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Thread: Meet Ginger :-)
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10-24-2007, 06:19 AM #1
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Meet Ginger :-)
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My new - vintage - responsible buy - cruisin' around city - girlie red - bike. Just got her home and she rides smooth. I used to have a whopper of an old MTB to get around town. My road bike is Fred (CALLED Fred, not "fred") so that's why she should be Ginger, eh?
I bought it at that place the city runs where they provide jobs and training to unemployed people. They do repairs, sell one brand of new bikes and then re-vamped used bikes. The more expensive line gets a new paint job and comes from single to 7 speed.
This is just a revamped Motobecane frame, lots of new parts - cassette, rear derailleur, wheels, handlebar, saddle... but lovely old shimano shifters etc... Frame's got a few places where the paint is chipped off but hey, must be from ... the 70's?
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10-24-2007, 06:39 AM #2
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10-24-2007, 07:26 AM #3
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Wonderful! Look at the gold pinstriping around the lugs.
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10-24-2007, 09:03 AM #4
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wanna sell it? No wait. I'm addicted to bicycles!!!
BEAUTIFUL BIKE!!! I love Ginger."Chisel praise in stone; write criticism in sand."
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10-24-2007, 09:09 AM #5
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beautiful!
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10-24-2007, 09:27 AM #6
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I'm impressed that the city provides job training like that. A good deal for everyone involved.
I love red. Maybe if you get the serial number off the bottom bracket you can find out the year of the bike.2008 Trek FX 7.2/Terry Cite X
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10-24-2007, 09:36 AM #7
wannabe submarine gazelle
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This is the type of singlespeed bikes they build. They're expensive though. Well mine wasn't "cheap" either but for all the parts it's basically a new bike.
Frame number - he wrote it on the warranty except I think on the bottom bracket it's covered up with a protective thingy. 2778691...It's a little secret you didn't know about us women. We're all closet Visigoths.
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10-24-2007, 10:29 AM #8
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Congratulations Alpine. She's very cute. And a wise/responsible choice.
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10-24-2007, 11:08 AM #9
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Awwww... see those shifters. Like the Wild West!
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10-24-2007, 01:31 PM #10
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Beautiful bike!!!
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10-24-2007, 01:36 PM #11
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Wowee wow! That's one smokin' hot red bike! Congrats on your newest addition!
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10-26-2007, 08:23 PM #12
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The shifter says shimano 600
It's a predesessor to ultegra, good components. late 70's I think.
By 80's shimano did away with that beautiful work.
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