Old Ten Speed Gallery

With so many Owner Submitted OTS streaming in lately, I have not done a Monday Market in over a month—I think we’re due.

Summer is officially in full swing and the national average for a gallon of gas has reached $4.10. Appropriately, the average asking price for an “old 10-speed” on Chicago Craigslist is a robust $113.11(as of June 23). Similar to the PistaDex, the price of some old 10-speeds are beginning to eclipse their original MSRP—leaving thrifty cyclists who have relied upon depreciated old ten speeds to feed their hoarding habits in withdrawal.

Are there any good deals on crappy bikes anymore? Well, in today’s edition of Monday Market, I am shopping with only $75 in-hand, and surprisingly, there are still enough old crappy 10-speeds to go around—especially if you live in Ohio.

Chicago - Raleigh Sportif 10 Speed Road - $75

Chicago - Two No Name Ten Speed Bicycles - $65

Chicago - Ross Gran Tour II 10-Speed Men’s Bike - $50

Detroit - Ugliest Schwinn Ever - $70

Detroit - Ventura 10 Speed - $50

Seattle - Shogun 10-speed - $50

Washington D.C. - Ladies Raleigh 10 Speed - $50

San Jose - Women’s 10-Speed Bianchi - $75

Boston - Ladies Schwinn Sprint 10 Speed Bike - $60

Phoenix - Free Spirit Physiofit Women’s 10 Speed - $30

Philadelphia - 1982 Schwinn Sprint - $50

Youngstown - Yellow Free Spirit - $30

Toledo - Pacer Mixte 10-Speed - $69

Canton - Huffy Strider - $30

Ben has spied yet another OTSOBTL. This time it’s a well ridden Schwinn Tourist. I’m loving the grotesque negative seat height to bar height ratio on this one.

Cameron, Another OTS behind the library. This one is also a regular visitor. A well used Schwinn.

Ben

There is a lot of buzz in the old bike scene these days — spurred on by high gas prices, going green do-gooders(not there is anything wrong with that), the fixed gear phenomenon, the fixed gear backlash, the old 10-speed scene, the old 10-speed backlash and so on — it seems every time you turnaround there is something new with old bikes. One such development is a site called Re-Cycle.com. Re-Cycle is not really a new site(registered in 2004), but I don’t remember seeing the current incarnation until a couple of months ago. Essentially, it is like craigslist and Ebay combined but only features bikes. What’s really cool is that you can register with the site and open up your very own bike shop. Once registered, you can list bikes and bike related merchandise for sale, look down your nose at your customers and be as overpriced as you like — it’s up to you, after all it is your shop. Cities listed so far are: Boston, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Phoenix, San Diego and San Fransisco. Below, I have saved you some work and found the the best of the best from Re-Cycle.com

San Francisco
NOS Centurion Elite $450

New York
Schwinn Letour $120

Minneapolis
Sanwa 110 $250

Maruishi Road Ace $300

Los Angeles
Ross Eurosport $80

Hosteler $90

Houston
Schwinn Sprint $85

Chicago
Raleigh Super Grand Prix $150

Boston
Miyata $175

Thanks to Re-Cycle.com, anyone can be a smug bike shop owner!