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expired Posted by Bargainmom702 • Jan 13, 2022
Jan 13, 2022 3:19 AM
26" Kent Men's & Women's Seachange Beach Cruiser Bicycle
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If you're tall get the silver one. If you're shorter, or just don't want to swing your leg over the frame, get the blue step-through one.
Mens or womens, who cares? Go to the store and pick up the one that you're most comfortable with regardless of what chromosomes you happen to have.
Brickseek silver: https://brickseek.com/walmart-inv...=76025679
Brickseek blue: https://brickseek.com/walmart-inv...=90197628
Edited to fix link, thanks SplendidApple
It was $68 before pandemic
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I'm 6'2" and the 21" size is perfect. For you 19" is probably perfect. The 21" is a slight stretch for me, but I like that opposed to slightly too close.
Check it's price when Dicks is having sales.
Also, they will assemble the bike for you, which is nice. They often assemble them sightly wanky. Still saves a lot of time. Just have to check it over and do a few adjustments yourself. Check for loose spokes, brakes, derailleur. Make sure the handle bars are bolted down to forks tight enough. Youtube is your friend for fixing bikes. It's cheaper to buy a quality tool (or cheap one that works) once and do it yourself, than to visit a bike guy once.
Another pro tip for cheaper bikes: if you have a cheap bike seat, before you use it at all, get some JB weld and 'paint' some thickness to the weak points on the bottom of seat where the metal rails meet the seat. Will make it strong as a rock. If you don't the metal rails bend or pop out after some time, if not soon. Honestly, I set my seat how I wanted and 'painted' it with JB weld so it's permenant and non adjustable, including over the bolt. That way the bolt never becomes loose making seat tilt however it wants on rides. Cheap seats can do that.
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I'm 6'2" and the 21" size is perfect. For you 19" is probably perfect. The 21" is a slight stretch for me, but I like that opposed to slightly too close.
Check it's price when Dicks is having sales.
Also, they will assemble the bike for you, which is nice. They often assemble them sightly wanky. Still saves a lot of time. Just have to check it over and do a few adjustments yourself. Check for loose spokes, brakes, derailleur. Make sure the handle bars are bolted down to forks tight enough. Youtube is your friend for fixing bikes. It's cheaper to buy a quality tool (or cheap one that works) once and do it yourself, than to visit a bike guy once.
Another pro tip for cheaper bikes: if you have a cheap bike seat, before you use it at all, get some JB weld and 'paint' some thickness to the weak points on the bottom of seat where the metal rails meet the seat. Will make it strong as a rock. If you don't the metal rails bend or pop out after some time, if not soon. Honestly, I set my seat how I wanted and 'painted' it with JB weld so it's permenant and non adjustable, including over the bolt. That way the bolt never becomes loose making seat tilt however it wants on rides. Cheap seats can do that.
Also beach cruiser apparently means riding on roads near the beach, not the beach itself - those bikes have really fat tires. This one is not exactly easy on the sand (probably easier than speed bikes though).
Chain lube. This stuff works great and is dry, not greasy on the chain. Ratings are skyrocketed too. First I take a costco microcloth and backpedal so the chain moves to clean off chain, then I do again with a damp microcloth, then again with a dry. Then honestly, I walk away for 8 hours so it can air dry well. Then put a little piece of painters tape on chain so I know where I started. put a small drop on each joint, with piece of cardboard underneith to catch stray droplets. take microcloth again to it for only a few rotations to get the excess off (it's already in the joints) so there's no spattering. Ride for several miles, then microcloth again. Now the chain is well lubed and totally dry. Note: if you live where it always rains you might want to get a 'wet' bike chain lube. This one might work for wet conditions too, not sure. I live in California so dry is better here. Dry doesn't let dust build up in parts like wet.
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U-Lock. 13mm thick. Any less are too easy to break. much more gets heavy. Combo lock so you can't lose key, or have to hunt for it. Combo locks are technically less secure than key locks, but anyone smart enough to pick a combo lock is probably going to steal more expensive bikes. Honestly, most bikes get stole when you leave the bike unattended for 30 sec to make a quick purchase. Most bike thiefs just jump on bikes when they see you leave it unattended. They no by the time you run out, they will be 30 feet away on a bike and you on foot.
