Fair price for a used frame?
05-23-05, 05:24 AM
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Fair price for a used frame?
I have an 70's classic steel lugged 10 speed frame that I just stripped down and primered only to figure out that it's not gonna fit me. It's a chinese made "free spirit" with semi horizontal drop outs. What would be a fair price to ask for this frameset? I'm not looking to get rich on it, just tryin get another rider hooked!
05-23-05, 05:32 AM
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not much at all but it all depends on you. what does it mean to you and work from there. research and the foundation begins to build.. good luck and keep riding.
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If you want to get another rider hooked, then just give it away. Free Spirit was the Sears brand of dept store bikes. Some of the earlier ones were made by Austro Daimler in Austria and were pretty decent. You could get a Sears bike with full campy! 
However, chinese made lends itself towards bottom rung of the ole bike ladder.
However, chinese made lends itself towards bottom rung of the ole bike ladder.
05-23-05, 12:54 PM
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My frames have been purchaced for $50.00 or less.
I have an Austrian made "Free Spirit" frame. It makes a nice fixie.
I have an Austrian made "Free Spirit" frame. It makes a nice fixie.
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Originally Posted by Mr. Shadow
I have an Austrian made "Free Spirit" frame. It makes a nice fixie.
I'd say $25-30 is right for that frame. Maybe $10 more if it is dead mint cosmetically.
05-24-05, 11:24 AM
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Hah. If this guy is in Greenbelt, then I just bought the frame off of him. I'm setting it up with a coaster brake, unless of course the drop-outs aren't long enough.
05-24-05, 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by econobot
Hah. If this guy is in Greenbelt, then I just bought the frame off of him. I'm setting it up with a coaster brake, unless of course the drop-outs aren't long enough.
05-24-05, 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by econobot
Hah. If this guy is in Greenbelt, then I just bought the frame off of him. I'm setting it up with a coaster brake, unless of course the drop-outs aren't long enough.
05-24-05, 11:47 AM
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$40 bucks doesn't seem like an exorbitant amount.
Let's make a deal. I won't make fun of the fact that you live in NOVA, and you won't make fun of the fact that I paid 40 bucks for a Free Spirit frame!
Let's make a deal. I won't make fun of the fact that you live in NOVA, and you won't make fun of the fact that I paid 40 bucks for a Free Spirit frame!
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Originally Posted by econobot
$40 bucks doesn't seem like an exorbitant amount.
Let's make a deal. I won't make fun of the fact that you live in NOVA, and you won't make fun of the fact that I paid 40 bucks for a Free Spirit frame!
Let's make a deal. I won't make fun of the fact that you live in NOVA, and you won't make fun of the fact that I paid 40 bucks for a Free Spirit frame!
05-24-05, 12:23 PM
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I'm using this as a commuter/bar bike. I definitely don't want a bike with bragging rights for that! Plus I'd like to use my coaster brake wheel, so it won't be a fixed gear. I've already got a fixed gear as it is.
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Originally Posted by econobot
$40 bucks doesn't seem like an exorbitant amount.
Let's make a deal. I won't make fun of the fact that you live in NOVA, and you won't make fun of the fact that I paid 40 bucks for a Free Spirit frame!
Let's make a deal. I won't make fun of the fact that you live in NOVA, and you won't make fun of the fact that I paid 40 bucks for a Free Spirit frame!
I lived in DC for nearly 10 years before moving to VA... face it, this whole area stinks. enjoy your new frame.
05-24-05, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by *new*guy
I lived in DC for nearly 10 years before moving to VA... face it, this whole area stinks. enjoy your new frame.
05-24-05, 12:32 PM
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True enough! DC does tend to get old after a while. I grew up in Maryland, which is no great shakes, and there's a natural rivalry with Virginia.
It's called buyers remorse. Couple that with two people saying that they wouldn't pay that price doesn't help any.
It's called buyers remorse. Couple that with two people saying that they wouldn't pay that price doesn't help any.
