I picked this up on marketplace for $50. I got her running again with some new tires, brake levers and various purple additions to go with the Hardrock logo. This is gonna be my dad bike for the foreseeable future while my daughter learns to ride her bike.
Hello everyone, just wanted to share my new project. I just finished checking her out and she is safe to ride. 1995 Giant Cadex 980C. Picked her up for 70 dollars the other day. What should I swap out first, any ideas?
Hey so fair warning I know. Nothing about bikes. A friend sold me this for $75. I have a Fuji Silhouette 1.7 that I’m getting ready to sell in Chicago, and I’m trying to figure out a reasonable asking price and whether there’s anything else worth doing before I list it.
The bike currently has a working front disc brake. The rear brake wasn’t working because the rear wheel that was on the bike didn’t have a disc rotor/mount for the existing rear disc brake setup.
I now have the rear wheel pictured here, which has both the cassette and disc rotor. My plan is to put the tube/tire onto this wheel and install it as the bike’s rear wheel. That should solve the missing-rotor problem and allow me to get the rear brake working again once everything is installed and aligned.
The bike otherwise rides and shifts and has Shimano components.
Mainly wondering:
● What would you realistically list this bike for once the rear wheel/brake is installed?
● Is there anything else I should service or check before selling it?
● Would you sell it locally on Facebook Marketplace/Craigslist, or is there a better place for a bike like this?
● Anything about this model/components that I should specifically mention in the listing?
I’m in Chicago, so advice based on the Chicago used-bike market would be especially helpful.
Thanks!
I'm 5ft 6 - 280lbs so way on the heavier side to be on a bike but in an effort to improve my fitness and lose weight (and have fun) I wanted to squeeze rides in between gym days.
Went out for my first ride last night, this is my first time back in a bike for at least 10 years or so, all my previous experience being younger were on MTB's or bmx's so this is already a very different position to get used too.
For people wondering, I did go for the smaller frame, the medium frame felt a lot more uncomfortable to me.
Anyway, my arse is killing me I'm not sure if I need to look at a better saddle, cycling shorts with padding or a mixture or both.
I don't know anyone else who cycles, so don't have anyone to bother with noob questions, hence why I'm here.
Thanks in advance.
Maybe hyperbole, but considering these have basically been out of stock for 2 months, maybe not? I found a new g.2 rebel at a Walmart 300 miles from me. Doing the quick math, it’s about $80 in gas. So, at $730, is the G.2 Rebel still a steal?
The actual time and drive is not a big deal at all, I enjoy trips like this.
Hi all, I have recently had a new interest in bicycling and have bought a new Ozark Trail G.1 Explorer Drop Bar to start with. I bought it brand new from Walmart but it seems like the assembly was not done right. The shifter is clunky. On higher gears, it makes rubbing noise. Are there any good Ozark Trail focused videos that I can watch to tune the bicycle myself?
I have a flat bar hardtail and would really like to have multiple positions/upgrade grips for longer rides.
I already see people recommending sqlab inner bar ends and ergon grips. But those things cost 1/4th the value of the bike.
I don't want to buy something random online that might spin under me while I'm pushing uphill. I don't race but I also don't want to be afraid to get off my saddle.
I'd like to know what you guys have/would buy or recommend. or where to look for this stuff.
Picked this up last month for use mainly as a commuter bike. These were sold out at damn near every Walmart near me, and it took a short road trip to finally get my hands on one lol. First impressions of it are pretty good, it really does perform much better than its price would suggest.
The only upgrades I've done so far (besides the rear rack) is a better seat post and a new stem. I got a $20 aluminum Kalloy seat post and it's a massive improvement over the stock steel one, which is SUPER heavy and has a terrible clamp. I also replaced the stem with a spare one I had lying around because when I went to adjust the handlebars after buying the bike, I noticed that one of the bolts on the stock stem was completely stripped out and had ruined the stem. The replacement is identical in length and angle to the original.
My next upgrade will probably be the tires. The stock Kendas are alright, but I think they're too thin to protect against goathead thorns which are super common here. I've gotten a puncture nearly every ride I've been on so far. Coming from tubeless MTB, it's getting really annoying having to patch my tubes every week lol.
I'm 5'5-5'6 and went with a medium (since it was the only size I could find in stock) and it does feel slightly too tall for me. Fortunately I have long arms, so the reach feels alright.
I’ just got a bike, (ozark trail ridge) and i have around 50-70 dollar budget for a full face helmet does anyone have any recommendations?
When was the last time anyone saw one of these in stock? It’s been months of checking daily and it has not once been in stock online or at any local Walmarts. I would really prefer to get this over the G.1 and then have to upgrade the G.1.
