im a newb and i dont no wut to do?
- Thread starter Jer D
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Sell the bike on ebay.
Buy another.
Make up the difference somehow!!
Buy another.
Make up the difference somehow!!
Um, well... can you elaborated on "ruin"?
I was noticing this weekend that my Blur is in ruin. I'm gonna strip it down to the bare frame, clean everything, replace whatever's worn out, and put it all back together. Brand new. 
My Superlight is shot. I think I am going to tear it down and have a fresh coat of powder put on, I'm thinking a gold tinted chrome.
My intuition may be serving me wrong, but are you from anywhere in Appalachia?
Sounds to me like you have a department store bike, sorry to say. I used to have one, and after a year mine was in about the same shape as yours, so I went to my local bike shop and dug up the money for a real mt. bike.
Strange - I seem to have entered a parallel universe where almost everyone on RM is extraordinarily patient...
yep yep.MikeD said:
you should have stoped there.Jer D said:
1) trash bike
2) get money
3) get new bike
4) maintain
2) get money
3) get new bike
4) maintain
what kind of bike is it?
Must be a cheapie...either that or you ran it over with a fleet of trucks. Ditch the old trash heap, save some cabbage, and get something worth riding.
If your bike dosen't have a 10 year warrenty(frame)it's most likely just crap.If the frame is cracked the store should replace it.With the wheeles way out of true,etc.,you should get a complete new bike.Then give it to someone or sell it cheep.
Look for a cheap new bike at a sporting goods store like an Iron Horse.Here in Oregon
at G.I. Joes thay have Iron Horse bikes cheap on clearance sales.Also places like REI for Specialized bikes.Or get a good used bike off Ebay.I spent the time to tell you this because these crappy Wallmart bikes I see just make me nuts!They are just not worth any up grade.Or for that matter fixing.only in an emergency should you bother to fix one.What you maybe lack is basic bike smarts.I didn't know **** a few years ago. It's a "learning curve".Read bike mags.Talk to people on the trail.Just get into it and you will answer your own questions.Recycle,ride and ride over and over again!
Peace& Love and F**k saudi oil!
Look for a cheap new bike at a sporting goods store like an Iron Horse.Here in Oregon
at G.I. Joes thay have Iron Horse bikes cheap on clearance sales.Also places like REI for Specialized bikes.Or get a good used bike off Ebay.I spent the time to tell you this because these crappy Wallmart bikes I see just make me nuts!They are just not worth any up grade.Or for that matter fixing.only in an emergency should you bother to fix one.What you maybe lack is basic bike smarts.I didn't know **** a few years ago. It's a "learning curve".Read bike mags.Talk to people on the trail.Just get into it and you will answer your own questions.Recycle,ride and ride over and over again!
Peace& Love and F**k saudi oil!
mabey u should just use some duct tape
just sell your bike, and hire a tutor
Aw come on guys just because his english is ruin doesnt mean you have to make fun of him :evil:
won't last for long. I am amusing myself reading allt he 13 year old AOL speak on here today.s1ngletrack said:
People - LEARN TO SPELL. If you make a typo or a spelling error, no big deal. If you spell it WUT and SOMMER, please..use a spell check.
As for what to do, get yourself a budget entry level MOUNTAIN bike, not a walmart special. The extra green will get you a much more dependable ride.
You are a complete and utter retard, correct?stevirey said:
I just choked on my ghetto Garlic Wonder Bread...stevirey said:
Aluminum frame lasting 10 years after being ridden for those ten years? Yeah right. You're going to be VERY hard pressed to find an aluminum framed bike warranteed for 10 years...steel and ti, yes, but most ish is AL. Aluminum, if its ridden a moderate amount, will usually fatigue enough to crack/bend in the 5-10 year threshold. Silly man.
that doesn't mean the co won't warrenty it. Speci, trek and many others all do a life time on there frames. So be carefull who you call silly... silly.xbluethunderx said:
kai-
M' Banshee Morphine's got a real 10 year warranty and it's made of what my Brit high-school chemistry teacher calls: Aloo-min-ee-um.
I should really think before posting crap...Companies may warantee it for a lifetime, however, if it breaks from aluminum fatigue, are they really gonna cover that? Maybe its just that higher end stuff comes with crappier warantees...HippieKai said:
oooh oooh part of Trek's "lifetime" warranty:
"The warranty does not cover normal wear and tear"
"The warranty does not cover normal wear and tear"
Possibly because it's aluminium? At least, that's its proper name. Given the propensity of americans to rip as many letters as possible out of a word, I don't suppose it's that suprising that you did it to this one as well. It's just unusual to change the pronunciation tooJeff 151 said:
And all americans - this is not a rant directed at you, it's just something I find funny. Please don't hate me, or do strange and terrible things involving hot irons.
Get a clue!Jer D said:
Ask an OG how to maintain your next bike. A kid came into my shop with no ball bearings in his headset. I don't mean they fell out, I mean someone removed the bearings and their retainers as well!
After I convinced his mother to buy a new headset, I told the kid to come to me for advice on how not to f*ck up his bike in the future.
You either learn the easy way or the hard...
Aw right, Guvnor.Darkreaper said:Possibly because it's aluminium? At least, that's its proper name. Given the propensity of americans to rip as many letters as possible out of a word, I don't suppose it's that suprising that you did it to this one as well. It's just unusual to change the pronunciation too
And all americans - this is not a rant directed at you, it's just something I find funny. Please don't hate me, or do strange and terrible things involving hot irons.