The longer 9.5" length lets you lock it up in almost any condition. Technically longer lengths make it easier for theives to angle in with a grinder, but again, that type of thief is probably not after cheaper bikes. The bracket that comes with it works good, but breaks after 6 months. I don't care though I like the lock so much. When I get another one, I might JB weld enhance it, and paint it black. BTW, if you use JB weld, apply it, then come back in about 1 hour on the dot, and you can kind of shape it to look nicer while it's at a wet clay like texture. I use q-tips and break off the cotton end. and apply with tipless end. I wear thin disposable nitrite gloves. Can get a big box of them for cheap.
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Box of disposable Nitrite gloves. Throw these on real quick before cleaning chain, applying lube, applying JB weld. If you mess up and get gunk on them using jb weld, just toss em and put another pair on. continue with sanity. These are the type of gloves I'm talking about. My girlfriend gets them cheaper somewhere. I don't know where. Make sure you get right size for your hands. too big is better than too small if you are not sure, or are inbetween sizes. They are also great for so many other purposes, like dealing with gooey foods, like handling raw chicken, or cleaning with suposively-safe cleaning solutions like grease removers, calcium removers and bleach.
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You will want to upgrade your pedals soon after buying. These fookers are a no brainer. Honestly, there's probably a better choice, but doesn't really matter. I like how these feel and I like how they look. They will last almost forever instead of forever, and are cheap. They have metal pins that dig a 1/8" in to your shoes so there's no slipping.
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You are on your own on this one. I advise getting decent brake pads in bulk for cheap, instead of expensive premium ones one set at a time. With the savings you can switch out the brake pads a little early, instead of waiting till they are low because you paid so much for premiums. Bulk saves a lot of time ordering. It's easier to change them if they are not too low too.
This type of bike wrench so you can replace your brake pads, and also adjust seat. You can get one at walmart for $5 that is probably fine. They have torque-wrench versions for a single size if you want to make a good upgrade from the start. That way you dont have to feel for the perfect tightness, it just clicks when you try to overtighten.
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Cheap lights for night. It's illegal (here in california at least) to ride a bike at night without a white front light (solid) and a back red light (blinking). These are cheap so the don't get stolen even when you leave bike unattended. They are rechargable via micro-usb cable. It's good to get at least two sets and even 5 sets. Saw them on sale cheap on day and bought 5. with a 2 sets one can be on charger while using other set on bike, for easy swap. They seem to get lost, a few broke with some time so having extra is good. Here there might be a better solution. But I know if I get a more expensive one either it will get stolen or I will have to spent way too much time taking it on and off at store so it doesn't get stolen.
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I use this lube for the inside of cable casings, and moving parts like shifters. It's another dry lube. Dry means dust doesn't collect, dry chain lube means your pants dont get stained. This one is not for chains. Its for other moving parts. It contains PTFE so don't sprinkle it over your food or get it past 475F.
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Gatorskin tire. Avoid tons of flats by puting this on your rear wheel. (Manitoba dicks bike). get 700x32 size, no thinner. The rear wheel takes twice the abuse as the front wheel. 700x32 is the biggest size it comes in (as far as I know). It's slightly a notch smaller than the original tire. I like my front the original size 700x35 I believe. a thinner wheel is faster, and lighter but you have less control. I wouldn't make my front tire thinner than stock size (which is 700x35). Need control with front wheel. If you want your tires to match in size find an equivlant tire that comes in 700x35 size. Uber road bikers with $5000 bikes and freaks about the weight of bike parts will say these are a bit heavy, and slow. The tires they use are expensive and wear out fast. They are picky about where they ride too, or they would get flats too much. These are still great tires compared to 95% of tires the general population are using. There might be a better choice if you want to spend 80 hours researching it for negligible gain, and probably exaggerated expense.
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Note: not read back to fix typos.
- Frame: steel
- Single speed
- Coaster brake
In fact, I dare say you could actually do better in the used market (finally).Good luck!
Jon
People bring up bike sizes and I think thats important for road bikes if you are into riding a lot (heck I even paid for a professional bike fitting at one point) this is a beach cruiser, it barely matters. I ride around on a women's beach cruiser and I am 6'3" and its fine.
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Black $400 awesome cheap ebike:
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Modern higher caliber bike companies now refer to them as step-through frames and they are marketed to people of either sex. (Trek, Specialized, etc. do sell some women's bikes, but they are typically higher performance machines with standard diamond style frames, just proportionally sized slightly differently).
Walmart/Kent are behind the times in their nomenclature for these bikes.
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