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10-01-15, 02:13 PM
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It looks like the bike model is still reasonably current.
Amazon.com : Kent Shogun Trail Blazer Mountain Bike Ladies 26 In. : Tools Products : Sports & Outdoors
10-01-15, 03:20 PM
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Someone thought it would be a great idea to buy this and list it for double MSRP. The brakes are truly dismal on these things.
[h=2]Limited Edition Huffy Star Wars Darth Vader fat tire bicycle!! - $600 (rochester, MN)[/h]Limited Edition Huffy Star Wars Darth Vader fat tire bicycle!!
I have a limited edition Star Wars huffy Darth Vader bicycle, #111 out of 2500. Brand new with tags from the Force Awakens collection! Asking $600! Cash only please! Will consider offers.
[h=2]Limited Edition Huffy Star Wars Darth Vader fat tire bicycle!! - $600 (rochester, MN)[/h]Limited Edition Huffy Star Wars Darth Vader fat tire bicycle!!
I have a limited edition Star Wars huffy Darth Vader bicycle, #111 out of 2500. Brand new with tags from the Force Awakens collection! Asking $600! Cash only please! Will consider offers.
10-01-15, 03:31 PM
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Someone thought it would be a great idea to buy this and list it for double MSRP. The brakes are truly dismal on these things.
Limited Edition Huffy Star Wars Darth Vader fat tire bicycle!! - $600 (rochester, MN)
Limited Edition Huffy Star Wars Darth Vader fat tire bicycle!!
I have a limited edition Star Wars huffy Darth Vader bicycle, #111 out of 2500. Brand new with tags from the Force Awakens collection! Asking $600! Cash only please! Will consider offers.
Limited Edition Huffy Star Wars Darth Vader fat tire bicycle!! - $600 (rochester, MN)
Limited Edition Huffy Star Wars Darth Vader fat tire bicycle!!
I have a limited edition Star Wars huffy Darth Vader bicycle, #111 out of 2500. Brand new with tags from the Force Awakens collection! Asking $600! Cash only please! Will consider offers.
Can I get one of these instead?
10-01-15, 04:30 PM
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I may have to get this.
10-01-15, 04:32 PM
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He had it at the recent swap. He's into really old bikes, like pre-WWI. It's a pretty nice bike.
Nice bike in my size but I think he's being verrry optimistic on the price, especially with those chips in the paint.
Palo Alto
Palo Alto - $1000 (Richmond)
make / manufacturer: Palo Alto
Mid 80's Palo Alto
58cm
Columbus SL tubing with window pane lugs
Tange fork
Campagnolo victory crank, brakes, and front derailleur
Campagnolo chorus 7 speed index shifters and rear derailiuer
Campagnolo chorus hubs with Mavic GP4 rims
Suguno 75 bottom bracket
Tange headset
Cinelli bar and stem
Avocet seat post
New seat, bar tape, and cables and housing
I have owned this bike for 30 years. I recently had it professionally serviced and completely disassembled so that it could be inspected and frame saver applied to the inside of the frame. (Palo Alto is a small bike shop in Palo Alto California. They outsourced their frames. I have been told that their frames were hand built by Biemmezeta, a small Italian company)
Palo Alto
Palo Alto - $1000 (Richmond)
make / manufacturer: Palo Alto
Mid 80's Palo Alto
58cm
Columbus SL tubing with window pane lugs
Tange fork
Campagnolo victory crank, brakes, and front derailleur
Campagnolo chorus 7 speed index shifters and rear derailiuer
Campagnolo chorus hubs with Mavic GP4 rims
Suguno 75 bottom bracket
Tange headset
Cinelli bar and stem
Avocet seat post
New seat, bar tape, and cables and housing
I have owned this bike for 30 years. I recently had it professionally serviced and completely disassembled so that it could be inspected and frame saver applied to the inside of the frame. (Palo Alto is a small bike shop in Palo Alto California. They outsourced their frames. I have been told that their frames were hand built by Biemmezeta, a small Italian company)
10-01-15, 08:15 PM
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In case anyone in Hawaii is wondering where their stolen bike ended up, it's could be in this guy's side yard :/
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10-01-15, 11:51 PM
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What rafter has this been in? Apparently NOS CAAD 5 which would make it 12 years old
BRAND NEW CANNONDALE FRAM
BRAND NEW CANNONDALE FRAM
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10-02-15, 05:51 AM
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Why buy new when you can pay a lot more from someone on CL
Someone thought it would be a great idea to buy this and list it for double MSRP. The brakes are truly dismal on these things.
