Flipping was what originally got me to this site. I picked up a beautiful Paramount and was wondering exactly what I had. I really don't flip (to me that just means you are buying something, fixing it up and reselling it). I tend to buy bikes with decent bones and good parts then I break them down and sell as parts. I bet close to 100% of the time I make more with parts than a whole bike. Yea, it's a pain to deal in a bunch of items but its a change from my regular job. Occasionally I'll run into something I keep. And sometimes I run into stuff, mostly older, that's worth more than I thought. And occasionally I buy high and sell low. It's all part of the learning curve and bottom line reason why I do it--to stroke my bike addiction. Oh, I'll probably keep the Paramount if it doesn't sell on ebay--riding it, I've grown attached.