Originally Posted by
kyselad
I can't believe this is for real, but I just had to share.
If you look at the high bidder,
Bidder: 3***n( 0 ) New eBay Member (less than 30 days) Feedback: 0%Positive- it's obviously a made-up shill. There were 4 total bids, 2 by this bidder. I bet the other bidder was a made-up shill as well.
Originally Posted by
tenzing211
What a joke! I'll bet that machine weighs about 25lbs. You gotta dig those groovy white tires and matching crank though.
Originally Posted by
redxj
I bet it is over 30 lbs. Varisty and Continentals are tanks. Stock they can be well over 40 lbs. I did a SS conversion with an aluminum rimmed wheelset and it dropped 8 lbs, but was still over 30lbs. He did ditch the heavy one piece cranks so that helps with weight. But, in the end you would have to ask yourself why did you waste the time fixing up a Varsity.
Stock weight of a mid-70s Varsity was 40 lb. Even with lighter wheels, no derailleur, etc., I bet it's still way over 30.
Originally Posted by
Sixty Fiver
Not everyone thinks a track bike is the ideal bike for the road and there was a time that 25 pounds was considered a fairly acceptable weight for a bicycle and a 70's lightweight was in the 20-21 pound range.
Slack frame angles and a longer wheelbase come together to make for a much better ride and this bike would look so much better with some old school box section wheels, some moustache bars, and a Brooks saddle as it will never be a lightweight.
Those Varsity frames are obscenely heavy... but very cool to look at with their electro-forged welds.
20 lb. was the high end stuff in the mid-70s. 25 was still less than average for a geared bike.