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Singlespeed poser, can I join? (10 posts)
|  Singlespeed poser, can I join? | næstep
Jul 24, 2003 11:27 AM | | Stumbled upon another outrageous deal yesterday.
On my way home with a load of Costco toilet paper in the car, I got off at the wrong exit and ran smack into a one year-old bike shop that I never knew existed. I couldn't resist the temptation; I had to park the car and go in.
Wouldn't you know it -- sitting out in front of the store was a fire engine red Van Dessel Straight-Up x7. Yeah, sure, it has a Shimano Nexus 7 speed hub and coaster brakes, but not much else. A svelte 27 pounds(*Gah!*). Priced to move: $199!
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This was sooo close to being a sweet victory. Problem is, I'd been looking at this very bike on eBay for weeks, but didn't want to shell out the $370 it would have taken to get it direct from Van Dessel. So just two weeks ago, I gave up and bought a $99 used Rockhopper, circa 1989 (Biopace chainrings even), to use as my "casual" bike-path-cruisin'-around-the-waterfront bike. So as soon as I can sell off the Rockhopper and reclaim my money, all will be well in the universe (and my wife will quit strangling me in her mind).
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The cool news is that with the Nexus joining the fleet, I am still derailleur free among all three bikes! Yippee!
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Not exactly off-road worthy (that wasn't the intent), but let's face facts: This is the closest me and my problematic knees will ever get to a singlespeed. And heck, I can only use one speed at a time anyway, right? So how about it? 1/7th membership?
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| Nuthin' doin', bud | Sparty
Jul 24, 2003 11:49 AM | | I know you and yer sneaky tricks... Now yank that rear wheel outta there and shove in an honest 1x wheel... yer 1/7th of the way there, no sense in turnin' back now!
C'mon, Nate -- yer legs can handle it. :D
--Sparty
P.S. $199? Jeez, do they have another in XL?
P.P.S. Remember my Sugar's a 1x7... can't we get mtbr to start a 1x7(+) board?
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| This one is a 56cm... | næstep
Jul 24, 2003 11:54 AM | | ...which I guess translates to a 19". VD does make a 59cm, though -- but this was the last one left. But to help matters, the top tube curves UP, to ensure solid contact with the boys.
They did have a pair of singlespeed Straight-Ups (no Nexus hub) for about $150. Same frame in yellow, with moustache bars. Didn't see what size frames though.
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| You don't need another bike! | Brandon
Jul 24, 2003 12:19 PM | | Me on the other hand, I'd be willing to give up my Schwinn for one of these any day. |
| First step to serious SS'ing... | SS Jerry
Jul 24, 2003 12:19 PM | | Remove the reflectors.....Will save several OZ's also...
Welcome to the club... yeah, like I am the Mayor or somebody with the authority to do that....
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| Darn, the reflectors? | næstep
Jul 24, 2003 12:37 PM | | This is the only bike I'm planning to actually use on the roads. I was kinda' hoping I could keep 'em. please???
How about the obscene stem in trade?
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| Obscene? I LOVE that stem! | Sparty
Jul 24, 2003 2:13 PM | | Looks like it's worth $199 all by itself.
--Sparty |
| Do you mean 199mm? (nm) | næstep
Jul 24, 2003 2:21 PM | | |
| More on the reflector issue.... | Ss Jerry
Jul 24, 2003 6:38 PM | | Reflectors just give car drivers something to aim for in the dark....
JS |
| sure you can join, but move that shifter... | redhaze
Jul 24, 2003 6:46 PM | | to your seatpost. It'll be a bit harder to shift, mebbe you'll just stand up and pump up the hill 'stead a shifting. In a nutshell,
b that
is what SS is about.
and yer handle bars will be ultra clean!
nice bike, I don't know how they can push those bikes out the door for that.
coaster brakes are FUN! but very dangerous on tight twisty singletrack (speaking from experience...)
congrats!
bob |
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