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How to Buy a Used
Bike
- Check
out our guide for how to buy an
inexpensive bike for basic transportation.
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Yellow Bike
Project
- The Yellow Bike Project often has
used bikes for sale. Call 457-9880 or 469-9247
for more information.
AustinBikes.com
- AustinBikes.com
buys and sells used bikes, but they don't have a
storefront -- they pick up and deliver
only.
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- Retail Stores
that carry used bikes:
- Waterloo
Cycles: 2815 Fruth (right off 29th &
Guadalupe) (47-CYCLE)
see their used
inventory, below
- Clown Dog Bikes: 2821 San Jacinto
Blvd., (477-4221)
- Ozone
Cycles: 33rd & Guadalupe
(302-1164)
- East Side Pedal Pushers: 2415 E. 5th
St. (826-3414)
- Austin Bicycle Salvage of
Round Rock is closed.
- Thrift
Stores
- Salvation Army, Thrift Town, and Goodwill
usually have used bikes
FrankenBike
Monthly
swap meet of bike parts.
Online Ads
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Our Free Classified
Ads
Runabout 7 shaft drive bike.
Very low maintenance: no chain to clean or lube;
no dérailleur or cassette to
replace. Front suspension, 7-speed hub, fenders,
rear rack, CatEye light; recent tuneup by Buck's
Bikes. $300 OBO. Delivery within North
Austin. Contact:
July 17,
2009
Send us your
free ad.
AD
POLICY. Ads for individuals up to four lines
are free, and run for four months or until you tell
me to remove it. Ads are
accepted ONLY through
email. This newsletter
is geared towards people who ride for
transportation; if you're trying to sell a $1000+
racing or mountain bike, it probably won't sell
well here. For commercial advertising inquiries,
email me. We reserve the right to reject any ad or
to suspend its publication for any reason.
Actually, we don't even have to have a
reason.
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Bike Theft
& Recovery
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The UT-Austin police will stamp your ID
number onto your bike for free on
Wednesdays from 9:00-4:00 in front of
Gregory Gym at 21st & Speedway. You
don't have to be a student; it's open to
everyone. In addition to stamping your
license number, they'll put a registration
sticker on the down tube. Sure, the
registration sticker would be easy for a
thief to remove, but the point is that
when thieves even SEE the registration
sticker, they may avoid stealing your bike
because they know that it's registered and
has your ID number stamped into it, so
it'll be harder to sell.
Note that some cyclists are wary about
having their bikes registered, because
then if they get harassed by the police
for any reason, the police could ID them
with the state ID # etched into their
bike.
We have a separate article about
bike
theft and recovery.
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