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    lostcause89
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    [font=Book Antiqua][font=Arial][font=Book Antiqua][font=Arial]I just had my bike stolen yesterday.[/font][font=Book Antiqua] The bike was just a kent denali road bike. (why the h#ll would anyone steal that bike?) Here is the story. I had just started on the returning leg of a 50 mile ride when I hit a pot hole and received a pinch flat on the rear tire. I had a patch kit with me so I tried to patch the puncture however I apparently did not do a well enough job because my tire went flat within another three miles. So I took off the tire tired to patch it but since I was using a co2 cartridge I ran out of air and oh I forgot to mention something it began to rain. So I went to the nearest house, about a 1/2 mile away, so I left my bike by the side of the road and just took the back tire rim and tube with me. I asked the people at this distant house if I could use their pump they were happy to help. They allowed me to use their air compressor. I tried to patch my tire one last time but with the rain becoming heavier the glue would not hold. So extremely dismayed I started the 1/2 mile trek back to my bike when I got there much to my surprise the bike had disappeared by this point the rain was coming down in torrents. So with no option left I began to walk/hitch hike after about five mile through the maelstrom when some Good Samaritan picked me up and gave me a ride to the nearest town where I was able to call for a ride. The point of this story me just wondering why someone would pick up "steal" this bike especially when I have the rear rim and cassette. I do not believe that the dumb f#ck realizes that to replace those two items will cost nearly as much as the entire bike. Please excuse the profanity. [/font][/font]

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  2. Julian G.
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    And I bet you $100 the person who stole your bike is thinking something like "what kind of dumb f#ck would leave his bike lying on the side of the road"... ...and then walk a half mile away...

    No offence intended...

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  3. tfstrum
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    That must have been one heavy bike to just leave it...

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  4. J5311
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    tfstrum said:

    That must have been one heavy bike to just leave it...


    i did a quick search...
    [img]kentbicycles.com52706.jpg[/img]
    & the specs
    [img]kentbicycles.combullet.jpg[/img][font=Arial]Lightweight aluminum 22.5" road bike frame[/font][img]kentbicycles.comspacer.gif[/img][img]kentbicycles.combullet.jpg[/img][font=Arial]Alloy calipers and alloy brake levers[/font][img]kentbicycles.comspacer.gif[/img][img]kentbicycles.combullet.jpg[/img][font=Arial]Hi-profile alloy Vitesse racing rims[/font][img]kentbicycles.comspacer.gif[/img][img]kentbicycles.combullet.jpg[/img][font=Arial]Shimano 21-speed derailleur[/font] [img]kentbicycles.combullet.jpg[/img][font=Arial]700 C hi-performance tires[/font] [img]kentbicycles.combullet.jpg[/img][font=Arial]Alloy water bottle cage[/font] [img]kentbicycles.combullet.jpg[/img][font=Arial]Shimano Revo shifters[/font] [img]kentbicycles.combullet.jpg[/img][font=Arial]Alloy crank [/font]

    do you know how much it weighed?
    and are you going to buy another one? whats your plan?

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  5. lostcause89
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    do you know how much it weighed?
    and are you going to buy another one? whats your plan?[/QUOTE][font=Times New Roman]I believe it was 29 pounds.[/font]

    [font=Times New Roman]I already miss cycling so I am looking to buy a new bike, but not the same model. The Denali cost 150 US. But when I lost my bike I also lost another hundred dollars worth of tools and attachments. That is what really makes my blood boil. Right now I am looking to buy either the schwinn katana ($258) or the schwinn volare ($230). I know these bikes are just knock offs of the schwinn name however when you are a teen with no job this little bit of money is actually about two years worth of savings. I could spend up two six hundred dollars on a bike but as you can tell I am very frugal. I could not even begin to comprehend spending that much for a used bike from say a LBS.[/font]

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  6. Camilo
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    Not to beat you while you're down, but maybe as a learning experience.

    I'd be willing to bet it would be easier for you to wheel the entire bike the 1/2 mile rather than walking and carrying the wheel. ESPECIALLY if you have additional expensive stuff on the bike.

    If you ever have to leave something (it happens) hide it. It doesn't take much of a bush to hide a bike from the casual drive by thief.

