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01-03-14, 09:15 PM
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01-03-14, 09:38 PM
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01-04-14, 07:32 AM
#7754
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Bike.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/bike-/221345...item3389367006
Item condition:
Used
Time left:
2d 06h (Jan 06, 2014 10:59:56 PST)
Price:
US $180.00
Buy It Now
All silver bannana seat
https://www.ebay.com/itm/bike-/221345...item3389367006
Item condition:
Used
Time left:
2d 06h (Jan 06, 2014 10:59:56 PST)
Price:
US $180.00
Buy It Now
All silver bannana seat
01-04-14, 07:48 AM
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While in Denver where not being a Broncos fan is border line criminal the second bike does almost make me not want to be a Broncos fan.
01-04-14, 09:25 AM
#7756
Vello Kombi, baby
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The placement! the cropping! The Focus-- the focus, @#$% it!
https://roanoke.craigslist.org/bik/4271722665.html
https://roanoke.craigslist.org/bik/4271722665.html
Older Schwinn Cruiser in fair condition. Call or email with inquiries.
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01-04-14, 09:28 AM
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Well here you go… https://ocala.craigslist.org/bik/4256874194.html
[h=2] SPECIAL Custom Recumbent Bike Built for Two --"Side by Side" - $1250 (Spring Hill)[/h]
Great For Health & Recreation & 2014 New Year Fitness Resolution
✓ Share the cycling experience...Get in Shape together.
✓ Ideal for people with different physical abilities.
✓ Dual recumbent bikes (one red, other blue), 8 gears.
✓ Recumbent bikes easy on back and knees, no strain.
✓ Heads-up design eliminates neck, shoulder, hand pain.
✓ Four wheel design maximizes stability, enjoy cycling again.
✓ Built-in rear cargo platform (or a place for your dog to ride).
✓ Custom built car rack to transport your custom bike anywhere.
Brand new and loaded with extra (never used due to health issues)
My actual cost to build...$3,065 for complete package
Your Over 60% Discounted Purchase Price. . .$1,250 Cash
[h=2] SPECIAL Custom Recumbent Bike Built for Two --"Side by Side" - $1250 (Spring Hill)[/h]
Great For Health & Recreation & 2014 New Year Fitness Resolution
✓ Share the cycling experience...Get in Shape together.
✓ Ideal for people with different physical abilities.
✓ Dual recumbent bikes (one red, other blue), 8 gears.
✓ Recumbent bikes easy on back and knees, no strain.
✓ Heads-up design eliminates neck, shoulder, hand pain.
✓ Four wheel design maximizes stability, enjoy cycling again.
✓ Built-in rear cargo platform (or a place for your dog to ride).
✓ Custom built car rack to transport your custom bike anywhere.
Brand new and loaded with extra (never used due to health issues)
My actual cost to build...$3,065 for complete package
Your Over 60% Discounted Purchase Price. . .$1,250 Cash
- Location: Spring Hill
- do NOT contact me with unsolicited services or offers
01-04-14, 10:15 AM
#7758
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An another… at least this fits the forum. https://ocala.craigslist.org/bik/4271880892.html
[h=2] A.SUTTER 10 SPEED 1960'S - $80 (DUNNELLON)[/h][h=2]
THE BIKE HAS MAFAC RACER BRAKES, SIMPLEX SHIFTER . IT IS IN GOOD SHAPE
[h=2] A.SUTTER 10 SPEED 1960'S - $80 (DUNNELLON)[/h][h=2]
THE BIKE HAS MAFAC RACER BRAKES, SIMPLEX SHIFTER . IT IS IN GOOD SHAPE
- Location: DUNNELLON
- do NOT contact me with unsolicited services or offers
01-04-14, 11:39 AM
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The placement! the cropping! The Focus-- the focus, @#$% it!
https://roanoke.craigslist.org/bik/4271722665.html
https://roanoke.craigslist.org/bik/4271722665.html
01-04-14, 01:15 PM
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An another… at least this fits the forum. https://ocala.craigslist.org/bik/4271880892.html
A.SUTTER 10 SPEED 1960'S - $80 (DUNNELLON)
THE BIKE HAS MAFAC RACER BRAKES, SIMPLEX SHIFTER . IT IS IN GOOD SHAPE
A.SUTTER 10 SPEED 1960'S - $80 (DUNNELLON)
THE BIKE HAS MAFAC RACER BRAKES, SIMPLEX SHIFTER . IT IS IN GOOD SHAPE
- Location: DUNNELLON
- do NOT contact me with unsolicited services or offers
01-04-14, 01:36 PM
#7762
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Custom made bike - $600 (Carbondale)... My eyes! 
