Originally Posted by
FreakyFast
Do you guys ever have the frames of your project bikes re-painted? Or is a shine usually sufficient? Thanks.
Easiest way to lose your butt on a flip is to repaint a bike. A quality paint job often will come close to or exceed the value of the finished product. A rattle can paint job is a lot of work, and can still be costly in supplies AND TIME. Instead, I seek out bikes with really crappy paint as donors, to get parts. A $10 or $20 donor bike can supply a lot of good parts, even if the frame is totally trashed. Picked up $5 Cannondale MTB recently, totally trashed, no wheels. But it had a nice set of derailleurs, seat post, good crankset and bb, handlebars and stem. I've already repurposed the crankset.