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Re: What are the "beater" road bike brands in your area?

by Dane Buson <dane@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > May 19, 2008 at 01:06 PM

Peter Cole <peter_cole@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> To me, the best beaters are the most standard bikes. Anything unusual in

> thread pitch, diameter or bearing/component mounting makes it a toss 
> back. Horizontal dropout are a big plus.

Yes, anything French gets the upturned nose.  I still have some French
parts from a broken bike (bottom bracket, headset)[1] that I'm keeping for
a bit in case someone I know needs them though.

[1] Before I knew enough to form this policy.

-- 
Dane Buson - sigdane@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"The GOP is the evil party, the Democrats are the stupid party, and
 bipartisan****p is when they join forces to do something both evil and
stupid."
 - Stephen Johnson
 




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What are the "beater" road bike brands in your area?
pjstock@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-05-11 15:16:11 
Re: What are the "beater" road bike brands in your area?
Jeff <no_answer@[EMAIL  2008-05-11 18:02:25 
Re: What are the "beater" road bike brands in your area?
tkeats2005@[EMAIL PROTECT  2008-05-11 16:09:47 
Re: What are the "beater" road bike brands in your area?
pjstock@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-05-11 20:00:40 
Re: What are the "beater" road bike brands in your area?
"ZBicyclist" &l  2008-05-12 20:17:53 
Re: What are the "beater" road bike brands in your area?
Dane Buson <dane@[EMAI  2008-05-12 15:53:11 
Re: What are the "beater" road bike brands in your area?
tkeats2005@[EMAIL PROTECT  2008-05-15 03:11:03 
Re: What are the "beater" road bike brands in your area?
Dane Buson <dane@[EMAI  2008-05-19 13:08:22 
Re: What are the "beater" road bike brands in your area?
Peter Cole <peter_cole  2008-05-15 15:04:44 
Re: What are the "beater" road bike brands in your area?
Dane Buson <dane@[EMAI  2008-05-19 13:06:33 
Re: What are the "beater" road bike brands in your area?
tkeats2005@[EMAIL PROTECT  2008-05-19 19:35:43 
Re: What are the "beater" road bike brands in your area?
pjstock@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-06-03 07:21:20 

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