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From: ar563303@sjuvax.UUCP (rowley)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Needed: info on good parts for commuting bike...
Message-ID: <2836@sjuvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 24-Feb-86 16:51:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 24 16:51:00 1986
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 I have neither read nor posted to this net in some time, but I have 
returned because I am in need of some information:

  SEPTA, Philadelphia's transit authority, is about to go on strike,
thus depriving me of my means of transportation to school, work,etc.
I plan to refurbish my 1978 Schwinn Varsity Sport to replace public
transit. The bike was damaged in a hit-and-run accident approximately
1 year ago, but has suffered no apparent frame damage. The derailleurs,
etc. were not so fortunate.

 Enough of this background nonsense; what I am asking is recommendations
as to equipment to redo this bike from the frame up. The distance in
question is approximately 20-25 miles per day; the terrain is variable,
urban/suburban with up to 50 degree grades for distances of up to 1 mile.
Traffic is moderate to heavy urban with speeds up to 45 m.p.h./70 k.p.h.

  Please send all replies via email to the address below. I will post a
summary if warranted. My cost range in parts is up to 150 US dollars.
Please reply promptly, as I have to get my bike on the road by 15 March,
the proposed strike date. Who knows; I may never go back to public transit
again!



                                               Tony Rowley

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