Just picked up an Austro-Daimler. Where can I learn more about it?
Hey folks,
New the forums, new to bicycles in general. My wife has been wanting me to get a bike for some time now. Being a freshman to this lifestyle, I hadn't wanted to spend a tremendous amount of money on a bike. I like to know how something works and so I found this neat bike on Craigslist in Virginia.
Guy listed it for $100 but it was in a worse mood than he would have liked in the 10 min he was showing it off. It locked up after I rode it, and I turned him down. He dropped it to $40, and I decided it was worth at least getting something to learn to work on a bicycle with. It needs some work on the brakes, the gears and some sprucing up of the finer details, but the bike seems skookum and was fun to ride for the 3 min I spun it around the block.
I am trying to learn more about AD, but it's tough to find good resources. Is there somewhere I can go to easily find out information about this? Any threads I've missed on these forums? Also, if you know anything about these bikes I would love a quick run down on what I should know, look out for, avoid doing, avoid replacing, etc..
Thanks! I'll post some pictures after I make my 10 replies, I guess.
New the forums, new to bicycles in general. My wife has been wanting me to get a bike for some time now. Being a freshman to this lifestyle, I hadn't wanted to spend a tremendous amount of money on a bike. I like to know how something works and so I found this neat bike on Craigslist in Virginia.
Guy listed it for $100 but it was in a worse mood than he would have liked in the 10 min he was showing it off. It locked up after I rode it, and I turned him down. He dropped it to $40, and I decided it was worth at least getting something to learn to work on a bicycle with. It needs some work on the brakes, the gears and some sprucing up of the finer details, but the bike seems skookum and was fun to ride for the 3 min I spun it around the block.
I am trying to learn more about AD, but it's tough to find good resources. Is there somewhere I can go to easily find out information about this? Any threads I've missed on these forums? Also, if you know anything about these bikes I would love a quick run down on what I should know, look out for, avoid doing, avoid replacing, etc..
Thanks! I'll post some pictures after I make my 10 replies, I guess.