I mentioned a while ago that I got a bike for 50 cents at a garage sale. Well, I’ve got it all cleaned up and a I’ve been riding it for a while now, so I figured I would share about my fabulously frugal find. I must admit that while the initial price was $0.50, I put another $50.00 worth of parts and labor into it, to make it safe and pleasant to ride. Even so $50.50 for a fully functioning bike is great. One really nice thing about it is that even though it’s not bad to ride, it doesn’t attract too much attention on campus (I still lock it up of course), if I decide to ride it in. While it’s a bit heavy (my neighbor calls it “The Tank”), it still rides rather smoothly, especially since it has thinner, smoother tires than a mountain bike (which is normally what you find in lower price ranges). It’s perfect for trips to the library and grocery store when I want to carry back a decent-sized load or I just don’t feel like walking. It isn’t bad for a nice trip around town, though anything over eight miles can get a little uncomfortable (it doesn’t have the best bike seat in the world). The only problem that I have had with it is that the kickstand is rather loose, though I think that it could probably be ameliorated with an appropriate sized socket wrench, but I haven’t tried yet. So that’s it, that’s my fifty-cent bike. Would do you think? The biggest problem is that I am now the proud owner of three bikes (though one of them is hanging up in my friend’s garage 700 miles away).