AntonioGG Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 23 minutes ago, RedRider3141 said: Actual Interaction: Please ask her what bike shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRider3141 Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 1 hour ago, AntonioGG said: Please ask her what bike shop. She muttered something about never returning to Midland... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack_turtle Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 sometimes I see a listing for a bike and the bike is either mis-identified in some way or wrongly assembled. I can't help but contact the person in an attempt to be helpful, but I don't get a lot of positive responses. like so many things, I can't make people make good choices, so I let them blissfully live with those bad choices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntonioGG Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 16 hours ago, RedRider3141 said: She muttered something about never returning to Midland... Can't blame her. Â The water tastes funny and the air smells funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinBike Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 20 hours ago, RedRider3141 said: She muttered something about never returning to Midland... That is what a lot of people on the run from the law will say. I'd think Midland would be a great location for the witness relocation program because nobody is gonna hunt you down out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chongo Loco Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Some of the goofy stuff you see on DIY kids bikes builds is both hilarious and a head shaker. Years ago some nimrod music teacher at TX State posted a kids bike with the fork backwards like that. His explanation for selling was the kid found the steering/bike unstable, crashed hard, and refused to ride it. [emoji849] Guess who had put it together. Double [emoji849] I message him to flip the fork around and see if kid will ride it, but at least fix it before selling it to someone else so their kid is safe. Idiot sends back a tirade on how he built and there was no possible way to put a fork on backwards. Lesson learned. Never argue with Craigslist boneheads. [emoji2369]Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notyal Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 This could be bike related. You won't know until you purchase and open these (presumably legally acquired) random Amazon boxes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinBike Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 3 hours ago, notyal said: This could be bike related. You won't know until you purchase and open these (presumably legally acquired) random Amazon boxes. Does Amazon sell dildos? I refuse to play that lottery unless I know for sure. With my luck, box o’ dildos, every single time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tip Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Holy Crap. That is one lazy ass porch pirate. Too much effort to even open the box to see what they stole. It's already in a box. Easy to ship. Geez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinBike Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 There is some amazon outlet, I think up in Willco, that you can shop and buy from returns in packages. You can't see what is in the package, sometimes you get lucky. Not sure whether this is still in operation or how they are handling it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRider3141 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATXZJ Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Heads up on a pretty good CL bike deal. @mack_turtle https://austin.craigslist.org/bik/d/manchaca-2018-kona-hei-hei-al-dl/7462668388.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBaron Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 On 1/16/2022 at 1:24 PM, RedRider3141 said: I'll see this tandem with a tag-a-long....and then raise you a Burley trailer. Â We've got a MTN tandem and when our kids were young we'd do a setup like the above, but we'd also add the littlest dude into a Burley trailer. Â We could have all 4 of us on the same rig. Â I'll see if I can find a photo somewhere. Â I know it was our Xmas photo a decade ago or so. Later, CJB 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinerider Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 Awesomesauce https://austin.craigslist.org/bik/d/austin-cannondale-road-bike/7463619592.html Just serviced, but the chain doesn't really reflect that. And looks like he ran it into the wall with that fork rake!  1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBaron Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 23 hours ago, Shinerider said: Awesomesauce https://austin.craigslist.org/bik/d/austin-cannondale-road-bike/7463619592.html Just serviced, but the chain doesn't really reflect that. And looks like he ran it into the wall with that fork rake!   And listed for $600!...aMaZinG.  I sure hope he gets that kind of money.  I've got a few bikes I need to sell and hope the market is THAT strong   1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBaron Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 On 1/16/2022 at 1:24 PM, RedRider3141 said: Â I found my tandem+trail-a-bike+trailer photo. Â I dug it up from our Xmas photo box. Â Circa 2007. Â I believe this was one of the last times we were all aloud to ride out bikes through the trail of lights. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAF Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 1 minute ago, CBaron said: Â Â I found my tandem+trail-a-bike+trailer photo. Â I dug it up from our Xmas photo box. Â Circa 2007. Â I believe this was one of the last times we were all aloud to ride out bikes through the trail of lights. I haven't been in years, but didn't we all just park back then and walk/ride through it? I guess now it's a drive-thru thing or something. I remember chugging a couple of Lone Stars and running the Trail of Lights 5K in the early aughts - is that still a thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBaron Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Just now, TAF said: I haven't been in years, but didn't we all just park back then and walk/ride through it? I guess now it's a drive-thru thing or something. I remember chugging a couple of Lone Stars and running the Trail of Lights 5K in the early aughts - is that still a thing? Â "Back in the day" we would all ride through the TOL and then ride 'parade-style' down congress and then it would turn into a quasi-critical mass ride as everyone splintered off around downtown. Â I believe 2006 was last year for the big congress parade style and it was so massive that it got larger than the logistics could handle. Â Then in 2007 (tandem photo), we were only allowed to ride through the TOL and no congress avenue (although a group still cruised down there albeit bandit-style). Â My family road all along the town lake HAB trail back to our car parked at Austin High. Â I don't think anything goes on now (bike related). Later, CJB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chongo Loco Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Yeah, back in the mid/late 90’s when BSS was still on Toomey, Hill would sponsor the group ride. It rolled out from the shop. He and Laura showed up on a tandem dressed as Mr & Mrs Clause every year. We went thru TOL under mopac to Castle Hill then up to 37th and then back thru UT down speedway to congress. Ended with a drag race down Congress Avenue from the capitol to the town lake bridge every year. By 04/05 when I was dragging my kid in a trailer it went from 40-50 to well over 100 and got pretty rowdy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CBaron Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 What are the chances that those expert bike mechanics at that pawn shop did NOT crack the top tube with the bike stand clamp?? -CJB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 Ahhh...possibly the beginning of the covid buyers remorse program? Anyone taking that bike to a pawn shop either stole it or can't afford it. Oh, and the jaws of that stand are coated with rubber so nothing to see here🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRA Posted June 17, 2022 Author Share Posted June 17, 2022 12 hours ago, Chief said:  Oh, and the jaws of that stand are coated with rubber so nothing to see here🤣 So you think that clamp job is perfectly ok because the jaws are rubber? Carbon fiber bikes should never be clamped by anything but the seat post. Does not take much clamp pressure to crush a tube, especially if you have no idea what you're doing. I know of at least 1 member here who can vouch for this, he worked at a bike shop too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 59 minutes ago, JRA said: So you think that clamp job is perfectly ok because the jaws are rubber? Carbon fiber bikes should never be clamped by anything but the seat post. Does not take much clamp pressure to crush a tube, especially if you have no idea what you're doing. I know of at least 1 member here who can vouch for this, he worked at a bike shop too. Wow you really didn't get it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATXZJ Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Whoosh....... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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