Originally Posted by
randyjawa
I go get them before they are listed for sale on the internet. That is where the cheapies are and sometimes, the really special finds could be as close as your next door neighbor. This was a gift from the next door neighbor as were many others. Cost of bike - free. Cost to restore - about two hundred dollars CND. Sold for more...
The really special bike that I want isn't intended to be sold. I wrote a
thread about a local Torpado I could have bagged with a "box o' campy" thrown in. I had zero interest in it. In fact, it was the first time I'd ever heard of Torpado - I thought it was a Tornado. It's cool, and it's nice but I just have no use for one. A terminal friend was going to give me his entire collection of stuff which took years to accumulate, worth 1000's and I couldn't take it. Even if the circumstances of him getting rid of it were positive, I still couldn't take it. It's a huge liability! All the time spent dealing with all that crap? I don't need that.