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OMG, The kids these days and their bicycles...
SMS wrote:
Peter Cole wrote: A couple of years ago my son's friend came by with a bike he had been riding that he had found curbside on trash day. The kid knew enough to pump the tires & oil the chain, but when his freewheel packed it up, he was clueless. Well that's fair enough, I don't expect most kids to know how to deal with replacing a freewhel. Turns out it was a screwball Maillard Helicomatic (Peugeot bike) & he was dismayed when I told him it was unrepairable -- no problem, "http://www.yellowjersey.org/helico.html" Yes, I know, but some things deserve to be retired. Besides, what's the value of a wheel off a trash day bike? I replace one with another, don't usually bother with serious repairs, I probably already have a lifetime supply of (free) replacements. |
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