Hubs-n-Spokes
Finally riding a big boys bike
People can stop buying bicycles that need parts and it will stop. I will only buy complete bicycles now though I have bought my share of projects in the past.
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37fleetwood
Riding a '37 Fleetwood
it's not the projects, it's the idiots buying parts off of a nice original to put on their Partridge Family bike rather than stepping up and buying the bike and selling the piece of crap they're building!
Hubs-n-Spokes
Finally riding a big boys bike
You make an excellent point. I think the stupidest thing I ever saw was the purchase of a complete, (and I do mean complete with original bill of sale and order form) Schwinn from the original owner's daughter only to have the tank and a few other parts removed to make another bike "complete". It didn't make any sense then and it still doesn't. That bicycle was such a rarity among Schwinns being 100% original AND documented as well! A piece of history gone for no good reason at all.
37fleetwood
Riding a '37 Fleetwood
and then the cobbled together piece of crap is passed off as an original!
the old saying still holds true, there's no honor among Schwinn guys!
scrubbinrims
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
Let's not pounce on the Schwinn guys, just that there is more inventory out there in circulation.
I don't do projects or incomplete bikes anymore unless it is RARE, but it took years to get to this point and there is always going to be fresh crop of newcomers that will learn the hobby's life lessons the hard way.
Piecemeal is ultimately more expensive, but there is a payment plan.
Chris
I don't do projects or incomplete bikes anymore unless it is RARE, but it took years to get to this point and there is always going to be fresh crop of newcomers that will learn the hobby's life lessons the hard way.
Piecemeal is ultimately more expensive, but there is a payment plan.
Chris
Obi-Wan Schwinnobi
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
Doyou have a picture?.. What dumbass would do that?
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slick
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
You boys don't get it. It's a schwinn. There are how many thousands of them?????? Who cares. And hasn't the so-cal schwinn mafia been doing this for the past umpteen years? How many of those LA Schwinns are factory correct bikes anyway? Id bet my yearly income that damn near all of them have been upgraded at some point. Dual drums, crossbrace speedos, pogo seats, etc. ....
slick
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
Until guys bite the bullet and buy the fullout deluxe bike, this will continue to happen. My question is, what's so bad about a bare bones bike without a tank or accessories if it's in a rare color? In my opinion, that is a much rarer, kooler bike because I guarantee there are less in that color, and bare bones like that is the bastard bike that got left behind at the store until the regular avetage joe schmoe bought it. Not the business man with the spoiled son for christmas.
schwinnbikebobb
I live for the CABE
I agree that the people who buy the parts can't afford to throw down a big chunk of money at one time but can spend the money on parts a little at a time. It does end up costing more but the only way a lot can do it. It amazes me how many people on here can pay $800 and up on a bike without a second thought. I don't think the vast majority can do that. I have parted out some common girls bikes and some lightweights that had wrong parts but have not done any boys unless they were to far gone to save. But of course they were just Schwinns and you can't swing a dead cat and not hit 2 or 3 of them!
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