My GF has been converted to the cause by her old Schwinn step through, lovely looking bike but heavy to get up from the cellar and wants to get something a little lighter and nippier. Ideally a flat bar step through road bike.
Anyway, good places to look? Don't mind a fixer upper as I will be there next week.
― Ed, Wednesday, 6 February 2008 23:03 (seventeen years ago)
Recycle-A-Bicycle! There's one in DUMBO and one in the East Village. I do their Ladies' Volunteer night there on Tuesdays, they're cool. They rehab serviceable bikes with total overhauls, so you know that even if the bb was FINE when the bike was donated, they took it apart anyway. Bikes prob start in the $150 range and go up to $450 or so.
― Laurel, Wednesday, 6 February 2008 23:20 (seventeen years ago)
Maybe we'll pop down on tuesday, what's the address?
― Ed, Wednesday, 6 February 2008 23:22 (seventeen years ago)
CRAIGSLIST IS AN OPTION...ALTHO RECYCE A BICYCLE IS GREAT TOO..THERE IS ALSO ONE ON AVE C...OR THERE WAS...ITS BEEN A WHILE
― ddb, Thursday, 7 February 2008 02:33 (seventeen years ago)
I HAVE MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT CRAIGSLIST BUT I HAVE BEEN LOOKING...
― Ed, Thursday, 7 February 2008 10:13 (seventeen years ago)
HI BIKE PEOPLE
Laurel, can we set up a bike fixing daet pls?????
― tehresa, Thursday, 7 February 2008 13:51 (seventeen years ago)
http://www.recycleabicycle.org/
DUMBO (Brooklyn) 35 Pearl Street (at Plymouth Street), Brooklyn, NY 11201 718-858-2972 Hours: Mon-Sat, Noon to 7PM (Not open on Sunday)
East Village (Manhattan) 75 Avenue C (between 5th & 6th Streets), New York, NY 10009 212-475-1655 Hours:Mon-Sat, Noon to 7PM (Not open on Sunday)
― Laurel, Thursday, 7 February 2008 15:10 (seventeen years ago)
I've never been to the EV shop so I dunno what shop carries what stock. You could call ahead and ask what's avail right then, since you want a partic kind of bike.
TZA: Yah, totally! Let's talk about your bike later -- meb see you tonight?
― Laurel, Thursday, 7 February 2008 15:11 (seventeen years ago)
I think it is more of a case that I know what bike would suit but I think E wants to try a few out.
― Ed, Thursday, 7 February 2008 17:57 (seventeen years ago)
Well, smaller frame sizes are a bit harder to find. If she's a shortie, probably call ahead regardless.
― Laurel, Thursday, 7 February 2008 18:03 (seventeen years ago)
Nearly as tall as me, she can almost stand over my 60cm surly. But I shall call ahead nonetheless.
― Ed, Thursday, 7 February 2008 18:07 (seventeen years ago)
Ed, I was under impression that you are a Britisher. No?
― Super Cub, Thursday, 7 February 2008 22:14 (seventeen years ago)
I am a Britisher but my GF live in New York she is an Americanisher. I try to get over when I can. I just got made redundant (in fact when I was last there) and now a new job so I am spending the redundancy payment on coming back.
― Ed, Thursday, 7 February 2008 22:23 (seventeen years ago)
ed when you gonna be back?
laurel, i could not go to rock* other night and probably can't again this week but soon let's have bike fixing time because i want to ride bikes all over.
― tehresa, Sunday, 10 February 2008 07:58 (seventeen years ago)
Back tomorrow. Drinks?
― Ed, Sunday, 10 February 2008 12:23 (seventeen years ago)
maybe this weekend if you're still here?
laurel, pls to contact me at yr convenience for bike diagnostic daet. i will buy you buds.
― tehresa, Thursday, 14 February 2008 13:05 (seventeen years ago)
I won't know what tools to bring/borrow unless I know some things abt your bike, T. We gots ta talk.
― Laurel, Thursday, 14 February 2008 15:23 (seventeen years ago)
IF U GALS ARE BIKE CLINIC'N/BUD DRINKIN IN WB, GIVE GRAMPS A CALL...I GOT TOOLS TOO
― ddb, Thursday, 14 February 2008 17:24 (seventeen years ago)
Naaaw. You? Srsly?
― Laurel, Thursday, 14 February 2008 17:31 (seventeen years ago)
Yes still here. number is:
seven seven three nine three nine five seven four three
had a look in the manhattan recycle a bike, dude in there was very nice. One potential bike. They also have a Long haul trucker frame (56 I think) for $400. Itching to do a nice build on it.
― Ed, Friday, 15 February 2008 14:44 (seventeen years ago)
I may be missing the point but you can get a new one + fork for $419.
― Mark C, Friday, 15 February 2008 16:02 (seventeen years ago)