Originally Posted by
bark_eater
Catch and release implies zero net gain. At the least I would pass along a bike with an honest opinion on condition and safety concerns. I would not kick a problem down the road for someone else to discover. I've certainly had that done to me, and while I made a bit of a living fixing other peoples mistakes, I gots my standards.
By catch and release, I simply mean that I try to sell it for what I paid for it plus the price of parts. I figure catch and release is different than flipping because I'm not trying to make any money on it but just to find a new home for the bike. Nothing wrong with flipping but it's not what I do with a bike like this. I like old Peugeots and I wanted to give it a 2d life.
So no I won't sell a bike with issues and I won't sell a bike I haven't fixed up to be safe to ride. The question I had is how much work people put into bikes when you know it's not a keeper.