Picked up this OCC StingRay for a sand bike build. Nothing special about the bike. It's actually pretty rusty and I overpaid a little for it. The cool thing about this find was talking with the seller and his parents. When I called about the bike, the mom told me that it was her 13 year old son that was selling the bike. She also described how he was a good boy staying out of trouble by cutting grass for extra money and working on bikes as a hobby, but needed to clear out his inventory a bit. I felt $30 was a little over for the condition, but I just couldn't haggle with a 13 year old. The parents let the boy handle the entire deal and I was impressed by his demeanor and it was cool to see how proud he was of his bike work. I gave him a few tips on working on bikes and organizing his spare parts in rubber tubs (his mom loved that). I also told them about RRB and how our 16 year old Double Nickel came in 2nd place in the Build Off. I hope they come to the site and get some ideas. I love seeing a kid with a wrench and it felt good trying my best to provide some mentoring advice. I am usually a fairly ruthless haggler, but there was more to this deal than money.
Here is the StingRay
And here is what I hope to do with part of it.
Here is the StingRay
And here is what I hope to do with part of it.
Funny how you got it from someone my age :shock: :lol: :shock:
