Buying Bikes
 

Does anyone else find a nice vintage bike and tell yourself I can buy this one and sell one of my other ones I have?
It doesn't ever seem to work out that way.:foo:

Sometimes it works. I was about to sell one after a n+1 to return to n but I made the mistake of riding the planned -1 bike and it rode so nicely that I couldn't sell it.

I tell myself that all the time. It works fine.

Oh, are you implying that we should actually DO that? Are you trying to get banned from the forum?

I made that mistake once. I don't plan on doing that again.

It's actually a great plan if you have limited space, maybe the only way to do it.

I have a couple of vintage bikes that the frames are a bit bigger than what I normally ride. I got them for around $30.00 Canadian each. One is a Miyata Seven Ten that I paid $30.00 CDN for because I wanted the wheels that had brand new never mounted tires. I made the mistake of riding it. Ditto for the others that I should sell.

$30.00 CDN Miyata Seven Ten.

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Cheers

Can't imagine telling myself I would ever sell any of them, that would just be silly. ;)

I buy whatever catches my eye, and sell whatever I lose interest (in). C'est la vie. :bike2:

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depends on whether the significant other notices ore not :) Word to the wise, my wife has no interest in those death traps, but caught a glimpse of de rosa red and asked what the new bike was..... but no notice of team miyata blue . so if you get a red de rosa you can sure it will be noticed....even if you don't want it to be noticed

I've actually not only thought about it, I've actually done it.

Don't tell anyone.

"Dang, I could get X$ for the drivetrain alone! It's like a free frame, wheels and brakes!"

Hello, N+28

My wife noticed I sold a bike once, the one she hangs her sweaters on to dry. Today I needed to clear my damaged/spare parts bikes to make way for a car that a family member needs to store for a year. Brought a load down to the scrap metal guy and he had a Paramount MB and a late 80's Stumpjumper sitting in there. Had to look away.

I’ve done this a couple times (like just yesterday). So this means since I sold 4 bikes at a swap meet, I can get the next 4 I’m interested in? The wife has kind of resigned to the fact that I will continue to roll through bikes. However, she does know I am respectful to the amount of money that funds the inventory.

Have you been talking to my wife?!?!? :innocent:


NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! :twitchy:

LOL, I just pulled it out of the box last week. It is hanging next to the red Langster. So far so good!

When she notices, my response will be "You got a cat, I get a bike."
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It's worse when you tell your wife you're going to do that....then not follow through lol.

nice....and my wife got 2 cats......but they like me better :)

:eek: :twitchy: :cry: :cry: :cry:

It's always worked for me. That's how I "trade-up."

I thank the lords and devils for craigs and ebay every day.

Same here. Its a game that I thoroughly enjoy playing. Akin to fishing; we remember equally the big ones landed as well as the ones tat spit out the hook an disappeared into the depths.

Tip: Find bikes that aren't your size. So much easier to part with those. Also easier to find.....

that cat could be a sibling for the two our family took care of for 19.5 and 22 years respectively​​​​​​. Good cats.

I have done that before. I bought a 1984Centurion Elite RS for$100 and rode it for 2 years. I actually liked the bike a lot , it was just not the seventies or Euro bike I usually roll with. I listed it on CL for $300(it was like new and all original) and sold it within a couple of days .I put the money in my sock drawer and , wouldn't you know it, a 1977 Raleigh Competition GS showed up on CL for $300 that was in just as good of shape as the Centurion! It wasn't planned , but it just worked out. My wife just resigned herself to my obsession .
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1984 Centurion Elite RS
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1977 Raleigh Competition GS, I will keep this one!