60 year old guy on a 30 year old bike what could possibly go wrong?
riding a rusty $100 marketplace road bike to summer classes every day, so most of what I carry is either old, secondhand, or the cheapest version I could get away with.
this is basically my everyday bike commute setup right now.
pretty much everything here looks a little beat up, but it all earns its spot.
the air pump is probably the least janky thing in the whole setup. I got tired of dealing with slow leaks using whatever random pump happened to be around, so now it just stays in the bag with the rest of this stuff.
curious what other people keep in their daily bike commute setup, especially if you're also riding a cheap bike and trying not to overpack.
Got this at a garage sale for $30. I never understood this style of bike so it was an experiment. Added $20 larger tires from marketplace, $7 basket, better seat I had lying around, made a few adjustments and I think I like it! Yes it's heavy but so am I lol!
With the Clem release coming up, I’ve been thinking about letting this go—my first Rivendell.
I don’t dislike the color. It’s actually quite nice. But there’s always another bike, isn’t there? In my case, it’s that light blue or mustard-yellow Sam that keeps catching my eye while a perfectly good bicycle is sitting right in front of me.
Complicating matters is a Crust Bombora that I’ve been loving lately. It occupies enough of the same general territory as the Sam that, in a household with multiple bikes, I’m beginning to wonder how many variations on “comfortable, capable bike I can ride just about anywhere” I really need.
So I’m putting this out there mostly to see if there’s a market for the frame before I do something I may or may not regret.
The backstory, because anyone buying a used frame deserves the whole story:
When I picked it up from Rivendell HQ, I noticed the rear derailleur hanger looked a few degrees off to one side. At the time, I knew just enough about bicycle mechanics to be dangerous, which is to say I noticed it, shrugged, and kept building. And for about a year, everything was fine. I mostly commuted to work on it.
Then one day, just as I was setting off on my commute, I had a chain-suck incident that folded my vintage Shimano XTR derailleur roughly ninety degrees in the wrong direction. A fairly undignified end for a very nice derailleur. 😢
The hanger was repaired and properly aligned afterward, and the derailleur has held up fine since. More importantly, so has the bike. I’ve continued commuting on it and rode it on a metric century without issue. It has some cosmetic wear from actually being ridden, and I’d photograph and disclose all of that clearly to anyone interested.
Tl;dr
So: Sam Hillborne frameset, known history, around $700.
The money would go straight into a Clem and its build, because apparently the solution to having several bikes with overlapping purposes is not to own fewer bikes, but to rearrange which ones they are.
Whacky idea? Or should I leave well enough alone and keep the Sam?
hi! my wife’s birthday is coming up soon, and she’s been wanting a bike (mainly to ride around the neighborhood) and i wanted to know what you guys recommend? i have absolutely no knowledge on bikes, i’m a bit on a budget like maybe 300-500! if you guys could help me out? we also have no luck on facebook marketplace, since we live in a small city!
i will add, i read somewhere that buying a mountain bike isn’t a good bike for someone who hasn’t been on a bike in years! she mainly just wants one to be around at the park or around the neighborhood.
While looking at ozark trail g.1 at Walmart I noticed they had a schwinn horicon marked for clearance (didn't have one on the rack to test sizing) and noticed they said for sizes 5'5-5-9". I'm a fairly averaged size 5'10" guy with 31-32" inseam. Anyone with this bike know if it would work with someone slightly larger than rated size?
Also, what is your opinion on this bike at that price? Seems most people recommend flatbar g.1 over this bike normally but that's at full price I believe.
I work in service plumbing and a customer I did some work for had two of these in his basement that he bought but only road five times before parking them. So surprised he let them go for 100$!
Coming from my current hardtail I’m ready to experiment with full suspension but I’m stumped should I get the budget fs2 and start from ground up? I have a g1 explorer and ridge pro now which are great but there’s an older trance 4 with fox float 100mm front and rear which seems to be sorted for 250 near me. Give some opinions all are welcome (for context I ride blue trails around me when I can and I’m progressing also freeride around and fire roads.)
I am looking at purchasing an Ozark Trail Ridge M.2 Pro off marketplace, unfortunately the seller informed me the rear wheel is "a little bent after landing hard off a jump" I'm not incredibly skilled in bike repair but wondering if this can be repaired safely? I may take it to my LBS but I'm on a very tight budget and wondering if it may just need to be replaced anyway? I'm also having a lot of trouble shopping for a replacement shopping for wheels is apparently far more complicated than I realized so if anyone has recommendations on and wheel/wheels that are compatible with the ridge pro that would be incredibly helpful.