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04-19-20, 08:21 AM
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There's a lot of text with the ad, but none of it mentions that the bike only turns left.
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/d...110364279.html
This bike has been upgraded to be more current, lighter and more advanced in specifications and quality. This is a hybrid frame bike, which includes alloy and steel components. The frame triangle is 100 percent alloy. The chain wheel and crank arms have been changed to alloy and the crank itself has gone from matte black to silver/chrome-plated. The handlebars are new and 100 percent alloy along with the seat stem and seat post.
Brand: Bike USA Inc.
Type: Hybrid
Department: Men
Frame material: Steel
Number of speeds: 21 speed
Suspension type: Full Suspension
bicycle frame material: alloy
bicycle type: mountain
frame size: Medium
make / manufacturer: US Bikes
model name / number: Titán Glacier
wheel size: other/unknown
Titan Glacier Bike - $160 (Saint Paul, MN)
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/d...110364279.html
This bike has been upgraded to be more current, lighter and more advanced in specifications and quality. This is a hybrid frame bike, which includes alloy and steel components. The frame triangle is 100 percent alloy. The chain wheel and crank arms have been changed to alloy and the crank itself has gone from matte black to silver/chrome-plated. The handlebars are new and 100 percent alloy along with the seat stem and seat post.
Brand: Bike USA Inc.
Type: Hybrid
Department: Men
Frame material: Steel
Number of speeds: 21 speed
Suspension type: Full Suspension
bicycle frame material: alloy
bicycle type: mountain
frame size: Medium
make / manufacturer: US Bikes
model name / number: Titán Glacier
wheel size: other/unknown
04-20-20, 06:56 AM
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No no, that fork is an upgrade! It's been modified to a new-style carbon fork like on a Pinarello!
04-20-20, 10:44 AM
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Not all Canadians are communists. In fact a very very small populace.
I don't make racial slurs against a group of people who have a medical assistance albeit 2 tiered.
Anyways, I would have focused on the comments about meeting people. Being a Constable in training, I think I would have proof read the sales text and curb the biased viewpoints. Hope this doesn't go against his career.
I don't make racial slurs against a group of people who have a medical assistance albeit 2 tiered.
Anyways, I would have focused on the comments about meeting people. Being a Constable in training, I think I would have proof read the sales text and curb the biased viewpoints. Hope this doesn't go against his career.
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04-20-20, 10:44 AM
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04-20-20, 10:54 AM
Prince of the Royal City
Big box store over priced bike
Galaxy Vintage 10 Speed Road Bike $350
Cheap road bike
some reason why this URL feature is not working
Description
Yes! a perfect road bike with a surprisingly affordable price! In a decent shape Perfect Shifters Very Light Frame Brake Cables are New Every Thing Working Well In a decent shape, tires hold air but could do with being replace at some point otherwise good condition
04-20-20, 01:26 PM
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"Vintage" Stump Jumper - $700
Pretty sure that's a mid-90's model.
04-20-20, 01:56 PM
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04-20-20, 07:01 PM
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Personally I don't think of something from the mid-90's as "vintage" but I'm also someone who cringes at the thought of Pearl Jam being played on classic rock stations. I suppose it's just an age thing!!
04-20-20, 07:05 PM
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Well, we've been discussing 25-year-old bikes on this forum for about 17 years now. So 10 years ago, would a mid '80s bike have not been "vintage"? Does the minimum age magically increase as time passes? If so, I suppose I'm too young to drink....
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04-20-20, 07:59 PM
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04-20-20, 08:16 PM
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04-20-20, 09:13 PM
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04-20-20, 10:59 PM
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I hope I look that good when I'm that guy's age.
Weezer's debut album The Blue Album is 26 years old, which classifies as vintage in bike land. It's still a good, fresh sounding album to this guy born just ten years prior to that (I first heard it a few years after it debuted). So, it's happening to me. I was happy that '50s and '60s oldies stopped getting radio play because my much younger self never liked it and thought it was beyond past time to let it lie. Well now '80s rock, which I do really like, is on the same type of classic station, with '90s stuff playing as well. That's a little crazy, and I'm not a million percent ready for that. Throwback hip hop stations playing songs that were rubbish when they were new. Time has not been kind. It's all a bit surreal to see time and the world slowly start to out-accelerate one's self. I still keep up with a lot of stuff, but if I'm not interested in whatever it is, I might as well be 100 years behind the 8-ball.
