I picked up a 1988 Raleigh Technium last year on Craigslist for $50... this bike has turned out to be a GREAT commuter for me... added lights, rack, panniers, fenders.
I've put nearly 9,000 miles on it so far, and had it for about 11 months.
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"There is no greater wonder than the way the face and character of a woman fit so perfectly in a man's mind, and stay there, and he could never tell you why. It just seems it was the thing he most wanted." Robert Louis Stevenson