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Im Gary DuBois and Im a Bicycle Hobbyist please join my Bicycle Hobbyist Club :)

What bicycle brands do you like

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Gary DuBois said:
Would that be the same amount of money or more or less in american money ? how much does it weigh ?
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Less in American currency. Conversion rates today are: 1 canadian dollar, equal to 81 cents US. So, the same bike that cost $800.00 canadian would cost $646.44 in the US.

The Marin weighs about fifteen pounds thereabouts.
I have seen the pictures of your bicycles. They are pretty cool.

Th Pierce County foothills trail sounds pretty rugged, and fun too.
Yes the motobecane is a french made bicycle. Glad you like it.
 
Mia said:
It's nice, and similar to my husband's motobecane, although his is much older, and belonged to his father.

It's an absolute steal at that price, looks like it has an original seat (maybe 1960 - 1970's?), cantilever brakes, the crank looks good, even the frame is almost mint (the frames are heavy but some of the strongest frames ever made). The tires look pretty bald, unless they are actual 'inside' cloth racing tires. Can't tell from the pictures.

All in all, if we were living in that area, my spouse would probably buy it for parts. The pedals look like rubber and plastic so they were probably replacements. Original metal pedals with cycling clips are had to find. Nice.
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Motobecanes seem to be nice and good bikes, what year is your husband's motobecane ?

Maybe the seller will ship it to your husband. I don't like cycling clips.
 
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Mia said:
Less in American currency. Conversion rates today are: 1 canadian dollar, equal to 81 cents US. So, the same bike that cost $800.00 canadian would cost $646.44 in the US.

The Marin weighs about fifteen pounds thereabouts.
I have seen the pictures of your bicycles. They are pretty cool.

Th Pierce County foothills trail sounds pretty rugged, and fun too.
Yes the motobecane is a french made bicycle. Glad you like it.
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So the money worth is higher in canada ? Have you ever been to the US ?

Is 15 pounds light for a road bike and the Marin is a road bike ? I Love My Bicycles And They Are Cool And Good Bikes :)

the Pierce County foothills trail is pretty fun and scenic and its nice and quiet.
I like the Motobecane because its french made and im french my last name is french DuBois.
 
Gary DuBois said:
Motobecanes seem to be nice and good bikes, what year is your husband's motobecane ?
Maybe the seller will ship it to your husband. I have never really cared for cycling clips.
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He doesn't know the year it was made, he's not tried to date it. It was in a large sack/bag when we found it in his grandparents garage, completely in pieces. He re-assembled it and had a friend make wheels for it, he found a replacement seat and replaced a few parts that were rusty.

The pedals were fine, nice scrollwork on them. He likes cycling clips, like you, I don't personally. Often, I'd forget that my feet were in them and lose my balance with my feet in the clips. And not be able to get them out of the clips in time. I like regular pedals better.

It's earlier than this picture, which I found on the net. This motobecane has some aluminum parts, whereas his is mainly all steel, but the frame is very similar, as are some of the parts.

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This bike is from 1958, so my husband's bike is older than this one. But it looks similar, although his has no fenders, and the seat and wheels and breaking system were somewhat changed.
 
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Mia said:
He doesn't know the year it was made, he's not tried to date it. It was in a large sack/bag when we found it in his grandparents garage, completely in pieces. He re-assembled it and had a friend make wheels for it, he found a replacement seat and replaced a few parts that were rusty.

The pedals were fine, nice scrollwork on them. He likes cycling clips, like you, I don't personally. Often, I'd forget that my feet were in them and lose my balance with my feet in the clips. And not be able to get them out of the clips in time. I like regular pedals better.

It's earlier than this picture, which I found on the net. This motobecane has some aluminum parts, whereas his is mainly all steel, but the frame is very similar, as are some of the parts.

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This bike is from 1958, so my husband's bike is older than this one. But it looks similar, although his has no fenders, and the seat and wheels and breaking system were somewhat changed.
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Maybe i can help him identify what year his Motobecane was made in do you think its from the 40's or 50's ? I wonder why it was completley in pieces that was nice that he reassembled it and that was nice a friend made wheels for it.what was wrong with the seat before the replacement ? and i would have tryed cleaning the rust off but replaceing the rusty parts is good to do to.

I said i don't like cycling clips because i like having my feet free and i like regular pedals.

whats the pros and cons of aluminum vs steel parts ?
 
Gary DuBois said:
whats the pros and cons of aluminum vs steel parts ?
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Though all of my bikes were chromium-molybdenum steel. While I never thought of them as particularly heavy, they certainly held up well. I suppose the worry of whether or not an aluminum frame would hold up likely depends on the stresses you regularly put on it.


Interesting commentary on this:

Bike Frame: Aluminum Vs. Steel
 
Judge said:
Though all of my bikes were chromium-molybdenum steel. While I never thought of them as particularly heavy, they certainly held up well. I suppose the worry of whether or not an aluminum frame would hold up likely depends on the stresses you regularly put on it.


Interesting commentary on this:

Bike Frame: Aluminum Vs. Steel
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last saturday 10/7/17 i rode my first century mile ride and a little over at 105 miles and 12-13 hours round trip all by myself. I rode down shaw road to the beginning of the

Foothills Trails, East Puyallup Trailhead, Foothills Trail, Puyallup WA 98372 then through
Orting
South Prairie
Buckley
Enumclaw
Upper Mill
Greenwater
Skookum Falls Viewpoint

and then i went the same way and rode home.

