Classic & Vintage - another super rare valuable bike on craigslist!

http://springfield.craigslist.org/bik/2758148757.html
I always check craigslist before making a trip to another town, and there is always something like this. Am I wrong, is it worth it? Can I pay off my student loans with all the womans three speeds in my barn?

hahaha

Oh my God - never underestimate the power of self-delusion...

DD

I have three more he could sell for me, and he can keep half.

You guys won't be laughing so hard after the bombs drop and
Raleigh 3 speeds and Schwinn Varsities are the only remaining
means for transportation.:mad:

:roflmao2:

You guys won't be laughing so hard after the bombs drop and
Raleigh 3 speeds and Schwinn Varsities are the only remaining
means for transportation.:mad:

:roflmao2:

Yes I will. I have lots of raleigh three speeds and electroforged schwinns. The only way I will cry is if I sell them all for thousands and thousands of dollars each and the bombs drop the very next day!

Hey, maybe this guy is a relation:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Cinelli-classic-frame-56-c-c-Low-mileage-Low-starting-bid-No-reserve-/230726747770?pt=Road_Bikes&hash=item35b862c67a

I want some of what Michael's smokin' - once I've retired from active duty, that is :)

DD

I sometimes wonder if what other people are smoking. None the less, I just sent the Rare-Cinelli guy/gal an email about the frame set. I am looking forward to the answer I get, if any.

Valued at over $1,200...by a sadist with a sense of humor.

If varsitys and 3 spds are all that's left, please let me be among the first to go.

Do "Rare, Vintage like new, still with original bar tape Montgomery Wards 10-Speed CLASSICS" fall into this category? A local lister was asking $400 smackers for one a while back! :-O

Hey, maybe this guy is a relation:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Cinelli-classic-frame-56-c-c-Low-mileage-Low-starting-bid-No-reserve-/230726747770?pt=Road_Bikes&hash=item35b862c67a

I want some of what Michael's smokin' - once I've retired from active duty, that is :)

DD

Ummmm...this is sort of embarrassing. Poor guy. Maybe his dad said "I got if from Lenny" and they had a bad cell phone connection.

You guys won't be laughing so hard after the bombs drop and
Raleigh 3 speeds and Schwinn Varsities are the only remaining
means for transportation.:mad:

:roflmao2:

Hey, don't be giving the Schwinn Collegiates short shrift! :P

Valued at over $1,200...by a sadist with a sense of humor.

If varsitys and 3 spds are all that's left, please let me be among the first to go.

Here we go again... I think you're enough of a bike guy that if that's all that's left, you'd still be riding. :thumb:

Hey, maybe this guy is a relation:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Cinelli-classic-frame-56-c-c-Low-mileage-Low-starting-bid-No-reserve-/230726747770?pt=Road_Bikes&hash=item35b862c67a

I want some of what Michael's smokin' - once I've retired from active duty, that is :)

DD

You gotta love the gorgeous lug lining on the bike!

Here we go again... I think you're enough of a bike guy that if that's all that's left, you'd still be riding. :thumb:

I refuse to live in a world without titanium, Campagnolo and Columbus tubing!

Yesterday involved a similar idiot over this Benotto, arranged through a LBS:

http://www.kurtkaminer.com/benotto_idiot.jpg

I was willing to give the seller $100 - sight unseen - mainly for the Campag bits. The seller wouldn't discuss price until he brought said Benotto and a Grand Prix to the shop, so a meet was arranged. The seller came earlier than expected, left before I arrived, and requested $500/ea.

I took one look at the thing up close, and said that I would have personally thanked the seller for being such an ass, had he been there. The chainstay chrome is almost entirely rust, the fork is no better, the seatpost has enough oxidization that it probably won't come out, and the front Super Record caliper has a whole bunch of random nuts and washers holding it together up front.

Oh, the quick releases are Campy - and the front ones looked as if it had been lost in a river for a few years.

-Kurt

Hey, maybe this guy is a relation:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Cinelli-classic-frame-56-c-c-Low-mileage-Low-starting-bid-No-reserve-/230726747770?pt=Road_Bikes&hash=item35b862c67a

I want some of what Michael's smokin' - once I've retired from active duty, that is :)

DD

I wonder if he even "considered" wiping off the dirt before he brushed on the "royal blue" paint?

You guys won't be laughing so hard after the bombs drop and
Raleigh 3 speeds and Schwinn Varsities are the only remaining
means for transportation.:mad:

:roflmao2:

But until the demand is there, there is no justification for this price.

Hey, I like Royal Blue. One of Rustoleum's best, I think. I've been planning on doing up one of my klunkers in that kolor.

Wow, he is giving the deal of the century.....a bike valued at over 1200.00 he is making available to us for a 1000.00.

Where do these guys come from.

Where do these guys come from.

The television, just after watching American Pickers.

-Kurt

alright, who did this?

just went back to the springfield CL to see what was there and someone has done this

http://springfield.craigslist.org/bik/2789389605.html

:lol::lol::lol::lol: It was not me, so someone own up:D

I don't know...but this just popped up:

http://springfield.craigslist.org/bik/2789560546.html

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Fastest, Most Valuable Bike IN THE WORLD!!! - $15000 (Springfield)

Date: 2012-01-08, 12:48PM CST
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This bike is super special because:

1. It is made from liquid metal...just like the T-1000 from Terminator 2. Unfortunately I spilled coffee on it, so it won't shape change anymore...but it's made from the same material as the T-1000!
2. The tape wrap was done by Andy Warhol AFTER DEATH AT THE DIRECTION OF A OUIJA BOARD! And it was taped up by none other than Lou Reed! You can be the ONLY person to own a bike designed by Andy Warhol AFTER his death! Doubly special because it's the first artistic contribution Lou Reed has made since 1983!
3. Lance Armstrong used this bike while trying out as an extra for Quick Silver! That's right!!! This was ridden by Lance Armstrong and he was faster than Kevin Bacon in the parking lot!
4. It was originally shipped from Columbia and is rumored to have each tube packed with bags of Columbian Coffee!

