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Title: Are they asking too much for this bicycle?
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retro cruiser bicycles
URL Source: http://www.retrocruiserbicycles.com ... ipts/prodView.asp?idproduct=59
Published: Sep 12, 2011
Author: Dakmar
Post Date: 2011-09-12 21:09:02 by Dakmar
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Views: 5081
Comments: 53
Several years ago, I bought a bicycle, hoping to ride it for a little exercise. It was a standard, upright bicycle, with six gears and handbrakes. I can't get comfortable on the thing, my legs are too long to sit back, and the handlebars are too far away to sit upright. I basically feel like I'm taking my life into my own hands every time I get on this bike. I used to spend hours riding around my home town on a Schwinn Manta Ray (24") I borrowed from my neighbor, the bike i question looks like it would be just as comfortable, with the added bonus of having a coaster brake. I'd like to get this bike, does anyone know of a similar package, maybe even with a higher sissy bar with a padded headrest, a springer front end, and a rack I can use to transport small quantities of snacks/liquor back to my abode?
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#1. To: Dakmar (#0)
If you need a padded headrest, call a cab.
LOL, good idea, but don't you remember the old 70's Schwinns? The high end ones had a padded headrest at the top of the sissy bar:
I had one just like it. My first bike. It was dark purple though with coloured streamers coming out of the handlebars. If I remember right it had the padded headrest.
#6. To: wudidiz (#4)
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You're referring to the Schwinn? They don't make those (that model) anymore. The URL I posted for this article is a custom manufacturer, the basic bike is $500. I was wondering if anyone knew of any other manufacturers? A vintage Schwinn Manta Ray goes for about $700 on ebay, and most of them need serious refurbishing, and are only a 24" frame to start with. Why is it so hard to get a comfortable bike? I only spent like $118 on the enema machine currently parked in my toolshed.
The Schwinn Krate's were the coolest bikes ever made: Damned shame they didn't come standard with a headrest! :)
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#2. To: Lod (#1)
If you need a padded headrest, call a cab.
And don't you dare call me a sissy, Lod! :)
#4. To: Dakmar (#2)
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#8. To: wudidiz (#4)
I had one just like it. My first bike. It was dark purple though with coloured streamers coming out of the handlebars. If I remember right it had the padded headrest.
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