| Re: Good Story: was Schwinn Sidewinder from Walmart
Gooserider wrote:
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> Seriously, man, you need to relax. You're not taking your Wal-Schwinn off
> road for long---and my Ibex has 700x28 tires, which work just fine off road.
> It's my curb hopping commuter with fenders and a rack. Does your Schwinn
> have rack and fender mounts?
Yes it does. Has the eyelets right on the frame where i installed my
back rack yesterday. Thank you for playing. I also say out of my two 20
miles rides, 10 of them miles were offroad. No, I am not going to do 30
foot jumps on the bike or curb hop (there are no curbs within 10 miles
of my house) but I didn't buy the bike to do that.
> It must have weighed 40 pounds, the shifting was
> clunky, the brakes were fear inspiring,
Just got back from another 20 miler. My shifting is working perfectly
and the brakes are working great. Maybe he bought a clunker. I've heard
of people buying expensive road bikes only to have to return them the
next day because something didn't work right. My Mt Fury I bought was
one. It happens dude. Maybe if you spend 10 minutes on your friends bike
doing a simple adjustment for him, this wouldn't be a problem anymore.
And your 700x28c will be no match for the dirt & rock roads here. The
mud that is so often on the roads here will get your bike stuck or
wheels spinning. You'll need a 700x38c for the ones around here. Trust
me on this one. I've done it before.
And I look at this way, I still got 23 days to return my bike to Walmart
if it has a major failure. Just say you are happy with your bike and I
am happy with mine. ANd if I want to get a true road bike, I 'll
consider the Ibex. I'll give an honest report when I reach 100 miles
which will be early next week.
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