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07-23-2003, 07:04 PM

Late next month, I'm gonna ride my first century up in Wichita Falls (The
Hotter 'n Hell 100) and I'm tired of riding a Cannondale hybrid as a road
bike . . . so I'm gonna spend some "serious money" (for me) on a used bike
and need to find a source for info on how large a frame I need for my 5'9" /
145#. I inherited the Cannondale from my son, so I donno if it's the right
size or not.

Can somebody direct me to a site with that sort of info?

BTW, as long as I've got you reading this, do you have any advice on my
buying a 10-15-year-old Trek 1500 for $250 . . . assuming that all it needs
is new tires and a tune-up? Cosmetically it seems fine; but I'd have a bike
shop look it over. Anyway, assuming that nothing else is wrong with it and
that it's my size, do you think it would be a good buy?

Thanks.

Andrew Short
Dallas, TX

07-23-2003, 09:23 PM

Andrew Short wrote:
> Late next month, I'm gonna ride my first century up in Wichita Falls (The
> Hotter 'n Hell 100) and I'm tired of riding a Cannondale hybrid as a road
> bike . . . so I'm gonna spend some "serious money" (for me) on a used bike
> and need to find a source for info on how large a frame I need for my 5'9" /
> 145#. I inherited the Cannondale from my son, so I donno if it's the right
> size or not.
>
> Can somebody direct me to a site with that sort of info?
>
>
> Thanks.
>
> Andrew Short
> Dallas, TX
>
>
Give

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a try.

07-24-2003, 05:14 AM

In article <e9HTa.132733$H17.45057@sccrnsc02>, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
says...
> Late next month, I'm gonna ride my first century up in Wichita Falls (The
> Hotter 'n Hell 100) and I'm tired of riding a Cannondale hybrid as a road
> bike . . . so I'm gonna spend some "serious money" (for me) on a used bike
> and need to find a source for info on how large a frame I need for my 5'9" /
> 145#. I inherited the Cannondale from my son, so I donno if it's the right
> size or not.

You're probably somewhere in the 52 to 56 cm range for size, but that
will vary with the manufacturer, and with your body proportions (long
legs/short torso, or short legs/long torso/long arms, etc).

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07-24-2003, 07:27 AM

On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 02:04:58 GMT, Andrew Short <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:
> BTW, as long as I've got you reading this, do you have any advice on my
> buying a 10-15-year-old Trek 1500 for $250 . . . assuming that all it
> needs
> is new tires and a tune-up? Cosmetically it seems fine; but I'd have a
> bike
> shop look it over. Anyway, assuming that nothing else is wrong with it
> and
> that it's my size, do you think it would be a good buy?

Did you catch my earlier reply where I thought that price was excessively
steep for that bike?

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> Thanks.
>
> Andrew Short
> Dallas, TX
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Rick Onanian

07-24-2003, 05:15 PM

"Andrew Short" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
news:e9HTa.132733$H17.45057@sccrnsc02...
>
> BTW, as long as I've got you reading this, do you have any advice on my
> buying a 10-15-year-old Trek 1500 for $250 . . . assuming that all it
needs
> is new tires and a tune-up? Cosmetically it seems fine; but I'd have a
bike
> shop look it over. Anyway, assuming that nothing else is wrong with it
and
> that it's my size, do you think it would be a good buy?

Well, price out what you are going to need. If it hasn't been ridden for
the last few of those years, you may need
2 tires, maybe $40 (all prices here highly approximate)
2 tubes, maybe $10
tune up, maybe true the wheels
overhaul hubs (if it hasn't been ridden a while, it will need new grease)
and bottom bracket,
maybe new cables and housing. This can easily be $100+ for parts and labor,
depending.