Limited Edition Huffy Star Wars Darth Vader fat tire bicycle!! - $600 (rochester, MN)
Limited Edition Huffy Star Wars Darth Vader fat tire bicycle!!
I have a limited edition Star Wars huffy Darth Vader bicycle, #111 out of 2500. Brand new with tags from the Force Awakens collection! Asking $600! Cash only please! Will consider offers.
Limited Edition Huffy Star Wars Darth Vader fat tire bicycle!! - $600 (rochester, MN)
Limited Edition Huffy Star Wars Darth Vader fat tire bicycle!!
I have a limited edition Star Wars huffy Darth Vader bicycle, #111 out of 2500. Brand new with tags from the Force Awakens collection! Asking $600! Cash only please! Will consider offers.
10-02-15, 12:15 PM
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From the Deluded Hipster Returns Home, chapter 3 - "Unsafe at any speed"
[h=2]Fixed gear bicycle - $600[/h]Fully customized fixed gear bicycle.I really do not want to get rid of it,yet i am willing to sell to a serious buyer.All arts are custom ranging from Giant drop bar handles,Trek road bike stem,pure fix frame,along with a 8 month old crank,custom saddle,racing front alex rim and a 1 of 1 custom breast cancer saddle from terry seats.Price is negotiable
https://york.craigslist.org/bik/5233075045.html
[h=2]Fixed gear bicycle - $600[/h]Fully customized fixed gear bicycle.I really do not want to get rid of it,yet i am willing to sell to a serious buyer.All arts are custom ranging from Giant drop bar handles,Trek road bike stem,pure fix frame,along with a 8 month old crank,custom saddle,racing front alex rim and a 1 of 1 custom breast cancer saddle from terry seats.Price is negotiable
https://york.craigslist.org/bik/5233075045.html
10-02-15, 12:27 PM
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I bet that fork started its life curved...
10-02-15, 12:41 PM
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That's just customized geometry on the fixie.
10-02-15, 04:03 PM
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10-02-15, 04:24 PM
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The top tube looks bent near the head tube.
10-05-15, 09:16 PM
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My community has been wracked lately and it makes me look askance at hinky listings... I really can't figure this one out, though. Premium components, too-low price, blacked out frame.
Road Bike with shimano Ultegra and 105 $200obo!!
Road Bike with shimano Ultegra and 105 $200obo!!
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10-05-15, 09:29 PM
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Mint 62 cm Miele Road Bike w/ Suntour Superbe Pro Group
This one keeps showing up...
If the original owner paid $1900 in mid 90s, that would be $2600 today, which seems a lot for a Miele, with an Ishiwata 022 frame, no?
If you were a collector, it would have lost value as he swapped out the tubular rims for clinchers, though they are period. Not sure if Cinelli would have been the original stem on an otherwise all Japanese bike.
Its a nice bike. Rebuilt wheels and overhauled, I'm sure it is a nice ride. But $1200 (even if that is $1200 CDN) seems at least double if not more.
This one keeps showing up...
If the original owner paid $1900 in mid 90s, that would be $2600 today, which seems a lot for a Miele, with an Ishiwata 022 frame, no?
If you were a collector, it would have lost value as he swapped out the tubular rims for clinchers, though they are period. Not sure if Cinelli would have been the original stem on an otherwise all Japanese bike.
Its a nice bike. Rebuilt wheels and overhauled, I'm sure it is a nice ride. But $1200 (even if that is $1200 CDN) seems at least double if not more.
