Where can I buy a decent bicycle?
Started by Slope11217
over 14 years ago
Posts: 233
Member since: Nov 2008
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I'd like to buy a new bike, but I want to avoid either (1) craigslist or (2) paying way more than I have to at an extremely expensive store. Can anyone recommend a decent bike shop in Manhattan or Brooklyn (maybe Queens as well) that isn't wildly overpriced and has bikes for a recreational rider? I'd be pleasantly surprised if there are any in Manhattan, but you never know.
I got my bike at Gotham Bikes on West Broadway (between Duane and Reade?)
Walmart.com
http://mobile.walmart.com/ip/Power-X-Men-s-26-Bicycle/11089998?department_name=Sports+%26+Fitness
next time i have a question about real estate im going to post it on web md
keyturner, you're confusing a profession with ... real estate! [snicker, snicker, snicker]
alan what is your profession? other than lubing your ass and taking punishment from your boyfriend?
http://www.masterbikeshop.com/
Some of the recent comments on Yelp suggest that the pressure of making the rent on a much bigger space in a better location might be getting to Imbert. FWIW, we haven't noticed any change in his attitude since the move to 72nd Street. It's probably a good idea to avoid peak rental hours on weekends, because the place does get a little crazy.
I'm confused about JimHones' last post to alan, is the lube WDs0 and boyfriend a code word for bicycle seat? Does alan ride an Xmen bike?
If you're looking for something better than Wal-Mart's offerings but don't want to go nuts: http://nycbikes.com/
They're in Brooklyn. A good starter bike will be $500-600 but will probably take 4-8 weeks, since they're built on site and the shop usually has a good-sized backlog.
Jim, if by "boyfriend" you mean "managing broker", no I don't do that ... but I don't mean to criticize your total lack of dignity and self-worth. Just please don't ever fall to such a low level of rental pushing that you join CitiHabitrails ... even you are above that.
Apparently the people at WD40 like to scramble their name.
Alan, did you hear that the CitiHabitats people were the ones who brought columbiacounty to that aweful place with the window in the shower.
Good used bikes with a social purpose...
http://www.recycleabicycle.org/shops
alan, others rent my listings. i manage a few landlord accounts and let others do the heavy lifting. im working on assistant number 2, ideally with a car so i can get driven around. need this one to be a beast on the telephone so i can solicit for more sales business. looking for a job?
Did you visit R&A at 105 Fifth Avenue in the Slope and think them too pricey?
Why do you want to avoid Craigslist? If you're on a budget, get something used. Best bang for the buck.
manhattan velo in gramercy is a good bike shop
Have a car? get the weekend LI Newsday and do the tag/garage sales in nearby Nassau county. High quality, often unused. Nice way to spend a Sat.Sun. concentrate on the north shore. (Great Neck through the Brookvilles. gl
Frank's Bike Shop on Grand St. Ask for Chris, bring cash and haggle. Remember to ask him to throw in a helmet and if you need a lock tell him to sell it all as a package.
Also, I once bought a like-new bike on craigslist. Lots of people buy a bike and then don't use it...or move.
"alan, others rent my listings. i manage a few landlord accounts and let others do the heavy lifting. im working on assistant number 2, ideally with a car so i can get driven around. need this one to be a beast on the telephone so i can solicit for more sales business. looking for a job?"
Don't you already get driven around by the 2nd Ave bus driver?
"jimhones09
about 22 months ago
stop ignoring this person
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i really think that this board would be a better place without: west67th, columbiacounty and aboutready. i would settle for anyone of the three finding a new hobby but all three would be most ideal.
i am not a new poster...i am an old poster sick of all of your antics
i am a real estate professional (if that matters at all)
i do seek and ocassionally try and give guidance on this board, but find all three of you beyond intolerable"
What a loser. A poster who keeps posting under a different name 2 years later because he feels slighted. Now, an entire persona has been created. What's really sad is the trappings of wealth he imagines for himself. Things like "ideally with a car so i can get driven around" and helicopters. As if people don't know who this really is.
Alan, you should take hones up on his "job offer".
Now I'm really confused, inonada ... are you saying you think jimhones09 and jim_hones10 are actually one and the same?
" As if people don't know who this really is."
wait, do we know who this is? who is it?
