Vintage Austro-Daimler Inter-10 a good road bike?

Question

I was shopping around on craigs list and found a late 70 austro daimler inter bike for $250. It looks in good condition as far as i can tell from the picture, and was wondering if this was an expensive bike from the past, and if it was worth $250 today. Here is the link.

http://easttexas.craigslist.org/bik/755037054.html

And here is another link about the bike

http://www.nonlintec.com/austrodaimler/

Answer 1

Well, Austro Daimler had a variety of bikes, and the Inter-10 was the lowest end. The brand was made by Puch for Daimler, and the Inter-10 had an interesting problem in that the top tube length was the same for all frame sizes. OK for the bigger frames, horrible for the smaller ones.

Is it worth $250 today? No way. Offer $40 and buy at $50, but be prepared to spend a few more dollars getting the bike overhauled. Pictures don't tell the whole story.