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01-04-14, 01:39 PM
#7763
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Interesting...if this bike were in Atlanta, I would be on my way to get it...from what I see, the $80 would be easy to recover. It has a set of Barcons on it...that would probably get you at least $50, I am sure the rest of the components would get at least another $30...if they compare in anyway to the barcons...and then you still have the frame and wheels...to either donate to the local Co-Op...or become a "fixie/ss manufacturer!
01-04-14, 03:37 PM
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Sellers that put demands on what potential buyers must do. I guess this guy never heard of cell phones with area codes that move with people.Weird.
Lotus 27" Racing Bike for Sale - $60.00
Call Richard for details: 714-xxx-xxxx
Note: Messages with call back numbers from other than 714 area code will not be returned (OK to call back). No text messages either (this is a land line number).
Lotus 27" Racing Bike for Sale - $60.00
Call Richard for details: 714-xxx-xxxx
Note: Messages with call back numbers from other than 714 area code will not be returned (OK to call back). No text messages either (this is a land line number).
01-04-14, 05:16 PM
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[h=2]Raleigh Talus sport bick - $850 (SE atlanta)[/h]
Gray an black Raleigh Talus sport bicycle very new few times ride $850 m willing to exchange for a decent pick up truck!!
AND HE WANTS TO EXCHANGE FOR A DECENT PICK UP TRUCK!!! OMG! Love the wonderful pictures
https://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/bik/4272417241.html
Gray an black Raleigh Talus sport bicycle very new few times ride $850 m willing to exchange for a decent pick up truck!!
AND HE WANTS TO EXCHANGE FOR A DECENT PICK UP TRUCK!!! OMG! Love the wonderful pictures
https://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/bik/4272417241.html
01-05-14, 11:47 AM
#7766
porc, pâtisserie & piment
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01-05-14, 11:55 AM
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If nothing else, it appears totally safe. 
[h=2]Rare 1980's Minson Skate Bike All Original - $500[/h]
Extremely hard to find in good original condition...only issue are a couple marks on the seat and the brake pads are dried out....otherwise very good condition. $500 obo trades considered
[h=2]Rare 1980's Minson Skate Bike All Original - $500[/h]
Extremely hard to find in good original condition...only issue are a couple marks on the seat and the brake pads are dried out....otherwise very good condition. $500 obo trades considered
- do NOT contact me with unsolicited services or offers
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01-05-14, 03:26 PM
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Sellers that put demands on what potential buyers must do. I guess this guy never heard of cell phones with area codes that move with people.Weird.
Lotus 27" Racing Bike for Sale - $60.00
Call Richard for details: 714-xxx-xxxx
Note: Messages with call back numbers from other than 714 area code will not be returned (OK to call back). No text messages either (this is a land line number).
Lotus 27" Racing Bike for Sale - $60.00
Call Richard for details: 714-xxx-xxxx
Note: Messages with call back numbers from other than 714 area code will not be returned (OK to call back). No text messages either (this is a land line number).
01-05-14, 05:05 PM
#7769
Vello Kombi, baby
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In my years of looking at bikes, I've seen some odd saddle/post arrangements, but this one is indeed specialized:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Specialized-...item2ecd6fbdb5
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Specialized-...item2ecd6fbdb5
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01-05-14, 09:19 PM
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I didn't contact the seller. I can imagine how the chat might go. I ask some detailed questions, he says I don't know you have to come look at the bike. Lotus made some pretty low end bikes, maybe some better ones I dunno but most likely the seller means it has 27" wheels. A few months ago a friend gave me a Lotus with 700c wheels and Shimano Exage parts. After putting effort and about $30 into it it was worth about $120.
01-06-14, 05:56 AM
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T-Mar on A Sutter, c/o another post. I restate that I would buy that one, even just for the sake of having something from such a small company. Plus it has that French aesthetic.,,,,BD
Sutter was founded in 1896 by August Sutter. Circa 1973 it was run by his grandson and was a relatively small company with about 40 employeees. They produced a full range of bicycles, including a Super Competition model comparable to the peugeot PX10.
The bicycle in question sounds like a Sutter Sports or Sports Deluxe. They were about equivalent to a Peugeot A08 and UO8: Hi-tensile steel frame, steel cottered crankset (Solida if I recall correctly), Simplex Prestige derailleurs, CLB Racer brakes and Atom/Normandy hubs (quick release on the Deluxe version) laced to steel Rigida rims.
