This is insane!!!!
 

This has got to be one of the most crazy ebay ads I have seen.
1980s Huffy Olympian

This is a must have for any major buffoon!


FIFY...

I couldn't help it. Really, I can't find a better word.

Fer'real?
I'm not sure what's more laughable; that the guy thinks that it's worth a fortune, or that it was made in the first place.
-Gene-

Yes, that bike is pretty funny

Huffy, AMF, Columbia, and the other American "bicycle" companies of that ilk were in the business of making "Bike Like Objects." Nothing they did surprises me, they pretty much banked on the idea that they were selling to poseurs that were never going to use their products.

Yeah, but it's got cotterless cranks.

I was thinking nobody ever takes this to mean that it's unremarkable, but I guess those that do interpret it that way never make it to the stage where it is fodder for us.

Apparently he thinks it's worth more than the 2009 Trek Madone 5.2 he sold the other day, hehe.

What is more amusing is that the seller's ad copy doesn't have any noticeable misrepresentations of the bike ("It was ridden in the Olympics!" comes to mind), the photos are decent, and - for a Huffy - it'd be a fun nonsense bike to have around. An ideal, el-cheapo Ashtabula-BB fixed-gear candidate.

The only ridiculous part of it is the BIN. I have a sneaking suspicion that he knows quite well that it isn't worth much at all, and has put out a little bait for any Ultimate Suckers™ that happen to come along.

-Kurt

The BIN is very high, but he does describe the bike accurately. I've seen people in this forum get very excited about bikes that to me are as mundane as that, but I would not call them insane.

Heh. Nice aero wheel cover with reflectors built in.

This is pretty awesome.

Not $3500 awesome. But pretty awesome.

Last time someone posted one here - without the presence of a BIN - it was greeted with more excitement then a Confente with signed documentation from Mario.

-Kurt

I doubt the seller is such a fool. If someone pays the buy-it-now price, he'll be smiling for a week. If he sells it at all, he'll have his wife off his back. And he's already got a bidder! But it ain't me, babe.

Yeah, this guy is ok in my book...you can bid anything you want for this bike. The BIN is just a ceiling. Not much different than many people are doing with real estate right now. :>)

Mike

"This bike is not recomended to be ridden because of its rarity and its craftmanship"

Yeah, it's not all true, is it?

Shipping is 125, yikes.

Yep, it'd make a great fixie and once it's "fixed", better crank etc, would probably sell for $350

People pay $500 for beat to crap Schwinn StingRays that hundreds of thousands were made between 63 and 79. That is definitely much more rare. Is it $3500.00 rare? Probably not.

I remember seeing those TT replica bikes in K-Mart I think it was and wondering "WTF were they thinking?"
Here is some pictures of the real deal and a interesting article.
http://www.firstflightbikes.com/Shop...es/Olympic.htm

that bike is amazing!

i would never have dreamed!! first licensing one brand over the other a Huffy "raleigh USA" but a gas pipe TT bike complete with disc rear wheel!!!!!!!!!

you have to admit its a rare bike though, not $3500 rare, not $350 rare, but I would pay $35 as it would be the ultimate loaner bike HAHA

Apples and oranges, for a number of reasons. In any case there's no "probably" about it - one of the actual Olympic Huffy's would very likely not sell for $3500, and certainly not much more than that if it did. I bought one of the Murray-Serottas (pantographed) made for the '84 Olympics for a fraction of that a couple of years ago.

i think he's simply posting a joke

If I had a choice, I wouldn't ride a Huffy because of it's craftsmanship.

Don't we have something better, nicer, or more uplifting to talk about? Stuff like this belongs in the Wacky World of Craigslist and eBay ads; heck, the Numbskull of the Day sticky did a pretty good job to keep multiple "look at this moron!" threads nice and concentrated.

-Kurt

Yeah but those are more about freakishness on the part of the seller, not on the part of the bicycle.

I remember those! I was already in my 20s and riding nice bikes but some of those department store 10 speeds are cool in a weird nostalgic sort of way. If I found one for less than 50$ I'd buy it.