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Old Sep 28, 2009 | 05:12 PM
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Old Sep 28, 2009 | 06:08 PM
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Old Sep 28, 2009 | 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by shareall,Sep 28 2009, 05:33 PM
Just finished up my Bailey's. Could get into the wine, but the plan is to actually work hard tomorrow, so...


$50 a tire. They better be indestructible. Or maybe that's me overreacting.
Bike tires are stupid expensive. $50 is actually not bad. Some of the better race tires (which are tiny) are over $100.
Old Sep 28, 2009 | 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by zdave87,Sep 28 2009, 05:39 PM
Lose weight, WSB.
I have been... slowly.


I'll always be a fatass as bicyclists go.
Old Sep 28, 2009 | 06:23 PM
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Old Sep 28, 2009 | 06:51 PM
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Old Sep 28, 2009 | 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by WestSideBilly,Sep 28 2009, 10:20 PM
Bike tires are stupid expensive. $50 is actually not bad. Some of the better race tires (which are tiny) are over $100.
Hmm, so perhaps this vision of a $25 yard sale bicycle isn't realistic.

Somehow I missed those two posts.
Old Sep 28, 2009 | 07:21 PM
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Well, you can get a bike for free if you look. Hell, you can get a car for free.


But when you have sorta specific demands for a bike, the shit gets crazy expensive.
Old Sep 28, 2009 | 08:22 PM
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And who knows what I want in a bicycle, other than something relatively lightweight...with gears.
Old Sep 28, 2009 | 08:35 PM
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I figure I ain't rollin' out of the shop for under $700. . . and $1000 is way more likely.



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