Originally Posted by
wrk101
Better brakes, room for fenders, braze ons for racks, can handle almost any width tire, affordable = rigid frame MTB. In my area, I can find high end MTBs from the 1980s, with XT level components, for $150 or less. Nuff said.
OP stated that was not what they wanted. Read his response to mine.
I would pay less than $50 unless it was amazing. Vintage steel hybrid, ATB's are not easy to find unless you want to drive all over the place. Or jump on CL and give one of the local flippers $300......
I rarely saw any when bikes were plentiful, and the flip value was low.
There was a seller of vintage bikes around Cumberland who had hoards of them and when the pandemic hit he nearly sold out.......