Hey Lady, want to buy a recumbent?

[Fredwina]

Actually, I was thinking about $500 - it's an older model with a fair amount of wear and it does need a new BB.
BROL seems to me to some secret club which I never learned the handshake to.
I'm surprised he wants $2000 for a Strada, considering that mine ran about $1700 and you can get a new Corsa for $2000. A lot of folks don't think about depreciation, and I'd much rather see the bike out on the road again.

[lauraelmore1033]

I haven't learned the handshake to BROL either. My first request to join the forum was rejected out of hand and I got a nasty email about being a dirty spammer. Turned out he didn't like my username (same as it is here and same as my email). When I did finally convince them I wasn't a dirty spammer, one of my first posts was greeted with a lot of nasty "here we go again" comments as if I'd said something horribly provocative (I merely mentioned that on my first ride with a flag, a neighborhood kid had nearly ridden right into me because he was staring at my flag). I don't visit them much.

The $2000 Strada supposedly hasn't been ridden and had a lot of fancy upgrades, I think

[smilingcat]

B-R-O-L seems very cliquish. Many of them are "expert" in their own world... and their are others who seem friendly. It's a boys locker room so you can post it for sale there and I'm sure you will get several inquiries for you bent. Just take several antacids and others things to relax you. For $500 asking price I'm sure you will sell it in no time.

I've bantered and sparred with many of them there. Of course, I know absolutely zilch and a fat slug who can't go down a hill without breaking out in sweat and panting for my breath... "There is no way any woman can ride faster or better or know more about bike mechanics..." Then again the demographic of the site tends to be 50's white boys pushing 16. Not to mean or imply any sort of disparaging remark. Nice to see old buckwheats who think they are still stud muffins.