im in iraq and the unit i am replacing left a lot of bikes around so alot of the soldiers toke them apart and started making useable bikes out of them. i got one of the frames and would like to fix it up with all new goodies. but unfortunantly i never fixed one up so i dont know where to go to find parts or what are good parts and they have to ba able to be mailed to iraq. thats the problems im having thanks for any help the bike is a highland vengence
2007-08-05 04:12:09 · 4 answers · asked by Jason H 1 in Sports ➔ Cycling
i just checked the bike and it is a UPLAND venegance
2007-08-05 04:42:38 · update #1
http://www.nashbar.com/index.cfm
This is a good less expensive bike parts retailer. You'll need to contact these places for info on shipping. It's not something they all advertise.
highland vengence? I assume it's a K-mart type bike of some sort. What's good parts to you may be bad parts to me. Realitive terms with no context are imposible to answer accurately, but I'll try:
This bike may or may not make it back with you... so you want to spend as little as possible while still getting stuff that works. The Bike Nashbar URL I gave you would have moderate to very good parts. Buy the cheapest - they will be better that what came on the bike by far. And they often have items on big discount, close out sales too.
There are hundreds of on-line bike parts stores. Since you have access to the internet seach for em.
2007-08-05 04:31:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Why not contact Upland and tell them your story and see if they might want to help you out? Might be good PR for them. Work that angle.
My company buys and builds hundreds of bikes a year for the kids of good men like you deployed overseas so maybe Upland will be likeminded.
Good luck and thank you for your service!
2007-08-06 09:01:09 · answer #2 · answered by b4_999 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The how is easy. Go to this site:
www.parktools.com
You will find Haynes manual type how to sheets for bikes.
Good bike parts would be Shimano or SRAM. You might also look at Easton for bars etc. There are a couple of sites that might help you with your parts ideas:
www.evanscycles.com
www.rutlancycling.co.uk
www.chainreactioncycles.com
Also, my local shop is very good:
www.georgehallscycles.co.uk
Luck
2007-08-06 07:46:00 · answer #3 · answered by Alice S 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
check whether it is a good quality frame. It would be a pity to fit a lot of expensive new parts to a poor frame.
2007-08-05 16:22:29 · answer #4 · answered by XT rider 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