Hey all, I'm new to the forum, I joined looking for some information on this bike I have. A woman who I do work for ever since her husband died was throwing it out and I asked her if I could hang on to it, and she said of course I could have it. After doing some research I found out that they only made it in the color(pastel blue) and as far as I know it was only made for a short amount of time. It is missing the pedals, and the seat, but the rest is in decent condition. It has some scratches and a small amount of rust on the chrome badges, but the rest is in fantastic shape. It has all the original components (2 water bottle holders, shimano 600 cranks, and the original handlebars with the original brakes).

Now my question is how much is this worth? I found a guy trying to trade(or sell) a Trek 4500 mountain bike. It looks to be in good shape, and I want to trade him this Lotus road bike for the mountain bike. He said he would be interested in a partial trade on my bike, but I'm hoping to just swap bikes. I am really limited on funds(I'm a broke college kid) and I just want to know what I'm talking about when I meet with the guy tomorrow. When I started looking around though I saw some Lotus bikes of around the same age going for anywhere between 300-700 bucks. I can not find another bike like mine anywhere to get a price check on, and I'm hoping mine is worth something since it seems to be rare. He wants 250 for the Trek mountain bike, but I'm hoping this lotus road bike will suffice since he said he's open to trades on all road or mountain bikes. I apologize for the long post, I just wanted to give you guys as much info as possible.

Thank you for reading my post and have a nice day!