Weezer's debut album The Blue Album is 26 years old, which classifies as vintage in bike land. It's still a good, fresh sounding album to this guy born just ten years prior to that (I first heard it a few years after it debuted). So, it's happening to me. I was happy that '50s and '60s oldies stopped getting radio play because my much younger self never liked it and thought it was beyond past time to let it lie. Well now '80s rock, which I do really like, is on the same type of classic station, with '90s stuff playing as well. That's a little crazy, and I'm not a million percent ready for that. Throwback hip hop stations playing songs that were rubbish when they were new. Time has not been kind. It's all a bit surreal to see time and the world slowly start to out-accelerate one's self. I still keep up with a lot of stuff, but if I'm not interested in whatever it is, I might as well be 100 years behind the 8-ball.
04-21-20, 05:57 AM
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A little work needed
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...7385037965518/
More tongue in cheek than wacky. Possibly a stock photo.
Edit: joke listing: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bicycle-tree/
More tongue in cheek than wacky. Possibly a stock photo.
Edit: joke listing: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bicycle-tree/
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04-21-20, 05:46 PM
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There's a lot of text with the ad, but none of it mentions that the bike only turns left.
This bike has been upgraded to be more current, lighter and more advanced in specifications and quality. This is a hybrid frame bike, which includes alloy and steel components. The frame triangle is 100 percent alloy. The chain wheel and crank arms have been changed to alloy and the crank itself has gone from matte black to silver/chrome-plated. The handlebars are new and 100 percent alloy along with the seat stem and seat post.
Brand: Bike USA Inc.
Type: Hybrid
Department: Men
Frame material: Steel
Number of speeds: 21 speed
Suspension type: Full Suspension
bicycle frame material: alloy
bicycle type: mountain
frame size: Medium
make / manufacturer: US Bikes
model name / number: Titán Glacier
wheel size: other/unknown
Titan Glacier Bike - $160 (Saint Paul, MN)
This bike has been upgraded to be more current, lighter and more advanced in specifications and quality. This is a hybrid frame bike, which includes alloy and steel components. The frame triangle is 100 percent alloy. The chain wheel and crank arms have been changed to alloy and the crank itself has gone from matte black to silver/chrome-plated. The handlebars are new and 100 percent alloy along with the seat stem and seat post.
Brand: Bike USA Inc.
Type: Hybrid
Department: Men
Frame material: Steel
Number of speeds: 21 speed
Suspension type: Full Suspension
bicycle frame material: alloy
bicycle type: mountain
frame size: Medium
make / manufacturer: US Bikes
model name / number: Titán Glacier
wheel size: other/unknown
04-21-20, 08:04 PM
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(Not C&V, but...) From the department of S#!+ You Can't Make Up....
https://madison.craigslist.org/bik/d...111921433.html
The Alloy twodide is going for 125-140 so far it’s brand new we bought it a month before quartine it’s a beauty it rides perfect
https://madison.craigslist.org/bik/d...111921433.html
Two dide ALLOY - $135 (Madison)
The Alloy twodide is going for 125-140 so far it’s brand new we bought it a month before quartine it’s a beauty it rides perfect
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04-21-20, 08:11 PM
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Redshift
It's redder and blurry because it's accelerating towards you.
It's also missing a seatpost and seat.
It also reminds me of a captcha...
04-21-20, 11:39 PM
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04-22-20, 07:06 AM
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04-22-20, 08:21 AM
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The Persistence Of Silly Memory
Road bike - $150
Posted 2020-04-22 09:55
"This is an older road bike but new I remember it was $1100. Needs a tire.
bicycle frame material: aluminum
bicycle type: road
frame size: 1
wheel size: 24 in"
https://richmond.craigslist.org/bik/...112084503.html
04-22-20, 11:53 AM
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(Not C&V, but...) From the department of S#!+ You Can't Make Up....
https://madison.craigslist.org/bik/d...111921433.html
The Alloy twodide is going for 125-140 so far it’s brand new we bought it a month before quartine it’s a beauty it rides perfect
https://madison.craigslist.org/bik/d...111921433.html
Two dide ALLOY - $135 (Madison)
The Alloy twodide is going for 125-140 so far it’s brand new we bought it a month before quartine it’s a beauty it rides perfect
But to me this is the funniest part on a bike that has the text "Two Nine" "29" and "Alloy" plastered on the frame and wheels. They couldn't figure out what to put in the frame material and wheels size blanks? I guess Two Dide isn't a number.
bicycle frame material: other/unknown
bicycle type: mountain
frame size: I’m not sure
wheel size: other/unknown
04-22-20, 02:18 PM
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^^^^^ I figured it out -- "Two Dide" translates to "two nine", if you have a REALLY BAD head cold.....
04-22-20, 02:36 PM
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or maybe if you're using speech-to-text?
04-22-20, 03:04 PM
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"Two Dide" translates to ...
Go down, Bill Dalton
It must be god's will
Two brothers lyin' dead in Coffeyville ...
04-22-20, 03:55 PM
...addicted...
https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/...111910595.html
"may smell like urine"
Not sure I want to know the story there
"may smell like urine"
Not sure I want to know the story there