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#2626
Keeper of the SLDB
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Does this frame look bent to you?
Bob
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https://madison.craigslist.org/bik/1816827993.html
Ralliegh Supercourse road bike - $295 (Janesville)
Date: 2010-06-29, 7:46AM CDT
Reply to: sale-2jszz-1816827993@craigslist.org
This bike was originally bought at michael's cycles bike shop in Janesville. at the time of purchase, it was one of the stores higher end road bikes. full aluminum frame. This years model "supercourse" is a full carbon fiber frame, and runs in the thousands of dollars range. This bike was made in the usa, something that modern road bikes don't have in common unless you spend over 5 thousand dollars. the bike comes with shoes specific to the aftermarket pedals on it, which were also bought at michaels cycles. If you pick up the bike, you'll be impressed with how light it is, and if you test ride it, you'll fall in love with how fast it is.
contact me via email, or text me at 608-201-6730
thanks,
Joe
Location: Janesville
Bob
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https://madison.craigslist.org/bik/1816827993.html
Ralliegh Supercourse road bike - $295 (Janesville)
Date: 2010-06-29, 7:46AM CDT
Reply to: sale-2jszz-1816827993@craigslist.org
This bike was originally bought at michael's cycles bike shop in Janesville. at the time of purchase, it was one of the stores higher end road bikes. full aluminum frame. This years model "supercourse" is a full carbon fiber frame, and runs in the thousands of dollars range. This bike was made in the usa, something that modern road bikes don't have in common unless you spend over 5 thousand dollars. the bike comes with shoes specific to the aftermarket pedals on it, which were also bought at michaels cycles. If you pick up the bike, you'll be impressed with how light it is, and if you test ride it, you'll fall in love with how fast it is.
contact me via email, or text me at 608-201-6730
thanks,
Joe
Location: Janesville
#2627
Curmudgeon in Training
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i would really question the use of a fisheye lens in an ad. Does seem like they're trying to hide something.
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If I needed another fixed gear then I would get this one for sure. Ya gotta love the sellers name though and the material.
https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...2#ht_548wt_733
https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...2#ht_548wt_733
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Señor Member
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https://westernmass.craigslist.org/bik/1816764165.html
Project Bike for the Non-Elitist - comes with back travel rack! - $25 (Amherst, MA)
Date: 2010-06-29, 7:13AM EDT
Reply to: sale-bvqjv-1816764165@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
Okay, the rack alone I am selling for $15. The bike itself is only worth $10. Seriously. It is a Huffy, and old, thus, it's pretty junky. I will admit, though, that it has lived a very good life. I absolutely love it, but I have another bike and this one is taking up space.
What I mean by "project bike for the non-elitist" is that, it's a Huffy.
WARNING: Unless you are a bike mechanic and know what you're doing (can fix this bike up for cheap), DO NOT BUY THIS BICYCLE. It may kill you. This is not a bike for the impressionable. If you're looking for a cheap bike, that is halfway decent, please go to Dick's Sporting Goods. You'll find cheap, but not $10 cheap. You get what you pay for, and $10 cheap is about as good as a broken down Huffy from the 80's that is all rusty, w/ wheels out of true, heavy as a tank, etc.
Now that we're past the disclaimer,
This bike is a mountain bike - Model: Rock Trail, and it is a 14 speed. It could be a real classic for the true Huffy enthusiast.
Project Bike for the Non-Elitist - comes with back travel rack! - $25 (Amherst, MA)
Date: 2010-06-29, 7:13AM EDT
Reply to: sale-bvqjv-1816764165@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
Okay, the rack alone I am selling for $15. The bike itself is only worth $10. Seriously. It is a Huffy, and old, thus, it's pretty junky. I will admit, though, that it has lived a very good life. I absolutely love it, but I have another bike and this one is taking up space.
What I mean by "project bike for the non-elitist" is that, it's a Huffy.
WARNING: Unless you are a bike mechanic and know what you're doing (can fix this bike up for cheap), DO NOT BUY THIS BICYCLE. It may kill you. This is not a bike for the impressionable. If you're looking for a cheap bike, that is halfway decent, please go to Dick's Sporting Goods. You'll find cheap, but not $10 cheap. You get what you pay for, and $10 cheap is about as good as a broken down Huffy from the 80's that is all rusty, w/ wheels out of true, heavy as a tank, etc.
Now that we're past the disclaimer,
This bike is a mountain bike - Model: Rock Trail, and it is a 14 speed. It could be a real classic for the true Huffy enthusiast.
