Re: Selling used bikes

On 10/3/2024 12:54 AM, cyclintom wrote:

Nothing is selling and this is eating up even good shops though the very top end are doing OK. I haven't even sold a pair of shoes on Craigslist since two years ago. So I have most of my extra space in the garage taken  up with bikes that I no longer ride like the BMC Team Machine with Campy 12 speed manual or the Ridley Helium Di2. You would expect those to fly out of here since they're cheap, but even the Cannondale Optima which Flunky told us is a road bike is getting no attention. And it looks like new. The Specialized Allez is sitting here and I intend to stip the Trek Alpha which is the aluminum version of the Madone down to a frameset and use the parts for the DeRosa. There are several bike clubs that started up locally in Alameda and the Freewheelers in Fremont has a younger generation. But they have to learn on their own.

Tom, your hobby or business or compulsion regarding buying used bikes, shuffling components and (attempting) reselling them seems to bring you nothing but frustration. The bikes you do choose to ride generally start off wonderful but soon become too twitchy, too harsh, fit you too badly, or otherwise make you unhappy. They soon cause you to look for yet another different bike.
Maybe you need a different strategy? Your current one isn't working for you; it isn't making you happy. You should ask yourself if something needs to change.
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- Frank Krygowski