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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 04:06 PM
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Road Bike

My 12 year old wants a Road Bike.

I've been looking and have about $300 to spend on a nice 54-58cm.

but the "fixie" craze has everyone pulling apart all the nice Road Bikes in that price range.

does anyone here have a line on a nice Road Bike in that price range??

Something from this Decade and nothing from Wal-Mart?
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 04:53 PM
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There's a lot of Schwinn, Peugeot, Motobecane, Nishiki, etc road bikes on Craigslist that are pretty good.
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 05:21 PM
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That One guy that had multiple bikes in on big add?
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 06:39 PM
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pm SERIES7 .....................shes got lots of white bikes.
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by jhammons01
That One guy that had multiple bikes in on big add?

Yup, posting from the SGV section of L.A. CL.
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 08:38 PM
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I think your better off buying a used good quality road bike, rather then a cheap new one that will fall apart. You should be able to find some nice Cannondale's on Craigslist in the 300-400 range. My mate got a 2002 Cannondale R400 for $250 on craigslist, which is a steal considering that bike is well worth $500. Just take your time, and bust out your low balling skills.

I highly suggest you buy a good quality bike to start off with, I've put over 8k miles on my 2005 Cannondale R500 a year, and besides regular maintenance, never any problems. And resale value is great.

Also, make sure he gets properly fitted. Don't want him getting back or knee injury's for riding a bike that doesn't fit.

Well hope to see ya at the next BBQ, looking forward to some more of that smoked brisket!
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 08:45 PM
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Well hope to see ya at the next BBQ, looking forward to some more of that smoked brisket!
Forget the bike, WHAT BBQ WAS THIS??
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 09:07 PM
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Forget the bike, WHAT BBQ WAS THIS??
This BBQ. https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...ight=BBQ+steve

As always, you miss out on the good food Mr. Lee.
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 09:15 PM
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Danscomp.com =)
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 11:20 PM
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Originally Posted by trainwreck517
I think your better off buying a used good quality road bike,

Well hope to see ya at the next BBQ, looking forward to some more of that smoked brisket!
Zactly what I am hoping to find......but this Fixie **** has gotten all the nice bikes scarfed up.

I'm looking at a Scott Speedster S60

http://unrealbikedeal.com/store/prod...60-FB--52-CM-/

It is a good entry level bike used is $350 and a guy has one is W. Hollywood.

mmMMmmmm Brisket.......

Dickeys Barbeque has moved into the area just last month. I've been getting my BBQ fix from them, they have great sauce.
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 11:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Rotary_Guy007
Danscomp.com =)
what a crack up....since when did Dan start selling road bikes....you know, those really tall bikes with really skinny wheels/tires and gears....The ones you can't do tricks on.......
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Old Oct 6, 2008 | 12:28 AM
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Originally Posted by trainwreck517
This BBQ. https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...ight=BBQ+steve

As always, you miss out on the good food Mr. Lee.
Dude! You know how all these West fools are...nobody shows up for anything. Surprised it went down! I'll be down for the next one!
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Old Oct 6, 2008 | 09:04 AM
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^^SoCalRotor threw two BBQs where 20-30 showed up each.........
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Old Oct 8, 2008 | 12:19 AM
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u **** there is a performance bike off alice parkway. it's only a whole 5 MINUTES away from Irvine.
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Old Oct 8, 2008 | 12:22 AM
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Spend $200 bux more and get your son something brand new. You aren't going to find a bike like this for $523 at a bike shop. This is actually something decent....not used junk. Aside from rebuilding rotaries for 8k (10K+ for FD turbo) I sell bikes for a living.

http://www.amazon.com/Iron-Horse-Tri...3443291&sr=8-7
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Old Oct 8, 2008 | 12:23 AM
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you should get this one.
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Old Oct 8, 2008 | 01:57 AM
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I just built this single speed for under $100

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