Am I missing something (late model Schwinn)?

[tacochris]

How is this bike getting so many bids at this starting price?
I dont do anything past 1960 so maybe its just not my thing but it looks like a super late model bike.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-...0001&campid=5335809022&icep_item=184663832732


I just noticed the starting price was 199 but 13 bids on a bike I probably wouldnt look at twice just startled me I guess. I sound like a vintage snob but Im really just curious.

 

[49autocycledeluxe]

1 bidder bid 7 times. either a buddy of the owner or a numb nut who does not understand how the bidding process works. I don't know what those are worth, but it looks to be a nice bike in good shape.

 

[coasterbrakejunkie1969]

How is this bike getting so many bids at this starting price?

Take a close look it is a very clean cruiser ,quite nice paint. A real Chicago Schwinn is always in demand especially one set up with front and rear break capabilities. That being said it will sell for more then it is worth. Some people do not realize there are other venues to buy vintage bikes. I want one of those but I will wait and it will come to me.

 

[coasterbrakejunkie1969]

Where its at now $355 is a reasonable-ish price. Decent shipping but we will see where it ends up

 

[tacochris]

Take a close look it is a very clean cruiser ,quite nice paint. A real Chicago Schwinn is always in demand especially one set up with front and rear break capabilities. That being said it will sell for more then it is worth. Some people do not realize there are other venues to buy vintage bikes. I want one of those but I will wait and it will come to me.

I guess Im kinda spoiled then and have just become jaded to the "market". ....or maybe I dont have many friends who are newbies to the scene. I saw the 80's ACS hubs but I have a set of those I nearly had to give away so that couldnt be it.

I could just think of alot nicer (older) bikes to buy for nearly 400 bucks! haha .....for $100 more, there is a really beautiful survivor tank-model Hornet for sale local to me.

 

[coasterbrakejunkie1969]

I could just think of alot nicer (older) bikes to buy for nearly 400 bucks! haha .....for $100 more, there is a really beautiful survivor tank-model Hornet for sale

I hear you on that, $400 worth of klunker parts is a lot more fun.

 

[tacochris]

I hear you on that, $400 worth of klunker parts is a lot more fun.

I think my observations make me sound like a bike snob....but Ive just been doing this so long and Ive seen bikes THAT clean go unsold in my local area for $150 bucks.
I was curious more than anything if I was missing it being some special edition or something like that ya know?

 

[coasterbrakejunkie1969]

I think my observations make me sound like a bike snob.

No snobbery, you call it like you see it. Different places have better selection. I wish they went unsold around here. Feebay is Always going to be overpriced, you get people bidding on objects they have never seen in person and fear they never will. Panic buying kinda, I do it with doughnuts and ice cream all the time haha

 

[phantom]

I guess Im kinda spoiled then and have just become jaded to the "market". ....or maybe I dont have many friends who are newbies to the scene. I saw the 80's ACS hubs but I have a set of those I nearly had to give away so that couldnt be it.

I could just think of alot nicer (older) bikes to buy for nearly 400 bucks! haha .....for $100 more, there is a really beautiful survivor tank-model Hornet for sale local to me.

I could get real interested in a beautiful survivor tank Hornet, especially if it's a DeLuxe, in that price range. Could yoi PM me the info on it? Thanks

 

[coasterbrakejunkie1969]

go unsold in my local area for $150 bucks.

Well it ended up going for that $355+ shipping. More then we would pay but at least someone is getting into older bikes.If i had it Klunker it would become.