    The thief stole it not because he knew anythign about the value of the bike, just that it was a bike and was laying there for easy picking. That's the way thieves are.

    Carry a tube rather than a patch kit. Get a slightly larger seat bag if you need to. Patching a tube on the road is not easy or fun even in sunny weather. Changing a tube is easy even in a downpour.

    Carry a small pump.

    I've had a bike stolen from my own back porch - it was secured with a cable. They snuck around the house (quiet residential neighborhood), cut the cable and took the bike during the night. I was warned to keep the bike inside my apartment in the residential duplex I lived in, but couldn't IMAGINE that it wouldn't be safe on the back porch (out of sight), with a sturdy cable on it. (this was in the 70s, before the day of the U lock). Mea culpa.

    It's a bummer, but I'll bet you won't make the same mistake(s) again! All intended in good spirit - everyone's done things where we say "WhyTF did I do THAT??!!"

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  7. lostcause89
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    Hey there is a schwiinn for sale for 444 dollars. walmart.comproduct.do Can any one tell anything about it. It says that it is carbon fiber wrapped does that really mean anything. and what makes this bike a hundred seventy dollars better than the schwinn katana.

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  8. J5311
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    lostcause89 said:

    Hey there is a schwiinn for sale for 444 dollars. walmart.comproduct.do Can any one tell anything about it. It says that it is carbon fiber wrapped does that really mean anything. and what makes this bike a hundred seventy dollars better than the schwinn katana.


    well to me after reading the specs it says the main triangle is aluminium. (the red part) & the rear & front fork is carbon fiber.only 14 gears. & i looked on schwinns official site... i didn't see this model at all. it looks like its $600 to me....and if you want to spend $600 u might as well save up another 100 or whatever... I am going to get a trek 1000 i have read & searched alot about picking a great bike. I have read numorous reviews on it and many many people say its a great enty level road bike

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  9. lostcause89
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    wrong link. Here is the correct link walmart.comproduct.do

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  10. J5311
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    lostcause89 said:

    wrong link. Here is the correct link walmart.comproduct.do


    being carbon fiber wrapped means added weight & maybe some streanth. the front fork is aluminum & so is the frame, but the frame has carbon fiber on the ouside of the aluminum... it also says that the shipping weight is 30 lbs. i would subtract about 5 lbs fot the box so then around a 25 lb bike. which is not too bad for the price, but something i dont like is the 14 speed. i personally would like more selections & when climbing a hill you would need that. but for a beater bike/ casual road bike it seems alright, but then i havn't been around a while... this is my own $.02 & hope someone with more experience can help you out.
    Jared

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  11. Skittlebrau
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    Camilo is right, chalk it up as a learning experience. I had my Trek 2300 stolen recently right out of my garage. What did I learn? Well I live in South Africa so I should have known better than be as complacent about security as I was. My new bike sleeps indooors now. The best piece of advice I can give you and anyone else who owns an expensive bike is this: INSURE IT TO THE MAX! I mean max retail value and them some. If you have homeowners or renters insurance on your personal contents, make sure that the bike is specifically covered, even if it costs a little more. Thankfully, I did have the 2300 insured (as well as the 7200 that also got stolen at the same time) and the result was that I was able to get a new Trek 2000 outfitted like a 2300, a few other upgrades and a few other needed accessories. I was lucky. One Caveat, though, never do what you did AGAIN. Insurance companies only pay out if there is evidence that the bike was secured/locked up and the theives had to break a lock to get to it. The onus is on you to prove that you took resonable steps to secure the bike in the first place. But if I had to guess, you've already learned that... the hard way. Sorry, Man. I know how you feel.

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  12. lostcause89
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    A 14 speed would be just like having a twenty one speed just without the gears 1-7 right?

    Another question that I have is there much difference besides weight between an aluminum fork and a steel fork?

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  13. J5311
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    lostcause89 said:

    A 14 speed would be just like having a twenty one speed just without the gears 1-7 right?

    Another question that I have is there much difference besides weight between an aluminum fork and a steel fork?


    all i really know is that steel is much heavier. i would probly say that the difference would be about 2-3 lbs. not much, but 2 here, 2 there... it adds up

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