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Cheap road bike on craigslist

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This bike is on craigslist for $40 bucks, seems pretty cheap. Would you buy to ride around the neighborhood? The guy said it needs a tuneup, not sure what that involves on a bike

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Check the serial number with police before you decide to buy. I'm willing to bet tons of bikes on there are stolen.
 
i'd get a no suspension or hardtail mountain bike with slick tires for neighborhood riding.

'tune up' to me means screwing around with the front & rear derailleur settings until it shifts right and adjusting the brakes.
 
i thought you meant motorcycle when you said tune-up. then i click the link.

$40 for an old beat up cheapy bicycle is not bad.
 
SAWYER said:
This bike is on craigslist for $40 bucks, seems pretty cheap. Would you buy to ride around the neighborhood? The guy said it needs a tuneup, not sure what that involves on a bike

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Did you never own a bike when you were a kid? Oil? Grease? Chain tension? Brakes? Shifter? I don't mean to pick on you, I'm just astounded at the number of 'youts' who know nothing about what I consider the basics. OTOH, when I was a kid, video games didn't exist so, our attention was on other things.
 
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i'd get a no suspension or hardtail mountain bike with slick tires for neighborhood riding.

'tune up' to me means screwing around with the front & rear derailleur settings until it shifts right and adjusting the brakes.
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Or it could mean new derailleurs, shift levers, brakes, wheels, tires, crank, cassette, chain.
 
To the OP.....sure it's a cheap bike, it was made back in the '80's at the latest. Old style brake levers, downtube/stem friction shifters, loose ball bearing spindle bottom bracket, weak brakes at best, spin on freewheel on the rear wheel---no cassette--and on and on.

Could be useful as an around the block rider, but that's about it. Most of the components, when they wear out, will have to be replaced with newer stuff, unless you like living with the bottom-feeder heavier than crap junk that's around to fix those oldster bikes.

Personally, for a neighborhood bike, I'd do what was suggested before and look for a rigid mtn. bike or hybrid. Better riding position and the probability the parts are much newer.
 
Its $40 who cares. Oil it up and adjust the derailleurs and ride it. When something breaks that isn't an easy fix chuck it in the garbage or put it in the free section of craigslist and buy another one. If you get a year or two out of it you win.
 
I've seen comparable brand new (Taiwan-made, with 700c tires) road bikes at Target, on clearance for under $100.
 
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