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Originally Posted by AEO
what's with the recent trend in price hiking centurions?
this one for instance, I took a look at... wooow, overpriced.
http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/bik/1267854548.html

    it was a 70's ish centurion, 27" wheels.
    at least I think it was around 70's or latest early 80's.
    Around here its a wretched situation - there's never really any good deals to be had. Everything is either big-box department store junk, with the very occasional newer bike for 1000+, and as a result anyone who has what could be regarded as a C&V bike probably takes a glance at the ads and decides "well if they can ask $100 for a kids bike and those fancy thingamajigs can bring $1000, then I'll ask $250 and see what happens"

    Or something like that. I just don't think there's anything to be had around here, at least not what I'm interested in. That Centurion would probably have been a good bike for me (I noticed it had Shimano 600 levers, so maybe the rest of the components might have been 600) except for the fact it's at least 8cm too large (I'm 5-9, 5-10 with stumpy legs)

    I never seem to have any money anyway

    Tom
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