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11-03-09, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Scooper

1899 Schwinn World Model 35 track bike (20 pounds):

Mid-1890s Wright Brothers "St. Clair":

What cost $75 in 1899 would cost $1846.03 in 2007.

I kind of want to build one of these machines. Not a Drewy hipster fixed-gear. One of these. That would be sweet. I'm sure the LBS can order handlebars and a stem like that.

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