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01-02-08 | 06:47 PM

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sykerocker

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Bikes: The keepers: 1969 Magneet Sprint, 1971 Gitane Tour de France, 1973 Raleigh Twenty, 3 - 1986 Rossins.

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Originally Posted by wahoonc

Probably has to do with the numbers being produced vs number being imported. Small lot importing is EXPENSIVE. Walmart buys everything a factory produces and then ships and entire freighter full, vs bringing over one or two small freight containers of bicycles. BTW I have some left over gas pipe and welder...all you need is the wheels and rod brakes

Aaron

You got a good point there, something I hadn't originally considered. Assuming it's correct (and I do), that probably means we'll never see those bikes sold over here for something commensurate of their real value.

Thanks, but I'm quite happy with my Raleigh Sports - it does the job decently well, and brings back a lot of memories of 35 years ago when I lived in the city (Erie, PA) and did 99% of all my transportation on a bicycle. Just the same, having my GT Passage 21-speed hybrid really shows how the technology has improved - it gets the majority of the lunch hour duties.

Of course, I wouldn't mind owning a real DL-1. Never got around to owning one of those back when I worked for the Raleigh dealer.

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