Quote Originally Posted by Tuckervill View Post
What makes you think she needs to be fixed? The gears look fine. The chain probably needs to be lubed. If you're just going to tool around with the kids, this bike will do fine, even if it doesn't shift well through all the gears--as long as the brakes work!

It's not a GREAT vintage bike--it has a one piece crank, which is a mark of cheap bikes. It's probably very heavy, too. But for what you want to do, who cares?

Put some new tires and tubes on (less than $30) and ride her!

Karen
I know for sure she was a cheap discount store chain bike. She came in a box, and my dad put her together. Funny, he was bad about losing parts of projects. Part of the gear cables are held to the frame by a wire twisty. I can remember thinking though, "this is the bomb" lol. Tires and tubes for $30 would be worth it. Being cheap, I do remeber the shifting being hard. As you say, with the kid riding, there's not a lot of shifting going on.