x 999999999. That scheme is so sweet.

that is pretty sexy

By that logic, it is not reasonable to say anyone ever paid too much for anything. Nobody ever gets ripped off on anything, since it is obviously worth what they were willing to pay. Really, he should have paid a million dollars for it; because then he'd have a bike worth a million dollars!

More seriously, it is common for inexperienced mechanics to assume that if they get a frame for some really cheap price that they are most of the way to a really cheap bike. This is not generally the case. Right now, for $15, patthepunk has some scrap metal. If he wants to make a fixed gear, he needs new wheels, seatpost, seat, chain, chainring, pedals. For the cost of all that, plus $15, he can have a heavy, not very nice fixed gear. You might well get all that cheapest if you buy them all together attached to a nicer frame than the Schwinn, by just buying a new bicycle.

Hmm.. I just looked at the pic of the other "Nothing fancy, all DIY" bike... freewheel, one brake, on the rear, with a suicide lever. So... suggestion for the Schwinn, sorry to be blunt: Don't DIY. You don't know what you're doing.

What you dont seem to understand is that any objects "value" is determined by what someone will pay for it. If a person is selling a frame for $15 and someone wants to buy it for that amount, the buyer and seller agree on its value of $15.

Just because you would not buy it for that amount, does not mean its worthless. To the buyer, it was worth that amount. Your opinion of what its worth is meaningless because the buyer is not trying to sell it to you. He is asking a simple question. What he should do to complete the bike. Not if he should trash his purchase and buy a new bike.

Or 1957, if you want to count the three speed version....

This is probably the best advice here (aside from my suggestion to throw that Schwinn into the river).

i like this alot!

If it hadn't been spray painted flat green, then $15 would have been a pretty good deal. There are ******* buying varsities off of craigslist for $100 - you could have flipped it, and put the profit towards buying a Kilo or something.

that may very well be what i will end up doing

That bike needs $200 worth of junk parts to be worth $100.

yeesh give the guy a break - it's a bike! have fun with it - even if it's not picture perfect - it's fun to work on them and get them into riding condition. if it's awesome - you keep it - if it's lame - you flip it and start another! :-) you think the 1st skateboard was gorgeous?

It needs about $5 of parts, and negative crappy spray paint to be worth $100.

I mean holy shiicaca you ever look at craigslist?: https://craiglook.com/bikes.html?q=varsity&g=&l=&s=0

wait, what the heck is "craiglook.com" is it related to "craigslist" ?

I found this realtor on that site. Think she is into cycling? She's into rehabbed classics. If that doesn't describe me I don't know what does!

https://phoenix.craigslist.org/cph/reb/1595674840.html

ABSOLUTELY NOT. Craiglook lets you search craigslist nationwide. It has nothing to do with craigslist in any way.

Hmmm, never seen Craig Look before. I do love crazedlist.org, however. Its ability to search just a couple cities, or the entire NW or entire West Coast is pretty handy.

I'll have to to a compare/contrast on CraigLook and crazedlist.org this weekend.

I do find it odd that the Look has bikes under automotive.