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...very.....gonna get it???? 
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WOW...for 10k could at least take a few decent pics of the bike :!:
That was my thought for a meer $5k I think Steve would do a nice photoshoot :lol:Ddivot said:
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love it. $10Gs and he could only afford to take one pic from like a mile away. :roll:
Now, here's my question. Since this is a local pickup only, how many people in Butler, BFE, Missouri would want this bike for $9.95, much less $9,995? :?
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10 grand for a bike! And you're supposed to take his word on when it was made and what it really is and he supposedly has a few photos from back in the day that anyone with a computer and Photoshop could alter. IF it is true it's definitely a piece of history BUT he needs to have the documentation confirmed and AUTHENTICATED before he asks 10 grand for a bike that looks like something I could throw together in 10 minutes in my shed.....Just my opinion. :roll:
its a crappy old varsity frame with nothing original. :roll:
Doesn't the oxymoronic auction title of Vintage Modern Schwinn Mountain Bike, say it all?
Kinda looks like an 'Instant Classic' to me. :roll:
One more thing, according to his pioneer nomination page, it's had a 'heavy patina of rust ' sine the Vietnam War! REALLY??!?!, dude, you haven't had a chance to run some steel wool over this prized posession in the last 40 years??
Best of luck to him.....
Kinda looks like an 'Instant Classic' to me. :roll:
One more thing, according to his pioneer nomination page, it's had a 'heavy patina of rust ' sine the Vietnam War! REALLY??!?!, dude, you haven't had a chance to run some steel wool over this prized posession in the last 40 years??
Best of luck to him.....
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Dr. Tankenstein said:
Evidently the rust adds to the value........ :roll: ROTFLOL What a tool.......
I don't have a problem with people like "Klunkers", or this guy ,if he's legit, who propelled the market to produce the amazing all purpose bikes we have today, turning a buck off it. Nonetheless, any claim at being "the first" MTB, BMX, or whatever, is spurious at best. Literally millions have adapted their bicycles for local conditions for nearly a century. ballooners with gears were around in the 60's. Heck, diving the hill and up by the ditch 8) was basic 7 yr old behaviour since the day massed produced kids bikes were born.
outskirtscustoms said:
You guys have it all wrong. Remember what Atomic Paul said? That's not rust, it's love! :lol:
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Yeah but it doesn't make it worth 10 grand........If I had 10 grand to spend I have seen A LOT of bikes here on the site I'd buy first. Widowmaker, the engine 9 bike, few of the low and long bikes here, the salt shaker, Driftwood cruiser, The Air Ride bike, Even a few of the aspiring project bikes are more tempting to buy than that guy's self proclaimed "first mountain bike"
Butler Mo not a very big place, 20 thousand maybe and about 30 years behind the times.LOL Not really ,it's just a small town about 60 mile south of KC Mo. My wifes Grandfather was the first child born there after the civil war.
http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Butle ... ocode=CITY
http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Butle ... ocode=CITY
if i had 10 grand for bikes i wonder how much id have for vws? :mrgreen: probally about this much
