Originally Posted by
Jeremiesmith77
I’ve been searching the used market for a 62 CM surly long haul trucker in good condition for about two years with very little success. This week, I noticed one posted that I just have to have and I’m driving about 10 hours round-trip to pick it up. This made me wonder, how far would you drive to pick up the bike you really wanted?
I've driven 1K miles in one direction, 2K total for the trip to pick up a bike. It's not that I didn't trust the seller, it's that I didn't want to have the bike shipped and risk damage to something I had been seeking for years. For the right bike, I'd drive anywhere in the lower 48 to pick it up.
Anytime I have to start my truck and go some distance, I check CL ahead of time along the route. I've more than made my money back on travel by coordinating CL buys on the way to and from. If you're gonna be an addict, be good at it
