AM
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09-14-19, 08:23 AM
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09-14-19, 08:25 AM
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09-14-19, 10:34 AM
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I'm feelin' the burn.......
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09-14-19, 11:39 AM
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Cannon, Dale?
2 Bicycles - $50 (Fruitland Park)
"bicycle frame material: steel
bicycle type: hybrid/comfort
condition: excellent
frame size: 64
make / manufacturer: Avion
suspension: frame and fork (full suspension)
wheel size: 18 in"
https://columbia.craigslist.org/bik/...964709133.html
(Drive side's out?)
09-14-19, 11:51 AM
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Cannon, Dale?
"bicycle frame material: steel
bicycle type: hybrid/comfort
condition: excellent
frame size: 64
make / manufacturer: Avion
suspension: frame and fork (full suspension)
wheel size: 18 in"
https://columbia.craigslist.org/bik/...964709133.html
(Drive side's out?)
Naah, that's a cheap copy.
2 Bicycles - $50 (Fruitland Park)
"bicycle frame material: steel
bicycle type: hybrid/comfort
condition: excellent
frame size: 64
make / manufacturer: Avion
suspension: frame and fork (full suspension)
wheel size: 18 in"
https://columbia.craigslist.org/bik/...964709133.html
(Drive side's out?)
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09-14-19, 03:06 PM
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^^^^^^ Can it 3D-print a bike?
09-16-19, 11:31 PM
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Colnago MTB?
If you're selling a Colnago for over $1000, you might want to know what you're talking about; another "full suspension", "cantilever brake" road bike! Personally, I think all bikes are great riding to and from work/home.