Tom Keats <tkeats2005@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In article <nbumf5-997.ln1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Dane Buson <dane@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>> pjstock@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>>>
>>> What brands/makes/models do you see in your area?
>>
>> Well, first of course there are the ubiquitous but servile Huffy and
>> Mongoose brands. But you probably meant something a little more
>> highbrow. Generally lots of bike boom bikes like Akami, Apollo,
>> Centurion, Sekai, Ni****ki, some Raleigh, some unidentifiables.
>>
>>> What are your thoughts on what makes a great beater?
>>
>> Cheap, not rusted through, aluminum wheels are a plus, 700c instead of
>> 27" is nice.
>
> Oooh! Oooh! Suzue one-piece, forged, no-tool-marks,
> wide-flanged hubs!
>
> Yeah, they've nutted axles instead of QRs, but that's
> part of what makes a good beater too.
True, I'm not fond of quick release on anything that will be locked up
outside for more than five minutes at a time. Plus, at least the nutted
axles always work, some of the quick releases are pure cheese.
--
Dane Buson - sigdane@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"I have to convince you, or at least snow you ..."
-- Prof. Romas Aleliunas, CS 435
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