An RB-1 54cm sold out of Houston for $480 plus $75 shipping.....the auction ended right as I had to clock into work Tuesday at 1030 am. I never bid and gave up when the price went over $300 several hours before. Shill bid or not? I dunno - all I know is that the auction sat quietly for a few days then kept getting bumped up, up, and up before the usual sniping. I probably could have gotten it for 400 but it would have a) been my entire paycheck and b) meant I couldn't have paid on the Cannondale (the main reason I didn't bid).

Shortly afterwards another RB-1, in Chicago, which had gone unsold at $750 buy it now, then relisted for $725 buy it now, ended when the seller took an offer for $665 (plus $85 shipping).

For that much in shipping, and being that THAT particular seller was in Chicago and I'm here in Springfield MO, I woulda been happy to pay gas to meet in St. Louis instead of risking shipping

There's still a yellow RB-1 out of Chicago starting at $500 with a buy it now of $1000.

I'd post links but I'm unsure of the policy regarding links to live auctions. You can certainly find them by searching easily enough, though.

And yes, I'm still interested and hope to get an RB-1, or if not that then something like one of the nice Panasonics, Miyata, Fuji, et. al. race bikes of that era.

Tom