Im hoping for x-mas 2017 my dad will buy me a $500-$600 road bike from like dicks sporting goods here in puyallup :)

My 5 bicycles i have right now are good bikes but i want to get a brand new road bike thats better quaility and newer.
 
Gary DuBois said:
My 5 bicycles i have right now are good bikes but i want to get a brand new road bike thats better quaility and newer.
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If your primary focus is on quality/durability, I'd think you'd want to stick with a steel frame.
 
Gary DuBois said:
I will be gentle with it because i love my bicycles and im a bicyclists and i take good care of my bicycles :) i want to get a good road bike for $500-$600 :)
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That's cool. In all the years I owned my beloved Miyata Ten-Speed, I never had any kind of collision to impact the frame with such force.

Though I'm reminded of some of the cycling events in the last Olympics when such force could demolish such a frame. But that's probably not an exposure that most enthusiasts would or should worry about. Though if it were my choice, I'd stick to steel. I guess I'm just looking for some kind of reassurance over not having the frame damaged or even outright bent. ;)

I know, Ford makes their pickups from aluminum. Another way to shave gas mileage and performance. However it also opened the door to competitors demonstrating how prone to minor damage that aluminum can be.

Funny, I suddenly recalled my first ten speed, a Schwinn Varsity. Weighed a ton to me at twelve years of age. A "tank". :eek:
 
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Judge said:
That's cool. In all the years I owned my beloved Myata Ten-Speed, I never had any kind of collision to impact the frame with such force.

Though I'm reminded of some of the cycling events in the last Olympics when such force could demolish such a frame. But that's probably not an exposure that most enthusiasts would or should worry about. Though if it were my choice, I'd stick to steel.

I guess I'm just looking for some kind of reassurance over not having the frame damaged or even outright bent. ;)

Funny, I suddenly recalled my first ten speed, a Schwinn Varsity. Weighed a ton to me at twelve years of age. :eek:
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I don't remember hearing the name Myata how do you like your Myata ? and im glad you have neve had any kind of collision.

Why would you stick to a steel frame ?

I heard a aluminum frame is lighter and faster than a steel frame.

Schwinn is a good brand i did my first century mile ride on my Schwinn Mesa Alloy 21 speed Mountain Bike that was made in 1999 or 200 and was like $200-$250 when my grandpa duane bought it brand new. Have you seen all of my bicycle pictures ? Im gonna be uploading pictures of my bicycle adventures to aspies central. Have you ever done a century mile ride ? I will be back later today because right now i am going to go clean my whole kitchen.
 
While my Miyata was in perfect shape mechanically, it was ruined when housepainters sprayed paint all over part of it when it was parked next to a vent in my garage. That was around 2004. I never owned another bike since, and am not sure I'd want to living in the mountains. Truth is I enjoyed keeping the bike in perfect mechanical shape more than simply riding it. I know, it makes no sense, but it's just "me".

Sadly I learned not to long ago that Miyata stopped exporting their bikes from Japan to the US some time ago.

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As far as frames go, I think my previous comments speak for themselves. Steel/chrome moly is a lot tougher and isn't all that heavy. Though it's interesting to have read that aluminum has made a comeback of sorts with biking.
 
Judge said:
While my Miyata was in perfect shape mechanically, it was ruined when housepainters sprayed paint all over part of it when it was parked next to a vent in my garage. That was around 2004. I never owned another bike since, and am not sure I'd want to living in the mountains. Truth is I enjoyed keeping the bike in perfect mechanical shape more than simply riding it. I know, it makes no sense, but it's just "me".

Sadly I learned not to long ago that Miyata stopped exporting their bikes from Japan to the US some time ago.

Miyata710.jpg


As far as frames go, I think my previous comments speak for themselves. Steel/chrome moly is a lot tougher and isn't all that heavy. Though it's interesting to have read that aluminum has made a comeback of sorts with biking.
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That sucks that the housepainters ruined it - what was the original color and even if you don't ride it much its still nice to have it to look at and when you do want to ride it its still there for you :)
 
Gary DuBois said:
That sucks that the housepainters ruined it - what was the original color and even if you don't ride it much its still nice to have it to look at and when you do want to ride it its still there for you :)
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Mine was metallic red with a Blackburn aluminum rear-mounted tubular rack and waterbottle rack. With a custom set of straight handlebars, black foam grips and a much better set of Shimano aluminum brake levers. And I repositioned the gear shifters in the center of the handlebars at its base. With a chrome-plated, yet small analog speedometer mounted on the handlebars as well.

I'm a perfectionist, and my beautiful bike was ruined with paint I could not remove. I could not look at it and I never rode it again. I gave away the bike in 2005.
 
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Judge said:
Mine was metallic red with a Blackburn aluminum rear-mounted tubular rack and waterbottle rack. With a custom set of straight handlebars, black foam grips and a much better set of Shimano aluminum brake levers. And I repositioned the gear shifters in the center of the handlebars at its base. With a chrome-plated, yet small analog speedometer mounted on the handlebars as well.

I'm a perfectionist, and my beautiful bike was ruined with paint I could not remove. I could not look at it and I never rode it again. I gave away the bike in 2005.
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It sounds like a beautiful bike and you sound to be like a good perfectionist. Im sad that your beautiful bike was ruined with other paint. I bought another lumina light set today at walmart for $24.87 and now i have 2 lumina head lights on the front of my schwinn mesa alloy 21 speed mountain bike made in 1999 or 2000 and the 2 head lights have a high setting of 150 lumens and a low setting of 70 lumens and the 2 head lights have 3 settings and now i have two 10 lumen tail lights with 2 setting. Does that mean my bike is twice as bright now ?
 
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