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Outrunm
I ran across a guy with a ton of NOS mid school stuff. (Nothing particularly high end, everything 10-12 years old) He wants very close to original suggested retail for his NIB bikes. Would you load up on some bikes or pass them up?
hutchproracer1984
unless the prices were real good..

what are you gloing to do with it all.. flip it? or buy it for you to keep?
Outrunm
QUOTE (hutchproracer1984 @ Dec 16 2008, 12:52 AM) *
unless the prices were real good..

what are you gloing to do with it all.. flip it? or buy it for you to keep?



I probably will buy a Haro Cruiser to ride since it would only cost me a little over 200 bucks, and I was toying with the idea of buying 2 more bikes and putting them in the attic without opening the boxes and forgetting about them. If any of this stuff was high end or if the prices were better there wouldn't be a question, but I don't see these bikes being worth the expense or effort.
hutchproracer1984
unless its worth the time to flip it and make some loot.. i wouldnt do it
sirrob
If the price is right and you have the jack pick it up. One day that stuff will be sought after just like everything know is. If you get some of these goodies post pics.
Outrunm
QUOTE (sirrob @ Dec 16 2008, 01:07 AM) *
If the price is right and you have the jack pick it up. One day that stuff will be sought after just like everything know is. If you get some of these goodies post pics.



Eh, it's only diaper money. It's about time the kid started using the potty anyway. laugh.gif
mykesbykes
id buy 2 bikes NIB a month until my bike induced divorce, then Id give my wife all the heavy stuff and keep all the light race stuff for myself, all boxed in the attic of my new house.... ;-)

all this is hypothetical right? I love my girl.... ;-),and the reality of it is, Id buy 1 bike, something with every bloody little gadget stock on it, like a decked out partset...and wrap that sucker in UV/Neutron Shielding, and bury it in an old abandoned salt mine nearby...

then Id buy another the next month, and so on and so on, till I had enough to build a house out of the sealed wrapped bike boxes, then Id spray the whole thing down in concrete, and leave a notice carved in the doorway showing whats in the walls..

really tho, hook me up with a GT/DYNO.....i really will keep it NIB, really....i wont be riding it within 3 minutes of me signing for it...welllll 3 1/2 minutes maybe....
agentheinz
I'd be inclined to pick one up that would make a good rider. NOS be damned, they're made to be ridden.
pk ripped
I think it depends on what it is, there is mid school junk and there is mid school gold. I mean, does he have dynos and park pres or Kastans and Techniques?
hutchproracer1984
a dyno wont ever be gold!


lol
Outrunm
QUOTE (agentheinz @ Dec 16 2008, 03:01 AM) *
I'd be inclined to pick one up that would make a good rider. NOS be damned, they're made to be ridden.



That's what I ended up doing. drinks.gif This retailed for a bit less than 300 bucks in 1997 according to bikepedia.com. I didn't exactly steal it, but I paid a fair price. I stuck it on my bike rack and built it the minute I got home. I may even make it out to the track tomorrow.

It feels weird having an 11 year old bike NIB.














Dave Muggleston
If I had the money and the storage space, I'd buy the lot.
RIDE A BIKE
ohmy.gif WOW Hey Outrunm that Canondale Road bike now that Rocks good2.gif Oh the Haro is nice to :good3:Hey I didn't see that Corvett in the back SWEEEEEEET!!!
race_inc
So what else is there?
Outrunm
QUOTE (RIDE A BIKE @ Dec 17 2008, 01:24 AM) *
ohmy.gif WOW Hey Outrunm that Canondale Road bike now that Rocks good2.gif Oh the Haro is nice to good3.gif



biggrin.gif That Cannondale is 20 years old and I ride it every single day at least 15 miles.
Outrunm
QUOTE (race_inc @ Dec 17 2008, 01:26 AM) *
So what else is there?



Powerlite, Redline, Haro, Dyno, and Mongoose in 20 inch, and Redline and Dyno in Cruiser. He also has MTB and road bikes of the same vintage.

He also has a ton of old to mid school parts. I was eyeballin some DK hubs when I picked up the cruiser.
RIDE A BIKE
This is weird I have a OLD WHITE Cannondale Road bike whith Campy on it good3.gif And it like 25 years old and I have a 1981 Vett but its TAN color with 145,000 mi on it diablo.gif Now that is nuts drinks.gif Your Cannondale has 105 on it?
Outrunm
QUOTE (RIDE A BIKE @ Dec 17 2008, 01:34 AM) *
This is weird I have a OLD WHITE Cannondale Road bike whith Campy on it good3.gif And it like 25 years old and I have a 1981 Vett but its TAN color with 145,000 mi on it diablo.gif Now that is nuts drinks.gif Your Cannondale has 105 on it?



Yeah thats a 105 group with nothing really changed except for SPD pedals.

That's a 77 in the pic. 82000 mile 2nd owner. I've owned it for 15 years.

We could definitely knock back a couple drinks.gif and talk bikes and cars!
RIDE A BIKE
Any time Bro you come to Cheese land or Rockford or if I go down to Florida we need to hook up for some drinks.gif drinks.gif !!!!
Outrunm
QUOTE (RIDE A BIKE @ Dec 17 2008, 01:54 AM) *
Any time Bro you come to Cheese land or Rockford or if I go down to Florida we need to hook up for some drinks.gif drinks.gif !!!!


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