Originally Posted by
bamboobike4
Some are more, some are less. That was $800 OEM, the group sold for $350. What you see was about $600 more, so $1050. I balance that out with bikes I know I can’t sell for $250. Several of them.
in 2010 or so, I started with $500 on eBay. I bought a bike for $135 and sold it for $300. Over the years, I’ve bought, built, stripped, given away, ruined scores of bikes. Parts built up, went down, bikes and frames came and went. The take-offs and networking and trades all add up.
Currently, I have 15 riders or wall art, and I’m down $8,000. Thus, the $8000/15. Great hobby.
Kudos, but $8k + a dozen years of buying, selling and trading + significant sweat equity != plunking down $8k for a Madone and your statement made the implication of 15 road-worthy DA bikes - nope. I'll stick by my take that I wouldn't want to ride any as-bought $533 bike, let alone have 15 of them.