I just have to show this one off,,,,,it was only $7

[banana seat Brian]

ok so I went down to the scrap yard the other day and found this sitting on a mound of scrap metal.
columbia play bike 1988,I think it even has the tires from 1988
so what do you think,,,I think its a keeper as it is-DONE

and i found this as well tonight-

 

[jerrylee]

cool bike! i was watching one of those on eBay a while back thinking it wouldn't go very high... i think it made $150 or so! Great deal for $7! the praying mantis is pretty sweet as well. I only saw one of those this summer and it was much smaller than the one in your photos.

 

[Markm]

preying mantis are like little E.Ts....

 

[ParkRNDL]

SWEET score... I never find stuff like that. by the way, did you mean 1968? that looks a lot older than 1988...

--rick

 

[CCR]

those bikes were from the 60s but the name was "playboy 88" or "playbike 88"

 

[PoppaShango]

SCORE! Hey I think that that preying mantis is trying to tell you something. After all they have ape hangers too! :lol: Maybe you should think about a theme based on him, since he decided to show up!

Seriously though, great find!

 

[lobsterboyx]

i like that bike, im not normally in to the muscle bikes, but i just like that one. the fork is awesome

send that alien bug back to heck... let me guess you are in fla? or some other southern state with huge nasty bugs?

 

[brucebruce]

ill give ya 21. triple your investment

very nice

 

[banana seat Brian]

I think this is bike number 40

 

[icyuod2]

we get mantis all the way up here in canada. personally i dont trust anything that bites the head off its male mate and feeds from its rotting corpse.

btw very cool bike, up here the ccm and raleigh's of the same era sport a similar fork.
the vintage bmx guys pay a small fortune for them.

great find! even better for $7

 

[banana seat Brian]

does anyone know the year in my bike?or even better a price?

 

[banana seat Brian]

im in asheville nc

 

[muddywater04]

NICE SAVE