Interesting discussion. I've had great fun, great chagrin, and great expense trying to achieve silk purse perfection out of sows' ear beaters. OTOH, I've sold some such beaters and, afterward, regretted doing so. But on the whole, I've learned that, unless the cheap find is exceptional -- either exceptionally good or exceptionally cheap, it's not a good way to spend your money. But this sort of buy/rehab/try/sell-at-loss has at least given me experience with many bikes.
Now my brother, OTOH, goes through at least a dozen bikes a year -- at one point he had so many that he would lose bikes, frames groups, inside his very large garage that was packed floor to rafters, front to back, and side to side, leaving only a little gap near the door for his workspace. And this number includes only those he buys for his own interest, not those other dozens he buys merely to flip (tho' he ends up flipping many of the former category, too). Since he's much less picky about what he likes, and knows his stuff, he does manage to find excellent bikes and still come out way ahead financially - a sort of self-supporting acquisition addiction. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
