I rode over 1000 miles last summer easy on a 1973 Huffy Scout I paid $3 for at a garage-sale in the spring. I put $5 worth of used tires on it, about $6 worth of new brake pads and maybe $3 worth of new spokes. Also put a new chain on it that was surprisingly cheap at about $7. So that is $24. I did spend time cleaning and lubing the moving parts of the bike,bearings, lubed the cables etc.. Trued the wheels of course. the only part I replaced besides the tires was I swapped another old seat onto it because the seat I got with it was missing large chunks of it's cover and padding so half the metal pan was showing and it would have hurt my butt. I even played with the old combination lock on the bike until I cracked it's code and used it. I am sure I will put hundreds of more miles on it this year. Is this the type of bike this thread had in mind?