SE Draft - a good buy at this price?

http://bike.emory.edu/buy/bikes/draft/

I have a friend at Emory university who i'm going to visit for most of December. Quite fancy hacking round Atlanta by bike and thought I might as well buy one seeing as the dollar is so weak - does anyone have any experience of the SE Draft?

I have to confess it's not really my cup of tea, but looks like it would do the job.

Edited to change brand name

If all you're looking for is a cruise bike, you could do worse. It's heavy, though - although it is a shade over £100!

FYI it's made by SE, not Fuji (SE make the legendary PK Ripper BMX bike)

You could get a Iro Mark V for $600, bring it home and sell it - probably for a profit, too - you definitely wouldn't lose anything.

no, but with the pound so strong you are picking it up for next to nothing. probably cheaper than even renting a bike for a month. looks like a sensible option unless you can source something on the ebay.com in the general area

For $235 it's a bargain. Especially compared to bike hire prices.

Though that's still £120, why not buy a good bike box/bag and take your bike over?

If you don't want to take your bike over, then yeah buying a dirt cheap off the peg thing is a much better deal than hiring or being bikeless.

what i would do is bring a beater from here...swap the frame over with a brand new IRO frameset from US. that way you wont get hassled by customs when you check-in with a brand new frameset or bike....dunno how true this is, but ive read in other forums that customs are getting tight on those taking advantage of the cheaper US$...and a brand new box with a brand new frame will draw attention.

Sano

FYI it's made by SE, not Fuji (SE make the legendary PK Ripper BMX bike)

You could get a Iro Mark V for $600, bring it home and sell it - probably for a profit, too - you definitely wouldn't lose anything.

Good point - the bike-to-uni scheme is in partnership with fuji but the bike in question is SE. have edited the topic title.

I would probably leave the bike out there for next time i visit.

it weighs 27lb! that's more than my ss mtb with suspension forks

right i know this is an old thread, but im after a fixed and i cba trying to get hold of 2nd hand bits atm to do up this old raleigh ive got knocking round

ive been looking at the draft light 09 model
its piss cheap, i know its heavy ass steel but does anyone on here actually have one ??

im not in the position to go and buy afuji or bianchi and i really need to start getting fit n rebuild my knee which a fixeds quite good to do according to sheldons site

so anyone with any experience of one of these please reply
its just a get fit maybe 20 mile a day bike
im also like 6'2 and 20 st so will a 58 be right for me

http://www.londonfgss.com/thread16467.html#post514895

right i know this is an old thread, but im after a fixed and i cba trying to get hold of 2nd hand bits atm to do up this old raleigh ive got knocking round

ive been looking at the draft light 09 model
its piss cheap, i know its heavy ass steel but does anyone on here actually have one ??

im not in the position to go and buy afuji or bianchi and i really need to start getting fit n rebuild my knee which a fixeds quite good to do according to sheldons site

so anyone with any experience of one of these please reply
its just a get fit maybe 20 mile a day bike
im also like 6'2 and 20 st so will a 58 be right for me

I had one - do not underestimate how heavy this is, I have a 1950's town bike which is lighter!

Stock components aren't up to much either, the stem is particularly nasty!

But on the flip side it is v.cheap - You pays your money, you makes your choice.

Personally, I would either go second hand, or if you want OTP scrape a bit more together to get something like a Fuji (plus brake)

right so there wank then, cheers peeps
i like the new mongoose and had the chance to ride it but just cant afford it

Balki on the links there just found the speedway bike for 2 ton
wtf is the overlap about ??
would that be a better bike
im super poor

a 2 ton bike? wonder how it climbs?

a 2 ton bike? wonder how it climbs?

the skill is in keeping the momentum from the downhill sections.

I have a draft lite, got it at trade so it was to cheap to pass up, yeah the parts on it are pretty shit but for the money and my needs it does the job, I painted mine and modded some oldschool bmx decals I will continue to upgrade as I go along and then get a new frame in the future

here it is lol

when you say heavy how heavy
thing im on now is 27kgs full dh bike
thats a killer like

price is the big point i can get one cheap in my size from evans, a mongoose by mine or a fuji track then have to spend more
will abig fat fucker like me notice the weight or will i just snap the cranks ??