Workmanship on the samples I've seen was good, but quality lapses were quite common during the boom for most European manufacturers, so I wouldn't be suprised if things like paint and brazing weren't perfect,. However, being a small, family owned company they should have had closer control over quality than a large company like Peugeot. I've never ridden one, so I can't comment on the ride but I suspect it would be comparable to a U08. Even cosmetically, the bicycles the bicycles were reminescent of Peugeot, though the decals were slightly more restrained. They were not from the Gitane/Jeunet foil decal school of thought. About the only area that they really deviated from Peugeot was with their prefence for CLB brakesets. I guess you have to do something to distinguish yourself from the big players.
The bicycle in question sounds like a Sutter Sports or Sports Deluxe. They were about equivalent to a Peugeot A08 and UO8: Hi-tensile steel frame, steel cottered crankset (Solida if I recall correctly), Simplex Prestige derailleurs, CLB Racer brakes and Atom/Normandy hubs (quick release on the Deluxe version) laced to steel Rigida rims.
Workmanship on the samples I've seen was good, but quality lapses were quite common during the boom for most European manufacturers, so I wouldn't be suprised if things like paint and brazing weren't perfect,. However, being a small, family owned company they should have had closer control over quality than a large company like Peugeot. I've never ridden one, so I can't comment on the ride but I suspect it would be comparable to a U08. Even cosmetically, the bicycles the bicycles were reminescent of Peugeot, though the decals were slightly more restrained. They were not from the Gitane/Jeunet foil decal school of thought. About the only area that they really deviated from Peugeot was with their prefence for CLB brakesets. I guess you have to do something to distinguish yourself from the big players.
01-06-14, 05:59 AM
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In my years of looking at bikes, I've seen some odd saddle/post arrangements, but this one is indeed specialized:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Specialized-...item2ecd6fbdb5
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Specialized-...item2ecd6fbdb5
The pedals are pretty dismal also. Look Keo Easy, non adjustable spring tension. I used a set for a few weeks, and stopped when the weak spring allowed my inner right heel to contact the spokes on the rear wheel. Ruined shoes, and bruised pride. Keo Plus are much nicer quality, I have them on my PH10.,,,,BD
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01-06-14, 01:04 PM
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https://raleigh.craigslist.org/bik/4274901000.html
[h=2]SUPER NICE MIYATA ONE HUNDRED RACING BICYCLE WITH MANUAL GEAR - $149 (DURHAM, NC)[/h]You can see from my sig that I love Miyatas. But $149? A bit steep. You would think the seller could go ahead and remove or mayble even tape up the cut bar foam. I guess what really makes me lose interest is the fact that it's manual. An automatic may be worth $150, but not a manual.
[h=2]SUPER NICE MIYATA ONE HUNDRED RACING BICYCLE WITH MANUAL GEAR - $149 (DURHAM, NC)[/h]You can see from my sig that I love Miyatas. But $149? A bit steep. You would think the seller could go ahead and remove or mayble even tape up the cut bar foam. I guess what really makes me lose interest is the fact that it's manual. An automatic may be worth $150, but not a manual.
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01-06-14, 01:28 PM
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What happened?
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It's worth $200 and a Firesign Theatre chat (boot to the head). If you know what it is, Ed Gruberman and you still fight it (boot to the head ssshoop )...
"Only three known to exist..." So we went ahead and had it powder coated. 
I know nothing about the bike, the value, the anything here, and it still feels like a steaming pile of insanity.
[h=2]Vintage 1941 Safti-cycle cruiser - $2500 (west linn)[/h]
only 3 known to exist out of 75 produced before war, purchased from the tombstone museum for 1500 for it in pieces 4 owners ago.was powdercoated so no longer orig bt has new old stock hubs and torrington pedals i added the handlebar horns I can trace back to last 4 owners, starting w steve at the tombstone museum I assembled it and rode it once
I know nothing about the bike, the value, the anything here, and it still feels like a steaming pile of insanity.
[h=2]Vintage 1941 Safti-cycle cruiser - $2500 (west linn)[/h]
only 3 known to exist out of 75 produced before war, purchased from the tombstone museum for 1500 for it in pieces 4 owners ago.was powdercoated so no longer orig bt has new old stock hubs and torrington pedals i added the handlebar horns I can trace back to last 4 owners, starting w steve at the tombstone museum I assembled it and rode it once
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01-06-14, 10:56 PM
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OK, just tell me a left or right shoe 
, you lost it and how could you get home
https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/n...270368093.html
, you lost it and how could you get home https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/n...270368093.html
