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Title: Are they asking too much for this bicycle?
Source: retro cruiser bicycles
URL Source: http://www.retrocruiserbicycles.com ... ipts/prodView.asp?idproduct=59
Published: Sep 12, 2011
Author: Dakmar
Post Date: 2011-09-12 21:09:02 by Dakmar
Keywords: None
Views: 5213
Comments: 53

Several years ago, I bought a bicycle, hoping to ride it for a little exercise. It was a standard, upright bicycle, with six gears and handbrakes. I can't get comfortable on the thing, my legs are too long to sit back, and the handlebars are too far away to sit upright. I basically feel like I'm taking my life into my own hands every time I get on this bike.

I used to spend hours riding around my home town on a Schwinn Manta Ray (24") I borrowed from my neighbor, the bike i question looks like it would be just as comfortable, with the added bonus of having a coaster brake. I'd like to get this bike, does anyone know of a similar package, maybe even with a higher sissy bar with a padded headrest, a springer front end, and a rack I can use to transport small quantities of snacks/liquor back to my abode?

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#9. To: Dakmar (#0) (Edited)

Oh, and if you have to ask what the price of a vintage krate in mint condition is worth, then you can't afford it.

The 1971 Grey Ghost by far is the rarest and most covetted. I was a bicycle mechanic and racer many years. If I know one thing, I know bicycles.

Ferret  posted on  2011-09-12   22:16:50 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#15. To: Ferret (#9)

Oh, and if you have to ask what the price of a vintage krate in mint condition is worth, then you can't afford it.

The 1971 Grey Ghost by far is the rarest and most covetted. I was a bicycle mechanic and racer many years. If I know one thing, I know bicycles.

Do you think the bike in the URL I posted at the top of this article is worth it? I'd gladly pay it, but I don't want some piece of crap made of tin. I realize for $500 I'm not going to get a state-of-the-art piece of engineering, either.

Dakmar  posted on  2011-09-12   22:35:34 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#19. To: Dakmar (#15)

It is a vintage machine with Schwinn's unique internally lugged frame (a Chicago Schwinn, made my a mostly female bike building crew.)

It has One-piece ("Ashtabula") Cranks. (The forks are mand by Ashtabula too).

One-piece cranks are the easiest type to service, and require no special tools. All you need is a large adjustable wrench and a screwdriver.It is worth that price easily. You could sell it in Eugene for that price. In Portland I have seen them go for over a thousand from people buying a piece of their youth.

One should always have such a bike checked. I can tell what that is by the picture, but the new copies of these machines made in China by the company who bought the Schwinn name have been sold for vintage price to the gullible.

There is a "Book of Schwinns" too that one can look up their seriel number in and see what way and year a bike was made. (Sue at Blue Heron on the University of Oregon Campus has one copy I access all the time.)

Ferret  posted on  2011-09-12   22:45:22 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#22. To: Ferret (#19)

One should always have such a bike checked. I can tell what that is by the picture, but the new copies of these machines made in China by the company who bought the Schwinn name have been sold for vintage price to the gullible.

The bike in the URL is brand new, that's what I'm asking about. The URL is a dealer site.

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