This bike was valued by my aunt with Alzheimer's at $4,000,000!!! I'll pass on the savings of $3,985,000! That's right...you save $3,985,000!!!

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You guys won't be laughing so hard after the bombs drop and
Raleigh 3 speeds and Schwinn Varsities are the only remaining
means for transportation.:mad:

:roflmao2:

Naw..... I'm armed heavily enough to procure all the Varsities I need. :)

Naw..... I'm armed heavily enough to procure all the Varsities I need. :)

BBM and his posse will roam the streets at night like the Road Warriors on Raleigh Sports, stealing Twinkies and Mountain Dew.

I was just coming here to post this to you guys! Now you see the craigslist gold I get to work with in Missouri...

BBM and his posse will roam the streets at night like the Road Warriors on Raleigh Sports, stealing Twinkies and Mountain Dew.

Thats actualy my plan. I have compiled a book of all the badassed and pithy phrases I might need, welded spikes and water balloon launchers on a fleet of varsenintals to the point of virtual immobility.
And this is the latest on the Springfield craigs... http://springfield.craigslist.org/bik/2789563401.html

http://springfield.craigslist.org/bik/2789389605.html


are my fellow springfieldians this clever or is it you people

I'm biased...but the one designed by Andy Warhol was much funnier.

BBM and his posse will roam the streets at night like the Road Warriors on Raleigh Sports, stealing Twinkies and Mountain Dew.

Not at night. NEVER at night.... night time is bunker time. :D

:roflmao:

-Kurt

The television, just after watching American Pickers.

-Kurt

+1 Actually, you'd be surprised at the impact that show has. The guy that sold me my 1956 Hercules Royal Prince (http://www.flickr.com/photos/threefamilyalbum/sets/72157627527389900/) and girls Schwinn bicycle (http://www.flickr.com/photos/threefamilyalbum/sets/72157627403006075/) said that he dragged them home from a friend's house after watching American Pickers. He was figuring someone might be interested in saving them from the scrap heap. Of course this guy's expectations were modest since he only wanted $55 for both bikes (http://www.flickr.com/photos/threefamilyalbum/6084761168/).

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6181/6084761168_afd4609c0f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/threefamilyalbum/6084761168/)
Older Schwinn Bike - $55 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/threefamilyalbum/6084761168/) by Sallad Rialb (http://www.flickr.com/people/threefamilyalbum/), on Flickr

BBM and his posse will roam the streets at night like the Road Warriors on Raleigh Sports, stealing Twinkies and Mountain Dew.

http://seattlebikeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Screen-shot-2011-08-08-at-3.06.59-AM-600x374.png

http://seattlebikeblog.com/2011/08/08/dead-baby-downhill-2011-recap-with-video/

Valued at over $1200 by the other dudes hanging out behind Dairy Queen...

Valued at over $1200 by the other dudes hanging out behind Dairy Queen...

Correction - "Valued at over $12,000,000 by the other dudes hanging out behind Burger King."

-Kurt

Hey, don't be giving the Schwinn Collegiates short shrift! :PThey have to many sins to allow us to confess to all of them.

I don't know...but this just popped up:

http://springfield.craigslist.org/bik/2789560546.html

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Fastest, Most Valuable Bike IN THE WORLD!!! - $15000 (Springfield)

Date: 2012-01-08, 12:48PM CST
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This bike is super special because:

1. It is made from liquid metal...just like the T-1000 from Terminator 2. Unfortunately I spilled coffee on it, so it won't shape change anymore...but it's made from the same material as the T-1000!
2. The tape wrap was done by Andy Warhol AFTER DEATH AT THE DIRECTION OF A OUIJA BOARD! And it was taped up by none other than Lou Reed! You can be the ONLY person to own a bike designed by Andy Warhol AFTER his death! Doubly special because it's the first artistic contribution Lou Reed has made since 1983!
3. Lance Armstrong used this bike while trying out as an extra for Quick Silver! That's right!!! This was ridden by Lance Armstrong and he was faster than Kevin Bacon in the parking lot!
4. It was originally shipped from Columbia and is rumored to have each tube packed with bags of Columbian Coffee!

This bike was valued by my aunt with Alzheimer's at $4,000,000!!! I'll pass on the savings of $3,985,000! That's right...you save $3,985,000!!!

http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad205/aolk67/Photo0647.jpg (http://s936.photobucket.com/albums/ad205/aolk67/?action=view&current=Photo0647.jpg)

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this is an example of your brain on bad drugs

http://magic-mushroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/shrooms1.jpg

hopefully he used shellac to waterproof that handlebar wrap

Hey, that Aunt with Alzheimer's is pretty respected in the appraisal business. :notamused:


:lol:

Hey Kurt, remember that post on the forums about American Pickers with forumer "oldroads". That beat up old Schwinn Town and Country was supposedly worth over $1000.00 I guess it makes exciting TV for some.

Hey Kurt, remember that post on the forums about American Pickers with forumer "oldroads". That beat up old Schwinn Town and Country was supposedly worth over $1000.00 I guess it makes exciting TV for some.

That was Antiques Roadshow FYI - and that show rightfully started up one of the biggest hornet's nests I've seen in the C&V online bicycle communities.

-Kurt