How to stop buying low-end bikes

[outskirtscustoms]

I normally don't pass on bikes under $30 even if they are low end because many times they can lend parts to a more expensive bike you may get later. I normally just count up the parts when dealing with a low end bike. Many times the parts are worth more than the complete bike.

 

[KOTA]

Ride a really nice comfortable expensive bike for a week....that'll cure it...ha ha. :lol:

Steve's right!...But be careful. I haven't built or repaired a bike in over a year. I've been to busy riding my Electra Townie 21D. I can't build a better bike than that. Any bike I build now will "fit" me, and be comfortable. I'm done using frames that were made for 10-12 year olds. :lol:

 

[ozzmonaut]

If you got the bikes for $2 each and hot anything useful then you did okay. Extra bearings are the best. A local shop will charge you $10+ for a pair of bearings and if you just need one they don't want to split the pair. Anything you can't use , put it in a pile and take to the scrapyard and get your money back. Last time I went I told the guy in the yard that he could have the two frames I brought if I could go grab any bike tires I wanted. He was happy to see the non-metal culled out, and I ended up with about 7 mtb tires, 4 graywall 2.0 duros, and 6 or 7 good tubes.

 

[MadMax '58]

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[Wildcat]

Someone might want that Sprint frame for a fixie, and will maybe give you 20 bucks for it. The size of frame is measured from the center of the bottom bracket up to the spot where the seat post goes in, that's what the fixie people will ask you. But, it's just a frame, so it can be stored fairly easily, I have a dozen frames in the rafters that hardly get noticed.