Fixie for my daughter
08-13-13, 03:10 PM
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Fixie for my daughter
I'm a geared bike guy so don't know anything about fixed gear. My daughter is an art student in Richmond, VA so she, of course, needs a fixie.
She saw this bike on cl:
Looks like a ~'04 Bianchi Pista. Lots of mods apparently as well. Asking $200.
Is this a fair deal? Anything I should be concerned about on this bike or pay special attention to?
TIA for your help. I'll head back to the 41 and commuting areas where I belong once I help out my little girl.
Mike
She saw this bike on cl:
Looks like a ~'04 Bianchi Pista. Lots of mods apparently as well. Asking $200.
Is this a fair deal? Anything I should be concerned about on this bike or pay special attention to?
TIA for your help. I'll head back to the 41 and commuting areas where I belong once I help out my little girl.
Mike
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08-13-13, 03:27 PM
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First off, it seems like a reasonable price to me. It's safe because it has a front brake and foot retention. The real question is whether or not it fits her. Girls are typically long legged and short armed, and the bike looks like it has a very long reach to the ends of the bullhorns, but that may not matter if she rides the tops all the time. Basically, it should fit her the same as a geared road bike.
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ditto on tejano.
if it fits her it would be fine, and a decent deal.
im not entirely sure on female proportions in general, or your girls', but ive had similar findings in fitting my wife: she needs a shorter top tube and a higher seat tube.
so you might need to switch out the bullhorns for some handlebars with some back-sweep...
but yah im thinking 200 for that bike is not bad at all.
if it fits her it would be fine, and a decent deal.
im not entirely sure on female proportions in general, or your girls', but ive had similar findings in fitting my wife: she needs a shorter top tube and a higher seat tube.
so you might need to switch out the bullhorns for some handlebars with some back-sweep...
but yah im thinking 200 for that bike is not bad at all.
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Thanks very much for the opinions!
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$200 is not bad, for the price I would be more than willing to experiment with different length stems, seatposts with different setback and saddles especially with a parts bin laying around.
FYI bianchi pista's are 1" threadless and take a 27.2 post.
FYI bianchi pista's are 1" threadless and take a 27.2 post.
08-14-13, 12:11 AM
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$200.00 is a really good deal... almost too good for a bike that appears to be in such nice shape.
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