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03-12-12 | 08:16 AM

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Doohickie

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From: Fort Worth, Texas Church of Hopeful Uncertainty

Bikes: 1966 Raleigh DL-1 Tourist, 1973 Schwinn Varsity, 1983 Raleigh Marathon, 1994 Nishiki Sport XRS

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Originally Posted by junkpile

Basically I'm after an opinion of someone in a better bike area. Here, I see decent Varsity bikes listed anywhere from $30 to $100. I think a clean survivor like this has to have more value than a case of beer or two. You can't buy anything like it new, let alone something made in the USA.

And yet.... $70, give or take, is all it will ever be worth.

The bottom line is that it is one of the most common bikes of its era, there are still plenty around. It would be like trying to sell a mint 1984 Ford Escort. 1984 Toyota Supra in good shape? Worth a lot of money. Mint Escort? Meh.

I got the same exact bike, only the higher end one with fenders, out of the city dump for free.

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