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Old 04-09-11 | 09:54 AM
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Muscle bike design spec
 
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Bikes: 70 Atala Record Proffesional, 00 Lemond, 08 Kestrel Evoke, 96 Colnago Master Olympic, 01 Colnago Ovalmaster, 76 Raleigh Gran Sport, 03 Fuji World, 86 Paramount, 90 Miyata CF, 09 Ritchey Breakaway CX, Bianchi Trofeo, 12 OutRiderUSA HyperLite

Those are nice frames at a fantastic price. Any one is worth $30 by itself. I'd buy them. In my case I might find a cheap yard sale bike with a trashed frame and transfer parts to the new frame.

The earlier posters are correct. It would be hard to get your money or a profit out of building bikes from scratch. I have built a few modern (ish) bikes from scratch using a mixture of new and used parts. They cost from $400 to $800 and usually bring a profit of $0 to $150. Many times it's only a means to get money out of surplus parts from earlier trades/sales. It also takes more hours to accumulate, build, and sell than a normal overhaul and flip. I tend to buy extra parts on sale ($15 drop bars, $12 headsets, $5 chains, and $9 tires) and pick up Craigslist parts for way below retail prices.

I often wonder why I bother - though most of the bikes are my size and I do ride them a few times. I do like trying out a new or interesting frameset. I've also put a number of coworkers into bikes.
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