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The cranks say SH, so according to the above table, Aug'94. Front & rear derailleur SF (Jun'94). So very likely a 95 bike. The serial number is I4I07562, in case it helps the brand gurus... I put the bike upside down to true the front rim that was rubbing the brakes. I gave it a spin with the...

Thanks, I was not aware of that, I'll check when I get home.

Maybe someone can help to date my latest purchase. Diamond Back Agoura, a hybrid with STX. A 1994 German catalogue shows the same bike, as top of the range hybrid that year, but in red with black accessories. This one is blue with silver accessories, which makes me think it's a 1995. The...

As a long conscious process, that is, choosing the model, saving, and then buying, just 2. However, I now live in Germany, a paradise for used bikes, so I'm constantly flipping, fixing, keeping, then selling, donating, swapping for another, getting bikes for non-cyclist friends, for my kids...

I have a '97 Trek 730 that came with a suspension seatpost. It's a "Post Modern", seemly from the same age as the bike. I'm in general not in favour of suspension posts, as my experience has always been with cheap ones with loads of lateral play. But this post works fine, and helps with the...

And for people in denial that refuse to get an MTB (or want to commute in total comfort), the ugliest hybrid in the world. Price is fair at 110€

A new one for me. I'd never seen something like this before. Whoever wants the performance of rim brakes with the complexity of hydraulic systems, look no further, here is the hydraulic v-brake!! Going for 70€. They look like a Magura but it says they're not...

Time now for a mini-velo, a Daewoo Shuttle going for 60€

Funnily enough, today a nice 94 DB hybrid came up locally. From the little info I could find online, top tubes are pretty long, more like MTB geometry? I don't need it but it's cheap enough to tempt me...

Bikes nowadays definitely offer more value, mostly due to omnipresent Far East production and materials that allow easier production automatisation compared to thin boutique steel. If some perceive bikes are now more expensive is because goalposts have moved, and since the top model now costs...

Super nice...! Rumours say early steel hybrids will be the next fad... ;-) And thanks to gravel bikes, plenty of tires to choose from!

And now, another "funky" BMW. The owner claims it´s a Q5 model (that sounds more like Audi ;-), and it's also folding, but there are no pictures with the bike folded unfortunately. The drivetrain is an electric Nexus, I used to have it on a folding bike. It worked good enough for commuting, mine...

And now, the German version of the Manitou FS...!! 129€

If Frankenstein needed a bike. This one is size 70cm/XXL, going for 220€. I can't imagine how the owner would look like in a 26" bike!!

My kids are already in the 20"-24" range, so balance bikes are long gone. I just thought it was cool. Now looking for suitable 26" models in small size. Heart says cool classics with good components, quality frame and rigid fork, head says dynamo lights, mudguards and rear rack... :)