Joined: Nov 2006
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From: NJ, NYC, LI
Bikes: 1940s Fothergill, 1959 Allegro Special, 1963? Claud Butler Olympic Sprint, Lambert 'Clubman', 1974 Fuji "the Ace", 1976 Holdsworth 650b conversion rando bike, 1983 Trek 720 tourer, 1984 Counterpoint Opus II, 1993 Basso Gap, 2010 Downtube 8h, and...
In my experience, nice old high end bikes offered for a song on Craigslist are like big fish stories. They may happen in places where other people live (@fender1 comes to mind) but they never come up anywhere near me. As for the more expensive ones, they are pretty common. There's an overpriced Raleigh on my local CL that's been there for months and will remain there as long as it's overpriced.