To use a bike you have to put the TV remote down and the popcorn and Cheetos keep blowing out of the basket rigged to the handlebars. When a TV mount and dish antenna for bikes is invented and gasoline goes to $10/gallon, we'll see a change. Art Link,Cheetos in the nose-bag,San Antonio,TX,USA
Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net> wrote: From: Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: [CR]Antiques Roadshow Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 14:52:53 -0700 To: Classic Rendevous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
On Jun 2, 2007, at 2:30 PM, John Betmanis wrote:
> At 04:02 PM 02/06/2007 -0400, David Toppin wrote:
>
>> I think lightweights on their own would be
>> too narrow of a category for many people to find interesting for
>> the show to
>> consider it, but who knows?
>
> Probably just as well. If the average TV viewer got the notion that
> vintage
> bikes could possibly be worth a fortune, their prices would go
> through the
> roof.
>
> John Betmanis
> Woodstock, Ontario
> Canada
I don't believe that they could be worth a fortune John. That takes willing buyers and there are just too many bikes around for the number of potential buyers.
Riddle: Everyone knows how to ride a bike, so how come so few actually use the damn things???
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, CA USA http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, t-shirts & timelines)
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