Originally Posted by mswantak

He probably thinks ferrous metal is what the carnival ride is made of, too.

The first guy who came to look at my Record handed over the $130 and left with a big smile on his face. I put some of the proceeds to good use yesterday. I went to look at a $15 ladies Motobecane, thinking at least I might get a pair of wheels for a '78 Centurion I'm working on. No such luck -- the guy rolls out a beautiful blue metallic '76 mixte. Somebody had tried to replace a broken RD trolley wheel and ended up creating a ziplock bag of Huret parts, hence the low asking price. Beyond that it was in really good shape. As I was leaving, the guy mentions he has another bike -- an old Schwinn -- and might I be interested? Out comes an '85 World Sport; anthracite with silver and pink decals -- very '80s. The tires looked like they had leprosy, and it needed a good bath, but otherwise pretty nice. Took that one home too for another $40. Pics forthcoming.

Still need wheels for the Centurion though...