Originally Posted by
bigbossman
Nope. Sure, I can sell them, but they are never worth the time/labor involved to do so. Even If I get one for $5, it won't sell for more that $60-$80. And I still have to pay for tires, tubes, etc. I'm not going to waste my free time overhauling a bike for nickels and dimes.
That's pretty much the economics here. The cheap garage sale MTBs need cables, tires, tubes, and sometimes a chain, shifters, brake pads, etc. I have a $5.50 T/S one right now that I am finishing up. And it had rusty spokes (enter the donor bike that had better wheels). So lets see: tires, tubes, chain, shifters, brake pads, donor wheels, cables (most of these parts were donors, which helps, but I still had to buy the donor bike too)..... When I am done, it might sell for $100... If I paid retail for those parts, I would have way more than $100 into it. Next time, if I get a bike like this one for free, its going straight to my favorite thrift store, to be sold to someone else.
Too much work, they take up too much space, no one wants them, same amount of labor as a good road bike, with very little return.