My aunt has been wanting to get back into riding but she doesn't want to spend much on a bike. She found some POS walmart "next" bike at a garage sale for $15 that she bought and i tried to fix it up....but you can guess how that went. worthless.
anyhoo, we're going to the beach for thanksgiving and she wanted to have something to ride. so i decided to take a trip to the LBS that sells used bikes. low and behold, found a trek 800 that was already chopped out like a hybrid in decent condition. the shop owner had just bought the bike and it hadn't received it's workover to be sold yet, so i told him i'd do all of the cleaning/fixing if he'd give it to me for cheap.
so..$35 later it's in my truck and about 30 minutes after that it's looking nearly new again. this thing shifts better than my bikes and ,after a few tweeks with the spoke wrench, had pefectly true wheels.
so anyway, i'm pretty excited that i found such a steal to get someone back into riding
here's a pic
oh yeah, i took the bars off that POS next bike, cut them down and put them on lil' manimals bike. he was rocking it yesterday at the jumps with the lower bars. made a huge difference.
and of course....i have to put in an action shot
noah w/ the old bars at hobby park last week.
anyhoo, we're going to the beach for thanksgiving and she wanted to have something to ride. so i decided to take a trip to the LBS that sells used bikes. low and behold, found a trek 800 that was already chopped out like a hybrid in decent condition. the shop owner had just bought the bike and it hadn't received it's workover to be sold yet, so i told him i'd do all of the cleaning/fixing if he'd give it to me for cheap.
so..$35 later it's in my truck and about 30 minutes after that it's looking nearly new again. this thing shifts better than my bikes and ,after a few tweeks with the spoke wrench, had pefectly true wheels.
so anyway, i'm pretty excited that i found such a steal to get someone back into riding
here's a pic
oh yeah, i took the bars off that POS next bike, cut them down and put them on lil' manimals bike. he was rocking it yesterday at the jumps with the lower bars. made a huge difference.
and of course....i have to put in an action shot
noah w/ the old bars at hobby park last week.
