BMX - Is what I have any good?

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m3piper
05-19-08, 09:15 PM
I rode some trails during high school but have since graduated college and want to sell my bike. How good is the stuff I have compared to what has come out in the last 6 years? and do you guys think it would be better to try and sell the bike as a whole or parts it out?
Frame: Mongoose Fuzz (the John Deere green one from the late 90's, early 2000's or so)
Bars: S&M Slam
Cranks: 3 pc. Profile
Rims: Araya Super 7X (these are a bit dinged up)
Stem: Standard stem
Seat: Primo
Brakes: Dia-Compe 990 w/ Dia-Compe lever
Pedals: some kind of S&M model (nothing special)
Sprocket: Profile Whippet
Tires: back one is a Primo Wall (the front one is dried out)
Naturally, there have been great improvements in BMX bikes since then, but what you have isn't all that bad at all. If that Mongoose Fuzz is the one I'm thinking of (did it at one time have a Green seat w/a John Deere logo?), it's not bad at all. If I remember right it may even be before Mongoose was sold & went to crap. Could be wrong there.
Also, You have few S&M parts - those are always good, and Profile cranks are far from crap.
Put it up on eBay & you might get lucky & get a couple hundred. Or maybe not - it's a fickle market.
Either way, I think your best bet is to part it out. Some of the parts are pretty good & may still be usable. Other stuff, like the frame, has more interest to collectors.
-Bill
m3piper
05-20-08, 04:22 AM
The frame is the green one that was sold before Mongoose went to crap.
Jerry Garcia
05-20-08, 12:44 PM
I woul sell it whole on craigslist, someone will buy it for an inflated price because its whole.
Street rider
05-20-08, 09:00 PM
haha true that...
just put something like " $300 OBO"
you'll sell it realllll fast that way
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