Hey guys,
I am in Ontario for university and have been looking for a bike to use for school and getting groceries. So far I have purchased a crappy hybrid bike that lasted me for a mmonth before I blew the rear tire on a curb. I actually liked the tire size on the hybrid since it was easy to hit top speeds. Now I need a replacement for as much of the year as posssible, including some winter days. I have a bike on trial, and a potential offer that I am considering so far in my pricerange of $50.
1) Reebok Avalanche Bike. I cannot find a single bit of information on this bike except for the link the poster put in his ad, which has lost its source for information too, he says its an adults 26inch bike but the link he added is for a boys bike. This guy wants 120$, i offered 50$ and he jumped on it immediately, shoulda asked lower I suppose. A problem I find with used bikes is that I can never google any records of the bike name/brands to see what any retailers sell it for or customer reviews. Has anyone heard of this HT24?
http://london.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-se...AdIdZ242398408
2) I recently met and bought a $50 road bike from a guy with a clause that I get 3 days to try it out and decide if i'll keep it.
The pictures were sent to my email so I will have to host them to get them up, this was my offer:
"I have a road bike you can have for fifty.
It is an old sears Pro Tour steel road bike. 1979 aprox
I have used it for three or four years. I just spent 50.00 for a tune up. It rides and shifts perfect. Brakes shimmy a little. The bike has a luggage rack on back.
The crank for the pedals is new last year. The bike has been painted a couple times over the years by some one. I sanded off some paint to see if it might be a valuable old vintage bike. It is not. The bike looks rough so nobody will steal it from you.They are more likely to offer you a hand out when they see it
Tires are three years old.
At fifty dollars I am giving away. It has been a spare bike and I have two other very exspensive road bikes and a Giant mountain bike which I am going to sell for 150.00.
Anyway the old road bike is a perfect size for you and you will like riding it. I have a road bike you can have for fifty.
It is an old sears Pro Tour steel road bike. 1979 aprox
I have used it for three or four years. I just spent 50.00 for a tune up. It rides and shifts perfect. Brakes shimmy a little. The bike has a luggage rack on back.
The crank for the pedals is new last year. The bike has been painted a couple times over the years by some one. I sanded off some paint to see if it might be a valuable old vintage bike. It is not. The bike looks rough so nobody will steal it from you.They are more likely to offer you a hand out when they see it
Tires are three years old.
At fifty dollars I am giving away. It has been a spare bike and I have two other very exspensive road bikes and a Giant mountain bike which I am going to sell for 150.00. "
My experience with the roadbike so far is that it does shimmy, I don't feel too confident in the breaking, the handlebars are so narrow that I feel that I would not have control to make quick accurate turns if needed, I can't drink and ride (going to friends house on weekends). The shifting works well (shifter on frame of bike), the speed is nice, and it has a nice luggage rack if I can get some simple tiedowns.