Old 02-19-14, 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Teon
Agreed. Eugene, Portland, Seattle are all very lousy areas to try and find a reasonably priced vintage bike. San Fran, from looking at the search engines, also looks just as high as Portland. I see some of the prices from the midwest and the south, and I just feel like crying......lucky velo-heads, to have such cheap prices on average!
Buy a cheap used car in Portland, drive it to Phoenix and sell it at a profit. Buy an old bike cheap in Phoenix, and ride it back to Portland. Sell it at a profit. Rinse and repeat.
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