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Reggie:
Rebuilding a Mongoose Cali and the costs seem to be spiraling out of control..... ::)

How much have you guys spent building an authentic bike using NOS / secondhand parts.  Would the bike be worth, complete,  the sum of its parts?

Sure is fun though....  ;D

Cheers

Reggie

theRuler:
that mongoose downtube sticker is in the post to you today reginald :)

as for the cost of bikes, i do see people building bikes and trying to sell them at a profit

but unless you get some cracking deal on some of the parts, it aint never gonna be actually worth the sum of the bits.

do it for the fun, not for the profit. profiteerers are making this HOBBY very expensive

Frosty:
agreed. Most folk will break u a bike and part out the components for a couple of reasons, first you'll get more money that way and second I think the majority of folk enjoy the hunt and tracking down parts to build up a bike themselves rather than buying up someones completed project.

That said it is possible to buy whole bikes just for a gem of a component - you need eagle eyes for that and there are a lot of people out in the market now doing the same thing.

Reggie:


Won't be selling once its built but i guess retro will only increase in value now anyhow....

theRuler:

--- Quote from: Reggie on May 04, 2006, 12:24 PM ---Won't be selling once its built but i guess retro will only increase in value now anyhow....

--- End quote ---

i know
you can't afford not to build old school bmxs now.
its like an investment.

:)

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