Haro Road Bike?

[AndyRM]

I'm after a bit of a project, and this has popped up on my local Gumtree:

http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/haro-freestyle-road-cycle/1021029610

Seems a decent price and a nice looking frame, especially if the rest of it is 105. Hard to tell from the pictures!

I know that Haro were a kick-ass BMX team back in the day, but that's about it!

Any thoughts or info?

 

[biggs682]

I'm after a bit of a project, and this has popped up on my local Gumtree:

http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/haro-freestyle-road-cycle/1021029610

Seems a decent price and a nice looking frame, especially if the rest of it is 105. Hard to tell from the pictures!

I know that Haro were a kick-ass BMX team back in the day, but that's about it!

Any thoughts or info?

looks well worth it for parts alone if it all works ok

 

[AndyRM]

Yeah it does look rather nice and I'm going for a look tomorrow after work.

You seem to be something of an expert on all things retro @biggs682, when I've bought in the past it's been a cheap stop-gap so I've not really been arsed about the condition or anything. Is there anything I should be looking for in particular?

If I end up buying it I'll have to think of somewhere to hide it from my wife!

 

[biggs682]

Yeah it does look rather nice and I'm going for a look tomorrow after work.

You seem to be something of an expert on all things retro @biggs682, when I've bought in the past it's been a cheap stop-gap so I've not really been arsed about the condition or anything. Is there anything I should be looking for in particular?

If I end up buying it I'll have to think of somewhere to hide it from my wife!

thanks andy first things first check the basics ie quill stem & saddle stem not being stuck in frame happens loads on the older bikes . other than that just check as normal for operation i try to allow for clean & re grease of headset,wheel brgs and bottom bracket .

hiding from wifey is not good

 

[AndyRM]

Cheers @biggs682! I am going without any tools - is there an easy way to check if seatpost/stem are stuck? Or should I just ask the chap if I can borrow his spanners?

I was having another look at it when I got in last night, I hadn't realised I was being watched. A deal has been struck that if I buy it, I need to get rid of the knackered frames that are loitering in the back yard. Not a problem.

 

[biggs682]

@AndyRM ask to borrow his might pay to take some various tools just in case , what old frames you got ?

 

[AndyRM]

@AndyRM ask to borrow his might pay to take some various tools just in case , what old frames you got ?

Will do. I'll be going straight from work, but we've a toolkit here that I'll take up with me. Good thinking.

The frames are nothing special, and all are gubbed. A paint free Carrerra Subway with a huge dent in the top tube due to a friends encounter with a tree, a Ribble Audax with a split head tube, a random low end Trek MTB and my wife's old 'bike'.

 

[biggs682]

Will do. I'll be going straight from work, but we've a toolkit here that I'll take up with me. Good thinking.

The frames are nothing special, and all are gubbed. A paint free Carrerra Subway with a huge dent in the top tube due to a friends encounter with a tree, a Ribble Audax with a split head tube, a random low end Trek MTB and my wife's old 'bike'.

keep us informed and they do sound like are all gubbed

 

[AndyRM]

Rather annoyed. The seller said he would send me his address yesterday so I could go for a look after work. Didn't happen. Thought he might have been busy so I didn't get in touch until this morning, when he said that it had been bought last night!

Someone's got themselves a nice bike which is fine, but that's poor form on his part I reckon.

 

[biggs682]

Rather annoyed. The seller said he would send me his address yesterday so I could go for a look after work. Didn't happen. Thought he might have been busy so I didn't get in touch until this morning, when he said that it had been bought last night!

Someone's got themselves a nice bike which is fine, but that's poor form on his part I reckon.

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