#2630
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STI???? must have missed that part.... what with the bar ends and all....
https://tricities.craigslist.org/bik/1816627470.html
https://tricities.craigslist.org/bik/1816627470.html
#2631
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It's my local buy n' sell site.
To help understand what he is saying, put some gravel in your cheeks, and read it out loud.
https://www.southeasttexas.com/classi...0&type=general
To help understand what he is saying, put some gravel in your cheeks, and read it out loud.
https://www.southeasttexas.com/classi...0&type=general
#2632
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If I needed another fixed gear then I would get this one for sure. Ya gotta love the sellers name though and the material.
https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...2#ht_548wt_733
https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...2#ht_548wt_733
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“One morning you wake up, the girl is gone, the bikes are gone, all that's left behind is a pair of old tires and a tube of tubular glue, all squeezed out"
Sugar "Kane" Kowalczyk
#2633
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STI???? must have missed that part.... what with the bar ends and all....
https://tricities.craigslist.org/bik/1816627470.html
https://tricities.craigslist.org/bik/1816627470.html
SP
Bend, OR
#2634
soonerbills
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Who needs a item description when you have all those great pics?
https://cgi.ebay.com/Bicycle-cycling-...item3f00d7a35e
I love pic #2
https://cgi.ebay.com/Bicycle-cycling-...item3f00d7a35e
I love pic #2
#2635
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Who needs a item description when you have all those great pics?
https://cgi.ebay.com/Bicycle-cycling-...item3f00d7a35e
I love pic #2
https://cgi.ebay.com/Bicycle-cycling-...item3f00d7a35e
I love pic #2
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#2637
Buh'wah?!
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Uh... What the crap?
https://raleigh.craigslist.org/bik/1820878973.html
-Gene-
https://raleigh.craigslist.org/bik/1820878973.html
Vintage bicycle rust - $100 (under the gutter)
Date: 2010-07-01, 1:20PM EDT
Reply to: see below
Vintage bicycle rust. May need magnet to locate and collect drive train. Bucket not included. $100.
Date: 2010-07-01, 1:20PM EDT
Reply to: see below
Vintage bicycle rust. May need magnet to locate and collect drive train. Bucket not included. $100.
- Location: under the gutter
- it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
#2638
car dodger
It must be a spoof of the other raleigh CL ad for the $100 rusty bike that gets listed everyday:
https://raleigh.craigslist.org/bik/1820432202.html
https://raleigh.craigslist.org/bik/1820432202.html
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"I've consulted my sources and I'm pretty sure your derailleur does not exist"
1989 Schwinn Paramount OS
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#2639
"Shake n Bake!"
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"This bike is an vintage Italian bike that used to be rode on the velodrome"
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac...821543364.html
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac...821543364.html
#2640
Senior Member
I emailed him saying if he gave me the bike and 5 grand, I could fix his foundation. After being informed it was a joke, he informed me he took the pics with his friends skydiving camera. I'm not sure if he's trying to be different, or just silly.,,,,BD
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#2641
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LOL, from the Dallas/Ft. Worth CL...
https://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/bik/1821951965.html
WTB Housewife in SUV repellent!! - $1000000 (Dallas/ north dallas)
Looking for some type of light, horn or gas that will repel housewives in SUV's.
Must work on double A batteries or be a wireless system. Women in Dallas cannot understand that there are other people on the road, like bicycles, other than
Themselves.
If I have to deal with another mom getting within 5 feet from killing me when I'm riding my white bicycle on the median or on the right lane, I'm going to maybe have to put up my bike for good.
The last thing I want to see in the last few seconds of my life, while laying on the ground bleeding to death, is a SUV flying away and having to stare at Mandy, Mindy,Madison,Devon,Chelsea or Monica pasted on the bottom right back corner of a window with that mediocre white pasty colored sticker above a goddamned soccer ball or football. Please. I ride my bike because I love to ride, and it's my way of staying in decent shape.
So you housewives, in your escalades with 22 inch chrome wheels and UT Longhorn badges, please don't look at me like I'm a 2nd rate citizen because I don't drive a 3 ton automobile. I'm sorry I'm getting in your way to going to a facial or going to north park mall. Yes. I am sweaty. And yes I'm wearing a weird looking cap, it's a bicycle cap, that's in a language you can't read. I'm a human too.
I understand you are on a very important phone call. Just please. Don't kill me.
Your husband wouldn't be very happy with you if he had to get my blood and guts off that beautiful pearl colored paint of yours. And. I'm sure he wouldn't appreciate removing my recently torn off foot that's in a bloody and tattered chucks, out of your chrome brush guard.
