I bought an 83 Olympian on eBay. Sure, while it has not been as awesome as another bike I now realize I could have gotten, it still works very well and I have had many fun adventures on it. My biggest gripes with it would probably be the lack of frame craftsmanship (not that that impacts performance), older standardization, and lack of committed touring technology (that was avaliable on Raleigh's touring dedicated models around the time such as the Touring 18 and the Alyeska). I plan to keep riding this bike for many years untill I break it, or unless I come across something much better for free.