One afternoon, we were out on the back roads heading to town. We passed by an old salvage yard, and out front he had some bikes leaning against a tire pile. When we pulled in, the owner came out to greet us, and we began the ritual conversation. He soon revealed he had more in piles around the yard, and off we went to dig. Several old rusted, split frames from ice, half crushed, or other horror images were found. In the whole lot we found one that the frame only had potential. He wanted $200 for it. It was a murray cruiser, that had no surviving paint. Tires were gone, rims rusted through, and only parts of the fenders hung were they were bolted on. One side of the handlebars was rusted completely off. Despite the rust, the frame seemed solid. My thought was to use it to convert another womans frame over, but with considerable work in cleaning it up, and out (the inside of the tubing). There was no way it was worth 200.
