Paid $20 bucks-worth anything?
01-30-12, 09:00 PM
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An easy $150 to $250 in any big market. Nice score!!!!
01-30-12, 11:46 PM
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01-31-12, 06:12 AM
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Been riding it for a year now I love it. Probably gonna strip it down and change the color up
Hopefully, you will come to understand that a bicycle, sporting its original paint and art, is usually far more sought after, and valuable, than one that has been painted.
That said, welcome to the Bike Forums and congrats on finding a very nice bicycle. It is worth fifteen times what you paid for it and will continue to appreciate in value with the passing of time - unless you choose to paint it. That will negatively impact the bicycle's monetary and collectable value.
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01-31-12, 06:18 AM
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+1 Repaint is your choice. It will cost you serious money and time, it will be less durable (probably much less durable) than the original paint, and it will lower the value of the bike. By far the cheapest route to a color change is just sell it and buy a bike the color you prefer.
01-31-12, 10:34 AM
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+1 Repaint is your choice. It will cost you serious money and time, it will be less durable (probably much less durable) than the original paint, and it will lower the value of the bike. By far the cheapest route to a color change is just sell it and buy a bike the color you prefer.
01-31-12, 04:06 PM
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Whoa, that web page really makes you not want to paint an old bike. Really what it comes down to is painting the bike would seriously decrease it's value.
What if I really don't care about it's value and just want to have fun with it making it into my own creation sort of? I don't know, reading that is really persuasive but I just don't see myself holding on to it for another decade.
What if I really don't care about it's value and just want to have fun with it making it into my own creation sort of? I don't know, reading that is really persuasive but I just don't see myself holding on to it for another decade.
01-31-12, 05:19 PM
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01-31-12, 06:24 PM
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Hey one of the nicest looking ghetto 3 speeds I have seen. Looks like you invested at least $100 in parts and labor into this $50 beater. Don't feel bad I have invested several hundred in bikes if you consider labor and used parts value that I sold for cheap.
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01-31-12, 06:45 PM
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Note the fork is from a MTB, hence the two different wheel sizes (590mm rear, 559mm front) and different brakes (canti front, caliper rear.) Also has a classy hose clamped bottle cage, and triple crankset with the outer ring ground off. Of course the gold is the best part!
01-31-12, 10:06 PM
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That ghettoized 3 speed puts me to shame! I did a metallic silver "to" a ladies 18-speed that looked a lot worse than that. Got $35 for it!! Yeeeehaw!
02-01-12, 04:46 AM
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Talk about painting something to sell...we had an old 70's Subaru that we had tried to sell for ~$300...wouldn't sell. Had a case of beer, some left over red porch enamel, and airless sprayer and a free Saturday....Sold it on the next Tuesday for $550 
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Webshots is bailing out, if you find any of my posts with corrupt picture files and want to see them corrected please let me know. :(
ISO: A late 1980's Giant Iguana MTB frameset (or complete bike) 23" Red with yellow graphics.
"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
02-01-12, 10:32 AM
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Striking color combo on the bike. Don't repaint and keep as original.
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