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  1. #1
    Sarahskf Guest

    help identifying bike

    Hi there,

    I found this website and thought maybe someone on here could help with my silly predicament.

    I ride a "Kmart special" bicycle ... it's old and decrepid and I need a new one. I went into a bicycle store on a recent vacation and fell in love with a bike. It was so fantastic looking: pale yellow body with small brown flowers on the frame, from far away you couldn't tell they were flowers, and a brown leather seat and matching handlebars. The price on the tag was $34. I told the salesperson I was going to think about it and went home. He told me it was a "hybrid" -- not quite a mountain bike. I have since called the store to ask what kind of bike it was but the person who helped me left and no one can answer my question. I would like to find this bike online and buy it -- but I have no idea what brand, model, etc. Anyone have any ideas how to go about identifying it? I love, love, love this bike now and would like to buy one. What about a website with lots of pictures where I might find it?

    Thanks so much for your help.

    Sarah

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    Sarah,
    Can't you ask the manager what brands of bikes they carry and at least be able to track it down that way?
    But my main puzzlement is the $34 price tag- are you sure this was an adult bike? Was it used? Seems awfully low priced to me. Hopefully it wouldn't fall apart right away if you did get one!
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    $34.00?? Was that a typo?? Even a used bike would prolly be more than that... I dunno? I'm puzzled??
    From the sound of it though it sounds like a beach cruiser to me? Did it have wide handle bars?

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    Trek Calypso, perhaps? Retails for about $300.


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    I wonder if the tag said $34.00 and was a typo for $340.00??? No bike from a bike shop costs $34! And you wouldn't want it if it did -- that's cheaper than a Kmart special!
    Emily

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    Electra Daisy?

    $420
    Last edited by uforgot; 04-29-2009 at 02:50 PM.

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    Ask the bike shop which brands they carry, and you can narrow it down some.

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    I thought it might be a K2 T-Nine model, too, because I saw their Trailhead model at REI a few weeks ago and it has a really cool subtle flower pattern, as well. I am not much for flowers on bikes, but I was ready to trade in my Rockhopper on the spot. That one is green, but I thought maybe they had a hybrid in the yellow.

    It's really the brown saddle and handlebar grips that are throwing me.

 

 

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