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The two thousand dollar offers are insane. The Baby Boomers are lossing their minds trying to relive their childhood, with all the cool stuff they didn't get for christmas. No wonder their children don't know how to pay a bill or balance a checkbook. No wonder their kids think they deserve the world on a platter, they have been taught that you deserve everything you want, and that cost should not stop you from living the lifestyle you want. |
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People want nostalgia for something that never was. They think paying top dollar for bad design from the distant past is preserving something that really matters. A stock Stingray really sucked for transportation. The frame could be made into a decent offroad bike, but the configuration of the original Stingray was anything but efficient or ergonomic. If someone wants to pay $100 K for something like that, I respect their right to do so but have to laugh at the lameness. The 1965 Stingray bikes with a five-speed stick shift was another thing altogether. Year of the Ford Mustang. Life was good then. |
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I had one of these,my father bought it for $89.95 new My Mom sold at a garage sale for $20.  cgi.ebay.com/Schwinn-Grey-Ghost-Original-1971_W0QQitemZ180259327978QQihZ008QQcategoryZ156524QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem |
My first bike too . . . but probably about '65 or '66. Years later, I assembled them (and shitloads of other Schwinns) in the basement of a St. Louis bike shop as part of my part-time job in high school. |
You must be a lot of fun at a party. |
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I apologize if I seem a little bitter about it, I really am not. It is just that in my line of work I go into ten or more homesa day, and see exactly how screwed up some peoples priorities are. At the same time I see the amounts paid for nostalgia items from the sixties, and just don't understand it. Will having that bike take the japanese businessman back to his youth peddleing around his Tokyo neighborhood? Will it restore his youth like some kind of fountain of youth? |
Is this Soveit Russia? This isn't Soviet Russia is it? No? No. This is America. We can spend our money any way we want to. Nobody cares about "your" values. |
YOu seem jealous or something. If someone has the money who cares what they spend it on?!? |