mapleleafs-13 

i've been flipping bikes more often lately, and well i noticed how pricy some things can be...

so i'm wondering if you guys know cheap websites or places where i can get road bike tires cheap, and lots of cable housing for cheap, maybe somewhere sells it cheaply in rolls?

or if you guys know sites that have really cheap parts overall that would be great.

I'm trying to keep costs down in the flips...

thanks!

bigbossman 

https://www.niagaracycle.com/

LesterOfPuppets

Galvanized cable + housing at pricepoint 10 for $18. I forget where I got my last big bunch of ferules, AE Bike or Niagara, one of those.
Pricepoint has good deals on Cheng Shin tubes by the 5-pack also, I think around $2 apiece.
JensonUSA has cork style bar tape for $5 per pair of rolls.
Nashbar has Hutchison road tires for $10 apiece at the moment. Someone mentioned some $10 Serfas Secas, I can't remember where, tho.

mapleleafs-13 

i'm also looking for cheap 700c tires with the beige wall, niagara cycle has them in 27 1/4 but i need 700 23c

mapleleafs-13 

also by the way, where do people get these wire stands that i see people use to stand their bike up when they take a photo, what's the technical name for them. i type in bike stand in ebay and i get all the wrong things.

Esteban32696

Niagara has those, too.

https://www.niagaracycle.com/product_...ucts_id=414473

wrk101

I have bought a couple different styles of bike stands from Niagara.

Johnny Alien

I got mine from VeloOrange

https://www.velo-orange.com/twolegstand.html

gbalke

+1 on Niagaracycle. I stocked up a while back on brake and shifter cables @ $.97 each, plastic bar tape kits, tubes, rim tape, 26" and 27" tires, bulk white cable housing in 50ft roll, and a few other items I commonly use for flipping. My thought is in order to better offset shipping costs, I tend to place one large order from one on line vendor than several small orders from several vendors.

bigbossman 

If you find those cheap enough for flipping, let us know.

The best I could do for inexpensive tires was the Performance house brand. Normally $14.99, they go on sale periodically for $9.99. Two days ago I had a 20% coupon, so that made them $7.99 But they are all black, not tan or skin wall.

due ruote 

Cheap tires are easy enough, but I seem to have a knack for finding bikes that need saddles. Even so-so saddles from Ebay or the used bin at the LBS wind up being $20 or $30.

Anyone have a source for saddles that aren't utter junk and don't break the bank?

LesterOfPuppets

Cheepest tan wall 700 I know of is Paselas on Amazon for $21.23. Unless you're needing tubulars, then yellowjersey.org has them 3/$50.

LesterOfPuppets

Cheap saddles are tough to come by. It must've been 2001 or so when pricepoint had the really cheap SDGs. Next time I find good new saddles for $10 or less, I'm buying a case!

I hit up the swap meet a couple weeks ago and found a guy with a $1/saddle box. Not too bad a shape.

bigbossman 

$40+ on rubber for a flip? The Horror!!

auchencrow

It depends on the bike. Rubber usually runs closer to $50 for Panaracers or Bontragers in 700c.

cudak888 

Those two-leg stands are junk. Utter junk.

Last time I was at a bike show with lightweights, the show had provided those stands, and everyone was using them - except me. I had brought my own chainstay stands Guess who wasn't keeping his bikes from falling during the show? Yours truly.

Granted, I would have preferred crankarm stands like wrk101's, but I can't find them at Niagara.

-Kurt

ColonelJLloyd 

I own a two-legged stand I purchased from eBay a while back. I think it's made by Persons. The construction is fine. The design itself is to blame.

Where do you get your chain stay stands, Kurt? I'd like to have one of those.

cudak888 

Yes, the design is at fault, not any individual manufacturer.

I got mine from Nashbar, though they have a penchant for bending - and they don't necessarily keep the bike bolt upright without fiddling with the stand position. That's why I'd like to get some crankarm stands.

-Kurt

bigbossman 

Not to me.

Even a high end bike will sell just as fast with lesser tires, as long as they're new. You won't get your money back on the expensive tires, and they don't help sell the bike.

mainstreetexile 

I think I have a slightly different stand than the ones mentioned here. It's the "Stand By Me" from Nashbar. It's pretty cheap and it has worked well for me on most frames for doing maintenance and for just keeping non-kickstand bikes upright.

mapleleafs-13 

so i went on niagara cycle to check some prices an so on, they wanted $77 dollar for shipping for 6 tires, 1 box of cable, 20 wraps and a bottle of cable tips, bill was 162, but shipping is 77 dollar to bring me to 240, seems a little high....with shipping

maybe you guys know of canadian suppliers?

LesterOfPuppets

Ahhh, Canada. That might harsh out your shipping a bit. Wait 'til you need a little more stuff and drive there. I'm guessing you're somewhere near Toronto by your username.

atmdad

did you tell them to "hose-off you hosers".

Yea, I'd suspect it's the cross border dealio.

I have a decent sized order due this afternoon from Niagara, $13.56 for 3-Day UPS Ground, and thats Niagara Falls to San Diego.

I've found Niagara usually has the best prices. Just have to be patient though, they seem to take awhile to put my orders together. This last order I put in on the 15th and it only shipped on this past Tuesday.

Biketiresdirect has the best selection of tires that i've seen at reasonable prices for mid to higher end tires, probably not what you really want for flipping. Their prices on other parts is a little higher than Niagara but not much, again though they don't carry cheaper low end stuff. But they typically get the orders out the door same day or next.

By the way i'm not a flipper, just a hoarder.

mapleleafs-13 

i love how us candians are perceived by you americans EH?!

you guys should see how many bikes i fit inside my igloo, and when i'm not fixing bikes i'm playing hockey or eating candian bacon somewhere....

wow 13 bucks for shipping, i know in the states shiping is so rediculously cheap, when you do that cross border stuff then $$$'s get tacked on, i know cause i used to sell so much stuff on ebay, none bike related stuff, but my packages were like 50lbs and about 30x30x15, shipping was rediculous

anyways yes i do live in toronto, unfortunately i don't have access to a major supplier like damco cause i'm not a bike store, so i gotta find a way to find parts cheap, maybe i will drive down to niagara cycle one day, but i hope i don't get dinged for customs on the way back

bigbossman 

What? You're not a lumberjack?