Originally Posted by
randyjawa
Luscious? Not according to some of our forum members. But to the buyers, luscious would probably be a great word, to describe each bicycle.
I wasn't making disparaging remarks about StarBiker's Chiorda, but merely bringing up what I thought was an interesting fact about how some of them were imported into the U.S. in the early 1970s. The Chiorda's sold by Sears had lugged frames and cottered cranks which made them superior machines to the heavier, welded-frame, one-piece steel crank "Free Spirits" that followed. My Chiorda introduced me to cycling and carried me on my first "long" (10 to 20 miles was long for me back then) rides. Just because a bike isn't "top-of-the-line" doesn't necessarily make it less desirable or collectible.