WHO'S CLOSE TO TARRYTOWN, NEW YORK?

[Rat Rod]

If you are, you better jump on this Laguna that ends in 5 hours.

http://bit.ly/PYRLDR

 

[Bicycle808]

2 hour drive. If I had $400, I'd start driving now.

 

[MIGZ]

wish i would have seen this i would have bought it an figured out how to get it to texas

 

[Rat Rod]

Someone got a smokin' deal on that bike...looks completely untouched too except for maybe the tires.

 

[Bicycle808]

Ad said all-original except tires, pedals, and saddle. Dang. Would've been like $1500 o n the museum....

 

[Rat Rod]

Yes...definitely a $1000 bike.

 

[jamesdart]

just curious, what makes that a $1,000 or $1,500 bike?

 

[DJ Bill]

I second that thought...I would have offered maybe $25 at a yard sale but obviously I don't have a clue about Laguna values...Please school us!

Is it the quality? the materials? The design?? Rarity? OEM list price?

I am being serious and not trying to bash the bike at all. It just is that I have never seen or heard of a Laguna until now.

 

[Rat Rod]

Laguna was a manufacturer of BMX bikes in the 70s and early 80s in California. These bikes, while marketed as beach cruisers are still categorized as 26" BMX cruisers. Because of this connection with the BMX genre, guys today in their 40s and early 50s with disposable income who remember the bikes from their youth are willing to spend big money on a bike that they can actually ride.

Laguna marketed their bikes in the BMX magazines back then so most of us who bought BMX Action remember the tests they did on the bikes and their advertisements.

 

[DJ Bill]

Cool, thank you!

 

[Rat Rod]

Now if you want to watch something really get out of hand...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-COO...74-FORK-OLD-SCHOOL-DG-NOMURA-GT-/251498814514

 

[DJ Bill]

dangit! $2524 for a frame and fork, and it isn't even a hundred years old!

 

[Bicycle808]

The shorter explanation is: supply and demand. A lot of ppl want these 26" BMX cruisers/ "strandies", but there aren't a whole lot of examples on the market.

 

[Bicycle808]

PS can't believe they're gonna get that much for that CBR, when it ain't even original paint.

 

[october]

The cook bros went for $3205.55



http://bit.ly/1fZq3N8

 

[Bicycle808]

Dang.

 

[Rat Rod]

I'm no expert on Cook Bros., but that must be one seriously rare set up. I can't imagine why anyone would spend that much on a frame set. You could pay someone like Johnny TrueTorch to build you an exact replica for probably $800.

It's obviously a heavy hitting collector that paid that much or just someone trying to build their ultimate dream bike. Whoever they are, they've got more disposable income than I'll ever have.

 

[jamesdart]

Yeah that cash could buy a decent project car.

 

[DeuceWheeler]

Here's one in Santa Barbara for $650
http://santabarbara.craigslist.org/bik/4421595050.html

 

[Bicycle808]

That looks like a regular CBR 26 to me. It's not one of the 24s, or one of the limited edition Austin Cruisers. And it's got fresh powder on it. So, yeah, I guess that was one of these ebay miracles, or some sort of internet money laundering scheme....