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kevmk81
04-30-12, 10:15 AM
I can't quite make out the name on the downtube.

cb400bill
04-30-12, 10:17 AM
Looks like Chiorda. Sheldon was not impressed.

http://sheldonbrown.com/vrbn-a-f.html#chiorda
Bianchigirll
04-30-12, 11:02 AM
Looks clean but I think 100 is a bit much

http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=247507&d=1335802510

cudak888
04-30-12, 11:13 AM
Fixie bait in any lesser shape.

-Kurt
dbakl
04-30-12, 11:32 AM
Pos.
Doohickie
04-30-12, 11:37 AM
It looks like one of those Sears "made in Austria" bikes. Decent quality, low-end design.
thompsonpost
04-30-12, 11:52 AM
It's a road bike.
bikemig
04-30-12, 11:54 AM
Yep, bike boom era POS, avoid it.
Flying Merkel
04-30-12, 12:05 PM
Yep, bike boom era POS, avoid it.

It's a $10-$20 bike. Sure for hell isn't a $100 bike. I love bike boom POS survivors. I'm not stupidly in love with them.
puchfinnland
04-30-12, 12:18 PM
there is nothign really wrong with that bike, its just there is nothing very special about it, it is a low end bike but in great shape.

I would not give 100 but it would be nice to find a good home for it.
ozneddy
04-30-12, 05:34 PM
Would you say "NO" to an ugly girl on a cold night ?
thompsonpost
04-30-12, 07:46 PM
Does she have imported beer and piazza?
randyjawa
04-30-12, 08:54 PM
The bike is a late sixties or, more likely early to mid seventies issue Chiorda. The one presented must be the entry level model since it has little, and perhaps no chrome plating on the frame and fork. The Chiordas I have run across all had chrome stays, fork blades and head tube lugs.

I find the Chiorda to offer an acceptable ride quality but the bicycle is not as lively as some others in its class, the Peugeot UO8 (http://www.mytenspeeds.com/My_TenSpeeds_1/Feature_Bicycles/Feature_Bicycles_France/Peugeot_UO8%20_BlueDump/PEUGEOT_UO8_DUMP_1_Start.htm) or the Torpado LUXE (http://www.mytenspeeds.com/My_TenSpeeds_1/Feature_Bicycles/Feature_Bicycles_Itlay/Torpado_Yellow/TORPADO_LUXE_YELLOW_1_Start.htm) being a couple of direct competitors to the Chiorda.

I have owned a couple of their entry level issues, but only Step Through models, such as this clean old Italian curved top tubes Mixte (http://www.mytenspeeds.com/My_TenSpeeds_1/Feature_Bicycles/Custom_Built_Bicycles/CHIORDA_EVIE/Chiorda_Evie_1_Start.htm) I built up a summer or two ago...