justin_o_guy2
Serious Thumper
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What happened?
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East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.
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Have a real good look at the paint on the downtube & all around the steering head. Cracked paint indicates a bent frame.
That was an unfortunate BooBoo, but now you know how to ride. Glad you didnt give up. Youve chosen a very good bike to start your riding on.If you look around here, you'll see several old timer types who have owned, not a few, but many bikes & have tens of thousands of miles on several makes & models & have found this bike & declared it their favorite. It has its downsides & shortfalls, but makes up in other places. Its small & light, cheap to buy, cheap to maintain, easy to ride, rarely crashed( Okay, yea, you proved it CAN be crashed, but we forgive you for screwing up our batting average.)Rarely stolen, cheap to insure. Its got the OOomph to get off the line & out of the way( I guess thats something you already know about,tho, huhh?) It will run the slab & go long distances, proven by the Beat Duck, who went from Florida, out West to the Burning Man, North to Canada & East to North of New York & South, home again. It gets good MPG & if all thats not enough, it looks good,too. Welcome aboard. Get good riding gear & use it.
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