Thanks for the replies and the link. Good info. Ken's suggestion of putting some miles on it is probably a good one too. It is technically a MTB with "flat MTB" handlebars (not the 10-speed style). I also found this page which gives me some dimensions to put to use when I get home to measure the frame tonight: http://www.ebicycles.com/bicycle-tools/frame-sizer/mountain-bike/size-sheet?utf8=%E2%9C%93&u=in&r=man&h=1790.7&i=838.2&b=Calculate It has 26" tires on it.
By the way, don't know if this will interest anyone else or not, but Instructables has some useful projects for bicycles and bicycle work: http://www.instructables.com/tag/type-id/?sort=none&q=bicycle+work+stand I like this one too: http://www.instructables.com/id/Triangle-Wheel-Reflectors/ Some are better than others... http://www.instructables.com/tag/type-id/?sort=none&q=bicycle+ On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 1:19 PM, Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> wrote: > Wise words. > > http://sheldonbrown.com/saddles.html > > I put about 20k miles on my Brooks B-17, which was rock hard when I bought > it, but always comfortable until it had sagged so much that I found during my > recent French jaunt that my ischial tuberosities were on the metal frame > rather than cossetted by Brooks's unicorn leather. > > I have just replaced it with a Gilles Berthoud Aspin, which again is hard as > rock, but supremely comfortable and even, dare I say, better than the Brooks. > > B > >> On 17 Sep 2014, at 19:08, "Chris Mitchell" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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. > > -- > 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. -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs. ~ Alfred Stieglitz -- 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.
