Originally Posted by
TurbineBlade
Neal - that's a prime example! Actually, that's a much better example than my own crappy bike.
I should have posted more stringent rules I guess:
1. Bike probably couldn't sell for $50 to most people
2. You probably spent > $50 on it, or for things on it....at least at some point
3. You've had maybe/possibly fleeting thoughts of getting rid of it at one time or another, but have never got around to it -- and probably never will
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Well, it won't fit in the $50.00 rule due to the belief that anything French, lugged, clean and running is worth at least $100.00 but:
my Roger Riviere. I drove 1800 miles total to get it, will probably spend the kind of time and money reserved for a Colnago this winter to restore it, and it's probably just shy of useless to anybody else. A UO-8 with a bad paint job. But for me, it's part of a wonderful time 40 years ago.
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