After ignoring the advice of some of the master rehabbers on this list (OK, flippers, but it seems like flipper has become a toxic word, so I am going to call them rehabbers) that messing around with hybrids and MTBs is just not worth it, I must now admit, they were right, I was wrong.

I am done messing around with them. In an average market like mine, there just isn't much upside, and even at low prices, they take too long to sell.

It took me six months to sell the last one, for a whopping $100. It was a decent LBS bike, nothing special, but nothing wrong with it either. The remaining MTBs I have will either go to the co-op, or moved out over the weeks to come. Road/racing/touring bikes are it for me.


I understand some of you in some of those super hot markets might be able to make it work, but in an average market like mine, it just is not worth it.

In the future, I am going to listen to the sage advice of some of the experienced posters around here.

The good news is that there appears to be no shortage of decent road bike projects out there. I picked up six in the last week.


thrifty bill
slow learner