Originally Posted by
Chris_in_Miami
In that marina and others, there were always scores of creaking wooden freighters bound for Haiti with loads of bikes piled on top (along with loads of mattresses, barrels, etc...) The going rate was somewhere around $5 a bike for the crackheads selling them.
They're still present a bit farther west down the Miami River, near the scrap metal dumps near the airport.
Originally Posted by
Rabid Koala
Speaking of serial numbers, there was a chrome Paramount on the 'bay a couple of months back that was within a few numbers of my 71 P 13. It was in bad shape, otherwise......?
The one that had been dented, with a re-brazed dropout and Drew'ed cable stops? If I recall right, it brought no more then $350. Fellow sat on it for ages mainly due to his insufficient disclosures about its actual condition.
-Kurt