"alanhart
17 minutes ago
ignore this person
report abuse
Now I'm really confused, inonada ... are you saying you think jimhones09 and jim_hones10 are actually one and the same?"
If you take the job, you will know.
I like Bicycle Habitat, I'm a roadie though. They do have knowledgeable sales help and a nice selection of bikes ideal for the city. I think a nice hybrid works well, something in-between a road bike and mountain bike. makes it easy going on the occasional hills, going over either of the bridges. They have enough "beef" to handle the city streets and light enough to ride and maneuver easily (or carry up the stairs".
http://bicyclehabitat.com/
inonada, you've finally been made little and grey! what happened?
Craigslist.
too much, hubris,and personal attacks against other posters. fuck off for good now nada. the powers that be have spoken
appears that you are projecting, mr i don't know whether i'm 9, 10, or 11.
how embarrassing for such a se stalwart to have been grayed out for being unsavory. time to help my kid build a sand castle. talk later
are you a complete idiot?
yes. #9 through #11
Jim, inonada was not greyed out by SE. The problem is that you are completely uneducated and inept. You clicked on the wrong link, like a monkey typing on a keyboard, except that you could do so for an eternity and never wind up writing a sentence in the English language.
If you don't believe me, sign out and see if inonada still looks grey. No. See if jim_loans does. Yes.
Go on SSI disability relief.
if nada is so great, why does he need you two lousy cocksuckers to defend him?
alan, check for spelling and usage errors.
Hey stupid.
hey fuckface, where is hunterburg?
Is nada greyed out?
so does nada let you guys both blow him at the same time? who gets to swallow? do you swap after, you and alan? bet you do.
Is nada greyed out?
sure is. just like you
what did alan do to get grayed out? we know why a piece of shit like you is.
No he's not.
You are an idiot and a liar.
not only is hey grayed out, apparently helicopter rides to the airport and an assistant with a car are beyond his means. no wonder he number crunches with such vigor! every penny counts
Do you think that if you repeat your crap over and over it beomes true? He is not greyed out. You are a liar and a moron.
cc how the fuck do you know how your faggot boyfriend appears on my screen? he is gray and little. like your old dick.
Who cares how he looks to you?
do you think if you keep sticking defending him he will let you clean his ass with your tongue? is that why you are so zealous?
I'm not defending hm. I'm pointing out that you are a liar and an idiot.
suck cc suck. you deserve it little doggy
Is nada greyed out?
jim_hones10
about 13 hours ago
ignore this person
report abuse
inonada, you've finally been made little and grey! what happened?
cunty does my repeating it make it less true? look for your self. i know it is sad for you.
But it's not true. But you don't care about being truthful, do you?
if it is not true others will see it. what do you care about cc? other than eating ass?
You are a long time liar hfs
what it all comes down to for you cc. the old hfs angle. well ive been called worse. you will wake up tomorrow and still be a miserable broke piece of shit. and you will peck away at your keyboard calling me and amyone elze you disagree with this hfs person. does it enrich your existence?
Hell no.
pretty clear you have nothing better to do with your time. look out cc, hfs is coming.
Why should I look out?
Liar.
cunt. pussy. bitch.
>hey fuckface, where is hunterburg?
Yes?
glad we are all here. well except for nogofirshrimp.......who am i forgetting cc? the other hfs aliases?
I hope you aren't confusing me with someone else. I'm huntersburg.
ME!!!! jim you forgot me!
When I google Lucille Bluth, some funny images along with your normal photos.
what do you mean funn?y? that's what i look like. they just always take the picture at the worst possible time. i mean how hard is it to catch me without a drink? they do it out of spite. maybe one day, one day when rainbows dream......
On the topic of bikes, if you don't care about the bike too much and only ride intermittently, you can also set up a deal with a local rental shop to rent at a discounted rate.
"if nada is so great, why does he need you two lousy cocksuckers to defend him?"
Seeing your excitement, I thought I'd let you revel in your joy. Like a cockroach in a sewage drain.
CC & alanhart, shame on you. Would you tell a mentally challenged boy there is no Santa Claus on Christmas Eve?
Never mind them, honesy. Yes, I am grayed out. Now go back and play in the sand. Remember to not pee in the sandbox.
cock sucker
cock roach
no Santa
pee in the sand
inonada's got it all covered