Re: [CR]Are 5% of bike buyers insane ??

(Example: Framebuilders:Norman Taylor)

Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2004 23:42:49 -0700
From: "Mark Wolfe" <markw@wolfenet.org>
To: Donald Gillies <gillies@cs.ubc.ca>
Subject: Re: [CR]Are 5% of bike buyers insane ??
References: <200409060617.XAA15997@cascade.cs.ubc.ca>
In-Reply-To: <200409060617.XAA15997@cascade.cs.ubc.ca>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

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Donald Gillies wrote:
> vintage 1985 bianchi centenario (100 year anniversary) bike bought
> brand new in 1985, built up for display, then boxed and stored 19
> years before going on sale and the auction ends TUESDAY (apologies
> dale for being 1 year Off Topic...)
>
> http://ebay.com/<blah>
>
> Can I get a comment from bike shop owners or workers ?? Who are these
> people who purchase bikes rather than Intel stock ?? My own Schwinn
> 1974 paramount was ridden 150 mi in the 4 years after purchase, and
> then sold to me for 25% of current retail price.
>
> You don't see many ebay auctions saying, "I bought this Ferrari
> Testarossa in 1985, but hardly drove it more than 200 miles since
> then, and now i'm selling it because its taking up space and my wife
> wants it out of the garage !!!"
>
> who are these people ??

- From the pictures, someone who has a nice Bianchi. I don't buy the "Never ridden" story though, look at the cables where they route over the BB, there's road grime in the grooves.

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