I may be one of your kids. I may be a brother. But I'm just a dude that looks forward to riding his bike to work or around town.
I'm still looking for a repellent against you women. We appreciate you gals, for raising your kids, and making sure your kids are safe in your fifty thousand dollar chromed out Brink tanks. But please, we have moms too. They would miss us if we were dead. Pay attention to the road.
Will travel to you for repellent.
Thanks
Tag: fixed gear, track, don't kill me *****, Gary Cooper never rode a bike but I'm sure his kids did, support transit bicycle company, drink decaf because you drive like a crazy two faced malignant ****,
Breast enlargements don't make you any smarter, sugino, njs, Phil wood hubs are heavy as **** but sexy, I hate flats, white rock lake is fun, nitto, Thompson, Brooks, trek, commuter, grad school is a great way to push of the realities of having to get a real job, pink on bikes, hi Fran, rally, we need bike lanes, cinelli is great brand, fixie, brakes
https://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/bik/1821951965.html
WTB Housewife in SUV repellent!! - $1000000 (Dallas/ north dallas)
Looking for some type of light, horn or gas that will repel housewives in SUV's.
Must work on double A batteries or be a wireless system. Women in Dallas cannot understand that there are other people on the road, like bicycles, other than
Themselves.
If I have to deal with another mom getting within 5 feet from killing me when I'm riding my white bicycle on the median or on the right lane, I'm going to maybe have to put up my bike for good.
The last thing I want to see in the last few seconds of my life, while laying on the ground bleeding to death, is a SUV flying away and having to stare at Mandy, Mindy,Madison,Devon,Chelsea or Monica pasted on the bottom right back corner of a window with that mediocre white pasty colored sticker above a goddamned soccer ball or football. Please. I ride my bike because I love to ride, and it's my way of staying in decent shape.
So you housewives, in your escalades with 22 inch chrome wheels and UT Longhorn badges, please don't look at me like I'm a 2nd rate citizen because I don't drive a 3 ton automobile. I'm sorry I'm getting in your way to going to a facial or going to north park mall. Yes. I am sweaty. And yes I'm wearing a weird looking cap, it's a bicycle cap, that's in a language you can't read. I'm a human too.
I understand you are on a very important phone call. Just please. Don't kill me.
Your husband wouldn't be very happy with you if he had to get my blood and guts off that beautiful pearl colored paint of yours. And. I'm sure he wouldn't appreciate removing my recently torn off foot that's in a bloody and tattered chucks, out of your chrome brush guard.
I may be one of your kids. I may be a brother. But I'm just a dude that looks forward to riding his bike to work or around town.
I'm still looking for a repellent against you women. We appreciate you gals, for raising your kids, and making sure your kids are safe in your fifty thousand dollar chromed out Brink tanks. But please, we have moms too. They would miss us if we were dead. Pay attention to the road.
Will travel to you for repellent.
Thanks
Tag: fixed gear, track, don't kill me *****, Gary Cooper never rode a bike but I'm sure his kids did, support transit bicycle company, drink decaf because you drive like a crazy two faced malignant ****,
Breast enlargements don't make you any smarter, sugino, njs, Phil wood hubs are heavy as **** but sexy, I hate flats, white rock lake is fun, nitto, Thompson, Brooks, trek, commuter, grad school is a great way to push of the realities of having to get a real job, pink on bikes, hi Fran, rally, we need bike lanes, cinelli is great brand, fixie, brakes
#2642
Senior Member
This one has been up a while. I guess he doesn't know you can buy a whole tandem for that, depending on the brand?,,,,BD
https://houston.craigslist.org/bik/1821599819.html
https://houston.craigslist.org/bik/1821599819.html
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#2643
Decrepit Member
Not C&V, but hilarious. Divorcing a bicycle.
https://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/bik/1818360923.html
https://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/bik/1818360923.html
#2644
Senior Member
Not C&V, but hilarious. Divorcing a bicycle.
https://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/bik/1818360923.html
https://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/bik/1818360923.html
That is hilarious
#2645
Senior Member
Not C&V, but hilarious. Divorcing a bicycle.
https://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/bik/1818360923.html
https://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/bik/1818360923.html
#2646
Buh'wah?!
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Not C&V, but hilarious. Divorcing a bicycle.
https://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/bik/1818360923.html
https://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/bik/1818360923.html
-Gene-
#2647
Senior Member
#2648
Banned.
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Not C&V, but hilarious. Divorcing a bicycle.
https://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/bik/1818360923.html
https://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/bik/1818360923.html
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^^^It would take someone with arms like a tyrannosaurus to ride that bike.^^^
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