Numbskull of the day part Deux (II)
06-25-08, 10:14 AM
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Another overpriced gaspipe fixter special.... Though it is a funky looking cottered crankset.
https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/bik/731743429.html
https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/bik/731743429.html
06-25-08, 10:54 AM
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Someone else posted this in another thread here. Hilarious.
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/bik/731117252.html
Bent stem and all
-Kurt
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/bik/731117252.html
im sellbike with nice rims cheap!!!1 - $32 (san rafael)
Reply to: sale-731117252@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-06-24, 12:01PM PDT
im selling this bike it needs a new chain and cranks also has a flat in the back tire has new wheels and rims cost me a lot of mula it is in nice condition please call me if your intrested at(415) ***-**** or(415) ***-****
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Date: 2008-06-24, 12:01PM PDT
im selling this bike it needs a new chain and cranks also has a flat in the back tire has new wheels and rims cost me a lot of mula it is in nice condition please call me if your intrested at(415) ***-**** or(415) ***-****
Bent stem and all
-Kurt
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06-25-08, 01:23 PM
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Sometimes the description definitely justifies the price tag....
https://denver.craigslist.org/bik/732363074.html
https://denver.craigslist.org/bik/732363074.html
06-25-08, 10:59 PM
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06-26-08, 09:45 AM
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Maybe it's me - but if a $1200 frame were custom built for me, I would expect that the seat post would stick out a little less than 2 feet. By the way, in case you're wondering - the cards in the back spokes make you rider faster.
https://philadelphia.craigslist.org/bik/732905807.html
https://philadelphia.craigslist.org/bik/732905807.html
06-26-08, 12:46 PM
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Lew is one of the good guys.
Admittedly his prices always run to the high side, but I've watched him work and you couldn't pay any mechanic anywhere to do it for less. The amount of time and attention he spends rebuilding his bikes is ridiculous. He's retired and I think he does it more for distraction than anything else, he's not generating much profit. There's other much better numbskull fodder on memphis craigslist; he's just a harmless old man with a hobby.
06-26-08, 01:58 PM
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Wha?! Are these things really worth this much?
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/bik/733379562.html
1934 Elgin All Original Working Condition - $1600
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/bik/733379562.html
1934 Elgin All Original Working Condition - $1600
06-26-08, 03:24 PM
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Lew is one of the good guys. Admittedly his prices always run to the high side, but I've watched him work and you couldn't pay any mechanic anywhere to do it for less. The amount of time and attention he spends rebuilding his bikes is ridiculous. He's retired and I think he does it more for distraction than anything else, he's not generating much profit. There's other much better numbskull fodder on memphis craigslist; he's just a harmless old man with a hobby.
Admittedly his prices always run to the high side, but I've watched him work and you couldn't pay any mechanic anywhere to do it for less. The amount of time and attention he spends rebuilding his bikes is ridiculous. He's retired and I think he does it more for distraction than anything else, he's not generating much profit. There's other much better numbskull fodder on memphis craigslist; he's just a harmless old man with a hobby.But...
One, there's no way that this hi-ten bike weighs 24 pounds. My first bike was a Raleigh Record, and my guess is it weighed around 30 pounds or so (the weight info is not readily available on Retro Raleighs). I replaced it with a Motobecane Grand Touring, which was noticeably lighter. My GT is double-butted chromoly in the main triangle, and weighs 25 pounds. Even if Lew replaced ALL of the steel components with alloy, there's NO WAY that his straight-guage hi-ten Raleigh weighs less than my double-butted cromoly Moto. No way on Earth....My Moto has all alloy components too, you know.
Two, no matter what he's done to that Raleigh, no matter how gorgeous it is, no matter how thoroughly he disassembled it and lovingly cleaned and restored the frame, no matter how many cheap components he's replaced with high-quality components, it's still a Raleigh Record. A very beautiful Raleigh Record, but a Raleigh Record nonetheless. It is simply not worth $460. That's the reason people here always advise newbies not to put more money in upgrades into a bike than the bike is worth. It will never be more than a Raleigh Record, no matter what he's done to it. At most, I'd say a Record that is in better-than-new condition is worth about $200, maybe $250. But twice that? No way.
I wish Lew well, but I still think this ad is whack.
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06-26-08, 06:58 PM
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06-27-08, 08:22 AM
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$175 Continental with a bent fork.
New cork tape, though.
https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/bik/734353755.html
Mike
New cork tape, though.
https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/bik/734353755.html
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06-27-08, 10:42 AM
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The bent fork is what makes it "well tested". 
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06-27-08, 01:19 PM
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I got a Raleigh Sports down to under 30 pounds with the origianl steel pedals/cranks/bb and a Brooks seat. I swapped out the rest for cheapo alloy parts, but even with the origianl 3-speed drive train it was under 30#. I bet, changing out the rest, using lightweight where I used cheapo, you could come real close.
06-27-08, 01:39 PM
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06-27-08, 02:35 PM
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I got a Raleigh Sports down to under 30 pounds with the origianl steel pedals/cranks/bb and a Brooks seat. I swapped out the rest for cheapo alloy parts, but even with the origianl 3-speed drive train it was under 30#. I bet, changing out the rest, using lightweight where I used cheapo, you could come real close.
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06-27-08, 03:44 PM
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For $460, you can buy a pretty spiffy, clean Italian machine with nice Campagnolo components, perhaps a halfway decent Schwinn Paramount, a very nice track frameset, or a Raleigh Record.
Which one would you pick?
-Kurt
Which one would you pick?
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06-27-08, 04:52 PM
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how about this one?
https://nashville.craigslist.org/bik/726785143.html
https://nashville.craigslist.org/bik/726785143.html
Stingray Custom Military Tribute Bicycle - $850 (Madison, TN)
complete custom full size bicycle. loaded with military items including canteens, ammunition shells, Marine Corps, National Guard, Army, Air Force items. has won two trophies at bike shows. never been riden. one of a kind. $850 obo.
complete custom full size bicycle. loaded with military items including canteens, ammunition shells, Marine Corps, National Guard, Army, Air Force items. has won two trophies at bike shows. never been riden. one of a kind. $850 obo.
06-27-08, 06:54 PM
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Throw various stickers and glue medals to a cheap Schwinn OCC Stingray, call it a memorial, win two trophies with it, then sell it for $850?
Sorry - that isn't a memorial, that is a disgrace.
Let it be known that one of these things (the 3-speed version, no less!) recently brought a sane $20.50 on eBay:
https://cgi.ebay.com/Schwinn-Stingray...QQcmdZViewItem
-Kurt
Sorry - that isn't a memorial, that is a disgrace.
Let it be known that one of these things (the 3-speed version, no less!) recently brought a sane $20.50 on eBay:
https://cgi.ebay.com/Schwinn-Stingray...QQcmdZViewItem
-Kurt
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06-27-08, 07:30 PM
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$110.50, if you find it so funny 
-Kurt
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06-27-08, 10:00 PM
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I was expecting at least a custom camo paint job, and blacked
chrome for that kind of money.,,,,BD
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