| Re: Sad Story: was Schwinn Sidewinder from Walmart
On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 05:26:42 GMT, Werehatrack <rault00@earthWEEDSlink.net>
wrote:
>On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 04:37:31 GMT, "Phil, Squid-in-Training"
><phil_leeIHEARTBASHGUARDS@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> But the one thing I noticed, people who actually ride department store
>>> bikes on this group have little problems with them.
>>
>>There are basically three types that ride these bikes:
>>1. People who buy and never ever ride.
>>2. People who buy and ride the piss out of them commuting.
>>3. People (teenage boys) who buy and ride the piss out of them doing things
>>the bikes were never intended to do.
>>
>>We get lots of #3. #2 come in once in a long time. #1 come in to have
>>their bikes fixed after sitting for a couple of years, usually scoffing at
>>the cost of repair. And then proceed to never ride them again.
>>
>>So generally, I'd agree.
>
>And after about 8 to 10 years, the folks in the first categry donate
>the bike to Goodwill or dump it at a garage sale or foist it off one
>someone else because they are tired of paying to put the thing back
>into immediately ride-worthy shape...and have finally realized that
>they really aren't going to ride it anyway.
>
>That's when people like me get hold of them, and either ride the piss
>out of them or pass them along to someone else who must be sorted into
>one of the categories themselves.
>
>I also get some pretty nice bikes through that same process.
That's where my bikes come from.
Some people would be amazed at how much bike you can find from an owner who
would rather have $40 and not ride a bike than just have a bike he doesn't ride.
Ron
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