yoothgeye
I build stuff.
Hey guys and gals, I know I haven't been around in a while, been busy with life, everything is good though and I still mess with my bikes all the time.
That being said, when I help people out with bikes and help them accomplish what they see in their head, sometimes I am ashamed at what I make happen.
The picture below is of a guy in my neighborhood. Back in 2010 when I was first getting into bikes he saw my bikes and stopped to talk. He wanted a mountain bike I had and traded me his road bike and $50 for it, his bike was trash, I gave it away. He gave me $20 and said he'd be back with the other $30 later that week, well, I never saw that money again and he avoided me for years.
Earlier this week he came by the house on a really nice older Gary Fisher, he told me how he traded the old GT mountain bike he had for it, and he asked about a front derailleur, I gave him some derailleurs and he started asking about a chopper style front fork. I told him to come by again and we'd see what we could do. I thought he wouldn't come back, but he did.
So today I took a really nice original Gary Fisher (pre-Trek buy out) USA made bike and swapped an OCC Chopper front end onto it. I didn't charge him anything, we just swapped parts.
He likes it and I guess that's all that matters.
That being said, when I help people out with bikes and help them accomplish what they see in their head, sometimes I am ashamed at what I make happen.
The picture below is of a guy in my neighborhood. Back in 2010 when I was first getting into bikes he saw my bikes and stopped to talk. He wanted a mountain bike I had and traded me his road bike and $50 for it, his bike was trash, I gave it away. He gave me $20 and said he'd be back with the other $30 later that week, well, I never saw that money again and he avoided me for years.
Earlier this week he came by the house on a really nice older Gary Fisher, he told me how he traded the old GT mountain bike he had for it, and he asked about a front derailleur, I gave him some derailleurs and he started asking about a chopper style front fork. I told him to come by again and we'd see what we could do. I thought he wouldn't come back, but he did.
So today I took a really nice original Gary Fisher (pre-Trek buy out) USA made bike and swapped an OCC Chopper front end onto it. I didn't charge him anything, we just swapped parts.
He likes it and I guess that's all that matters.
Good luck with that. 