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10-05-15, 09:32 PM
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My community has been wracked lately and it makes me look askance at hinky listings... I really can't figure this one out, though. Premium components, too-low price, blacked out frame.
Road Bike with shimano Ultegra and 105 $200obo!!
Road Bike with shimano Ultegra and 105 $200obo!!
Overall it would be a good deal assuming the shifters match the cassette. I'm surprised it doesn't appear to have sold.
10-05-15, 09:36 PM
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Ok, how about classic upturned handlebars? How in the heck do you ride it? Price is probably OK. 4 bikes + 2 frames for $150 total.
Vintage bikes - $150
Vintage bikes - $150
10-05-15, 09:47 PM
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Mint 62 cm Miele Road Bike w/ Suntour Superbe Pro Group
This one keeps showing up...
If the original owner paid $1900 in mid 90s, that would be $2600 today, which seems a lot for a Miele, with an Ishiwata 022 frame, no?
If you were a collector, it would have lost value as he swapped out the tubular rims for clinchers, though they are period. Not sure if Cinelli would have been the original stem on an otherwise all Japanese bike.
Its a nice bike. Rebuilt wheels and overhauled, I'm sure it is a nice ride. But $1200 (even if that is $1200 CDN) seems at least double if not more.
This one keeps showing up...
If the original owner paid $1900 in mid 90s, that would be $2600 today, which seems a lot for a Miele, with an Ishiwata 022 frame, no?
If you were a collector, it would have lost value as he swapped out the tubular rims for clinchers, though they are period. Not sure if Cinelli would have been the original stem on an otherwise all Japanese bike.
Its a nice bike. Rebuilt wheels and overhauled, I'm sure it is a nice ride. But $1200 (even if that is $1200 CDN) seems at least double if not more.
10-05-15, 10:48 PM
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But to know it's on backwards? SCWINN
10-06-15, 10:17 AM
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I thought that I had posted this one last night, but it is gone this morning. Plus nothing in the "Restore" 
vintage Colnago Bi Titanio Steel frame 50cm - $349
vintage Colnago Bi Titanio Steel frame 50cm - $349
10-06-15, 11:34 AM
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This just in: Eddie Merckx now going by "Eddy". Wacky stuff!
Antique Eddie Merckx Bikes
Antique Eddie Merckx Bikes - $1500 (23263 Denton Street Waterloo, Ne)
Eddie Merckx (now known as Eddy) did make a few of his own bicycles before he established his own manufacturing company in his own country in 1980. Five years before that he made a few bicycles for prepaid special orders only. My husband ordered and received these bikes in the first year, 1975, when Eddie first began manufacturing which was originally in Birmingham, England. All parts are original. THEY BOTH LOOK BRAND NEW, BARELY RIDDEN!!! The male bike is blue with 22'' frame. The female bike is orange with a 23" frame. Excellent value for true collectors!!!
Antique Eddie Merckx Bikes
Antique Eddie Merckx Bikes - $1500 (23263 Denton Street Waterloo, Ne)
Eddie Merckx (now known as Eddy) did make a few of his own bicycles before he established his own manufacturing company in his own country in 1980. Five years before that he made a few bicycles for prepaid special orders only. My husband ordered and received these bikes in the first year, 1975, when Eddie first began manufacturing which was originally in Birmingham, England. All parts are original. THEY BOTH LOOK BRAND NEW, BARELY RIDDEN!!! The male bike is blue with 22'' frame. The female bike is orange with a 23" frame. Excellent value for true collectors!!!
10-06-15, 12:29 PM
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As far as the name, I'm seeing a few "Eddie Merckx" webpages, but haven't seen it written on a bike.
Apparetly there was a choice to abbreviate: Edouard Louis Joseph Merckx, and I wouldn't be surprised if more than one spelling was used in his early career, also when dealing with different countries and languages.
Some photos and components would be nice if they're expecting a $1500 sale.
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But to know it's on backwards? SCWINN