Is this something I should make room for?

[scooter_trasher]

Should I make room for this ? The price is hard to lose on

I'd wind up needing a couple parts

 

[Sven]

i say "yes". but I have biker hoarder tendencies. (or would that be a disorder not tendency)

 

[Krakatoa]

Yes. Columbia Westfield bike with rack that is incorporated/integral to the frame. This is a very popular frame in custom bike circles.

 

[RustySprockets]

I'd be all over that, if it were local.

 

[scooter_trasher]

Sure would make a bad a$$ wheelie bike with an upholstered rack & a Monark springer

 

[scooter_trasher]

Got lucky and missed it , my wife may let me live another day
Got lucky and missed a Schwinn fastback last night, for $50, it needs everything

 

[CWCMAN]

Hummm, Id walk past that bike but then again, it's not my cup of tea. Buy it only if you like it, not because its to cheap to pass up. Save the room for a much better bike.

 

[scooter_trasher]

I don't see the hobby in buying bikes that are nice & complete, that's more of a searching & spending hobby, mine is more of a rescue and building hobby, than a hand money out and riding hobby, I like to take something that needs love and make it something again, I get my exercise moving bikes in and out of the garage and my joy from wrenching, painting and bar hopping, everyone is in it for their own reasons, I'll never be the garage and estate sale searcher, that's for those smart people that like to take advantage of someone that sells at under market value out of ignorance or desperation

 

[Freqman1]

If the bike appeals to you then buy it. If not pass. Like you said all of us are in this hobby for different reasons and just because you can't see it there is great joy for many of us in buying nice, complete bikes that we can display, ride, and enjoy. That's what a hobby is about, right? Those people out there beating the bushes are a valuable part of this hobby. Without them many of these treasure would languish in barns, sheds or basements to rot and not be enjoyed. Insinuating that everyone who does this is out to take advantage of someone is incredulous. V/r Shawn

 

[the tinker]

Take advantage of someone because of ignorance or depression? Give us a break. Yeah, I took advantage of an "old guy" wandering around a swap yesterday with his young friend, trailing this bike, asking everyone to buy it. He sold me this bike for 150 bucks, cause that's what I offered him. I resold the bike 5 minutes after I bought it for 125 bucks. Was I taken advantage of, because I gave someone else a super bike , less the saddle, for next to nothing? Or am I just ignorant?