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Old 06-19-20, 05:03 AM
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Some people just don't want to stop. And what's with the extra large cupholder?

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Old 06-19-20, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by mech986
Some people just don't want to stop. And what's with the extra large cupholder?

and the rare inverted front brake...
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^^^^ Is that a barf bucket?
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https://lacrosse.craigslist.org/bik/...125897272.html

Old = expensive.


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Bike + lock = 30 lbs...

Or: anchor chain included?
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...8851523469675/



Everything works perfectly, rides great!
I'm sure it does.
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Optimistic pricing...

NEW 1980's Puch Pathfinder 10 speed Bike Bicycle - $1300

https://annarbor.craigslist.org/bik/...144371564.html

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Originally Posted by Unca_Sam
Or: anchor chain included?
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...8851523469675/





I'm sure it does.
The Jacob Marley special edition Huffy...
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^^^^^^^^^ I am the Ghost of Really Cr@ppy POS BSO Paaaaasssst!!!!!
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$400 reward for stolen electric quadracycle


[url]https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/bik/d/seattle-400-reward-for-stolen-electric/7144922414.html

Maybe it wasn't stolen. Maybe it just got sick of everything and ran away.

Rode away. (Whatever.) Such a sad photo, as it looks back at the city and ponders the passenger it left behind. Chin up, quadracycle! Brighter days are ahead!
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Old 06-21-20, 04:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Unca_Sam
Or: anchor chain included?
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I'm sure it does.
I watched a his and hers pair of those sell at a local auction last year for $425, yet I was able to buy four nice vintage Raleigh, Robin Hood, and BSA bikes for $5. People don't know the difference these days.
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Take a moment today to pour one out. Craigslist, A Tragedy.


Never used and never installed. Onza "Judy Yellow" Mountain Bike vintage bar ends. I never was able to buy the bike I wanted.... So these sat in a drawer for decades.


https://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/...145641342.html


Jokes aside, I'd love to put them on the middle of a flat bar as bike packing aero bars. They're the perfect shape.
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Old 06-22-20, 06:25 PM
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New mangling of the name

26" Swinm Bike - $125 (Minneapolis, MN)

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...2574300113755/

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Originally Posted by Clang
New mangling of the name

26" Swinm Bike - $125 (Minneapolis, MN)

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...2574300113755/

Going around with your cantilevers flopping around in public!? Have you no shame?
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Old 06-22-20, 11:30 PM
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Originally Posted by 3alarmer
...is this an indicator point for the current Pistadex ?
Ruh-roh, local Pistadex goes haywire:

https://madison.craigslist.org/bik/d...146351316.html

Bianchi Pista 56 cm Track Bike - $120 (Downtown)


(First "track bike" I've seen with a flat bar and a rack....)


https://madison.craigslist.org/bik/d...134504208.html

BIANCHI PISTA TRACK BIKE - $600 (MONONA, WI)


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Originally Posted by Clang
New mangling of the name

26" Swinm Bike - $125 (Minneapolis, MN)

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...2574300113755/

At least it's not a "Schwan" this time.
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Old 06-23-20, 12:57 AM
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Listed as "Trek Aluminum Bike" and I have, uh, several questions here

trek aluminum frame - $600 (Seattle)

https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/b...146680461.html




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Old 06-23-20, 04:43 AM
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I can just envision the look on the guy's face as he rode this off. Head on a swivel. 30mph tops. Adrenalin junkie!
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Viscount death fork bike frameset crankset 70s road bike - $80 (Fort Collins)


Here is one for the daring I think, Viscount with original fork....

https://denver.craigslist.org/bik/d/...142589628.html








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You don't think they... no, they couldn't have... did they steal one of those memorial bikes?


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Please note that you should only purchase this bike if you are serious about getting hurt.


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That sound was every bike mechanic who worked in the 1970s instinctively wincing

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Originally Posted by madpogue
Ruh-roh, local Pistadex goes haywire:

https://madison.craigslist.org/bik/d...146351316.html

Bianchi Pista 56 cm Track Bike - $120 (Downtown)


(First "track bike" I've seen with a flat bar and a rack....)
The first bike is a BikesDirect Mercier Kilo TT. It came in chrome with no decals, and it has that flat-crowned track fork and oddly enough, those rear rack braze-ons.
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Here is one for the Centurion/Iron-Man fans. https://offerup.com/item/detail/889443602/
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Originally Posted by madpogue
Ruh-roh, local Pistadex goes haywire:

https://madison.craigslist.org/bik/d...146351316.html

Bianchi Pista 56 cm Track Bike - $120 (Downtown)


(First "track bike" I've seen with a flat bar and a rack....)


https://madison.craigslist.org/bik/d...134504208.html

BIANCHI PISTA TRACK BIKE - $600 (MONONA, WI)


...Market Panic !!! Should I buy or sell !!!? What to do ?
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