achilleus

someone is selling these, each one of them 250$. I'm really liking the bianchi folgore 1937, should I?

thanks in advance for your opinions.

randyjawa 

While you are wondering which one to buy, someone else is probably buying them. I would have bought the Bianchi in a heart beat. However, without more information and a better look, I could be making a mistake. It looks like the bikes have all been powder coated and I do not like powder coating. It tends to hide frame details and is hard to remove.

Also, some of the bikes are incomplete. If the Bianchi was a geared bike chances are you will have a tough time getting original components for it, assuming that you wish to restore the bicycle.

zukahn1

It's hard to tell from the small pics without descriptions. Yet as said if the 37 Bianchi is real my guess is most of the C&V guys here would consider it in just about any condition. Also most of these bikes at first glance seem to be worth the $250 asking price or more. I would say if those bikes are listed on CL in major market a couple are probably already sold.

spathfinder3408

They are all nice. I like the green one with the fenders. Can't read the name. They all look like quality bikes , so choose what you like.

anixi

The Rudge.

jet sanchEz

These are all nice bikes but they look like they have been re-painted, is that the case?

habes78023

I would probably drop 250 on almost any of those bikes, oldies like that are getting harder and harder to find, thus I did a little search:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/obgbikes/sets/

found where the photos appear to come from. Looks like the guy knows bike stuff from how much he has, so I'm surprised he wouldn't have a more public place to offer them. Lucky you op if you really have a shot at them.

Kobe 

^Nice detective work, but I am sure achilleus did not want his source revealed, that is why he embedded his photos.

From the small photos I would think any one of the would be worth $250 as a keeper.

treebound 

To the OP,

What are you looking for? If you're looking for a bike to ride then that leads in one direction, but if you're looking for a bike as an "investment" then that leads in another direction. Are you looking for something as a display piece, or a bike to recapture something you or someone else had as a child or in younger years? Are you looking to build up a collection of items from a particular era, or are you just looking to get into a hobby and old bikes seems like a fun hobby?

It helps to know your motivation in order to give a better opinion.

Apart from that the blue one looks interesting as an around town bike and ride to the coffee shop on Sunday mornings bike, could even be a decent commuter depending upon where you live.

spathfinder3408

The only bike I was familier with is the Biachi, the rest are obscure Euopean bikes that are really old but seem to be well made. I would be wondering what the threads are like on the crank and the rarity of parts. These bikes look to good to be $250 each. All look like total restored antiques in mint condition. Not really something you would use as a rider. Should be in a museum somewhere

achilleus

I ended up not buying any of them, I chose instead to get fatter and postpone getting my first bycicle. I now have found something interesting to my current motivators (commuting and stop being fat), here... https://articulo.mercadolibre.com.uy/...M#questionText what do you think?, 50 dollars, guy says it has a campagnolo frame, are they any good?. I just wanted to follow up on your responses, thank you.

habes78023

I have had to commute by bike this summer since I don't have a car here. My choice in commuter bike was an older steel mountain bike with nice components, a rack and fenders. The fenders were probably the best choice since it rains a lot where I am now. It also has nice city tires (bald) so rolling resistance is lower than normal mountain bike tires. It's perfect for what I need.

I'm not going to say a C&V bike isn't right for you because back home I use one to commute, but maybe something closer to this is better:
https://articulo.mercadolibre.com.uy/...ry-hibrida-_JM

oh, and the bike you showed in the link seems ok, but campagnolo didn't make frames, they did made drop-outs which i don't think that bike uses. Likely just a sticker he read on the bike, or maybe some components. I looked at other stuff around that price point and I think it's an ok deal, at least for the time being. You would probably want to upgrade eventually when you learn more about bikes/components.