J.Higgins 

I agree, Tom. Setting an absurdly high price makes people take a second look into why, and in some personalities, that generates the need to have it. If they get half the asking price, they'll still walk away with an extreme coup.

noglider 

Yes, and maybe it generates offers. For all we know, they'll accept a $25 offer. And hey, they might get a $1,000 offer.

Insidious C. 

Yours for a paltry $500. It's approx 83 model year.

https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/...021670784.html

madpogue 

^^^^ But some somewhat valuable lipstick. The Ortliebs are worth more than the $50 referenced in the ad. And some nice barcons and a decent wrap job. Still overpriced, and kinda silly to throw in the shoes and helmet, with no mention of the sizes.

smontanaro 

Assuming the guy made a mistake, I dropped him a note. He responded with an offer of $11,500. That eliminates a mistake as a possibility. Now it's down to "strategy" or leg-pulling.

pierce

wooot! "Single speed custom commuter" with a 7 or 8 speed cluster, derailleur, and bar end shifter, hah hah hah.

2cam16

"NICE" and "NEW" are understatements

Nice/ New Racing Bike, Shimano Gears, some rust needs some cleanup - $40 (lake county)

https://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/bik...017461226.html

https://images.craigslist.org/01010_...2_1200x900.jpg
https://images.craigslist.org/00m0m_...h_1200x900.jpg

Unca_Sam

They sell drop bars with grip shifters??! Must be today's stem shifters.

Moe Zhoost

Yes, the pictures are not flattering at all. They show what entropy can do to an unridden bike left out in the weather (if indeed that was the case - I suspect that it was used a bit more than described). Not a bad deal for $40, though. The grip shifters are odd. The bike originally probably came with flat bars but the owner converted to drops.

madpogue 

^^^^^ Garden variety Mall*Wart BSO. Think GMC Denali, but a notch or two lower. Yes, they were issued as "road" (i.e. drop bar) bikes, with grip shifters. IIRC, it's done with (eek) a split handlebar.

Entropy is probably the best thing that could happen to this bike. This is why metals, plastics and rubber are recycled.

machinist42

Bianchi


Posted 41 minutes ago


"Why did you do that today?
If I promise to drop will you talk?

bicycle frame material: alloy
bicycle type: bmx
frame size: 54
wheel size: 10 in"

https://wilmington.craigslist.org/bi...022468578.html

(Mercifully, no pics/)

machinist42

Margaritaville it’s 5 o’clock somewhere cruiser bike - $79 (Raleigh)

Posted about 5 hours ago





"7 speed cruiser bike with 26 inch tires and 18” frame . In excellent condition and COMES WITH BABY SEAT. Has front basket as well a great shifter and brakes. If interested text me at +19192577898 or email me.
MADE IN THE USA

bicycle frame material: steel
bicycle type: cruiser
brake type: disc (mechanical)
condition: like new
frame size: 18”
handlebar type: other/unknown
model name / number: Margaritaville
suspension: none (rigid)
wheel size: 26 in"

https://raleigh.craigslist.org/bik/d...022792824.html

(Tequila up front, baby in the back; what could go wrong?)

RiddleOfSteel

T-t-t-t-t-t-time traveling! Or, "Beam me...sideways, Scotty???"

madpogue 

^^^^^^ Synergistic effect of the tea candles, the skull graphic on the counter, and the looming giant tribble / blancmange frame right.

thumpism 

Probably fixin' to make a sheepskin cover for that saddle.

Chr0m0ly 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Used-1980s-...-/153481917042

Only thirteen hundred ninety nine dollars!



Complete with gold painted cluster.

WGB 

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...9674039135548/

$500 - Lockport, Ny
"Coolest Bicycle on the planet !!!! - Comes with everything you see including the skeletons. Rides perfect !!!!! Easy to ride and easy to break down for travel. $500 or best offer!!!!"

thumpism 

As I recall, there were freewheels with plated cogs that color. Probably Shimano.

Yep.

WGB 

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...7499975869766/

SCHWINN VARSITY

$300"SOME RUST AND COULD USE NEW TIRERS BUT I THINK IT LOOKS GREAT. 400.00 or best offer"

Is this just a dreamer or is a truly insane person listing this?




There are more images but I think you get the point.

curbtender

Some rust? Maybe he meant sum...bike=rust?

TriBiker19 

Needs more than new tirers. Perhaps a chain? That one seems to be sticking.

Miele Man

Where was it stored - at the bottom of a river? LOL

Neat that one price is $300.00 and the other is $400.00

Cheers

Miele Man

The seller is channeling, "All I have to do is dreeeeammm. Dream, dream dream."

Cheers

pierce

also, before Shimano, Regina Del Oro were gold, in the days of european 5 speed freewheels and friction shifters on the downtube.

I looked it up, that's a 1985 420, mid range in their 'sport' line, TrueTemper double butted tubing... Most of the parts on it look original, but from the factory it came with a silver Maillard freewheel. oh holy bleep, the text in the add does say the freewheel was painted, yeeesh.

Sure looks taller than a 57cm/23" to me, I'd peg it at a 60cm/24.5". $1400, however, is ludicruous, thats maybe a $300 bike.

thumpism 

I suspect the seller is incorrect about the painting, unless he is the one who actually painted it. And I knew about the Regina Oro but based on the size and number of cogs suggested what likely and not just possible.

Then there's that (upside down) chainstay clamp-on cable stop. Was the original removed or did all True Temper frames have that through-the-dropout internal cable routing and the guy just could not thread the cable properly?