Seems like a pretty good deal to me Darren. Recently serviced and you know the seller. Are you sure you'll need a new saddle? Don't be put off if it looks rather skinny and hard - perversely, that's not a bad thing in a saddle. Have a look at what the late, great Sheldon Brown had to say about that.
Chris On 17 September 2014 18:21, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > Only asking this here because I know that there are some serious > bicylists present. I hope you can lower your esoterics enough to > provide a reasonable opinion on this question: > > I'm interested in getting into cycling around town (we've got a great, > long, paved trail) for exercise/fitness. I sit at a desk and push a > mouse around all day and I need something for activity. My son-in-law > has a late 80s (I think) vintage 15 speed Schwinn Mirada that he will > sell me for the price he (just) spent to have it serviced at a local > bike shop ($100). From what I can tell, this was a step or two above > the lowest Schwinn models, and was made before they started selling > them at Walmart. > > I would probably want a new saddle for it, and it has knobby tires. I > wish he would have put slicks on it. From what I have seen in Googling > this, people ask $140-150 for these so I'm not getting the greatest > deal in the world, but I don't think I'm really overpaying either. I'm > not sure, but I doubt that I have better options for the price range. > > I don't plan on racing this thing, so I don't need the lightest frame > in the world. Heck, I really need how to learn those 15 gears just to > climb hills. I'm a bike newbie really. However, it looks like this > thing has a really durable frame (saw one that the owner said had > taken him thousands of miles: 4th photo on this page - > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/?page_id=174667 ). I like that > it has center pull brakes and has just come out of the shop. It has 2 > separate lever shifters for each set of gears. > > So, basically, I guess I'm asking if this is a dumb way to spend $100 > on a bike or not. What say you? > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
