Who is doing the buying and setup? Stevie's, where I have just started working, has that Nishiki Mixte, tuned, for $180 plus tax -- just one example. I've bought very nice schlep around bikes -- Raleigh Sportses, Schwinn Collegiates, Surburbans, and ilk, Nishiki mixte, etc, etc, etc, from Goodwill, all in good condition, all for under $60 (an some for $24.95) and, even if needing some work, easily tuned and lubed and adjusted by even a semi-competent mechanic.
It all depends on the selection available and who is buying and refurbishing. That said, there are all sorts of nice off-the-shelf basic bikes. On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 5:34 PM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery < thill....@gmail.com> wrote: > I would strongly disagree with Zack. Buying used is not a good idea. There > are just too many risks, too much screwing around, and too much pressure to > make a quick decision (selecting from a limited number of choices) for the > novice used bike shopper. Better to buy something new from a bike shop. It > need not be steel, or even "Riv-ish". Chances are, unless she has already > drunk the Kool-aid, the bike she chooses won't be even remotely Riv-ish, > which is fine. > > > On Thursday, April 11, 2013 9:58:48 AM UTC-5, Zack wrote: >> >> I would strongly recommend going the used/craigslist route. Such a >> better value, she can get SUCH a better bike going that way, even if she >> wants to take it to the LBS to get a full tune-up/service. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- http://resumespecialties.com/index.html patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com __________________________________________________________________________ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
