I've always been a bike snob and I have to say that the people that collect old low-end bikes kind of mystify me a little. I understand it on one level, but I suffered through a lot of crummy bikes as a bike mechanic back in the '70s. Just as one example, I did a complete overhaul on a UO-8 that cost over $250 in '80s dollars, which is $650 now. It was so worn out that even after I fixed it up it was going to need fairly constant attention. I called the guy and advised him to ditch the bike and buy something nicer, but he apparently was emotionally attached to it.