Originally Posted by
wrk101
Not really. Some low end bikes, even if obtained for free, just don't bring enough rehabbed to cover parts, consumables, and time. Include in the "time" estimate the time spent finding the bike, and the time spent marketing it. Better to aim higher: cromoly frame, alloy rims, down tube shifters, etc. It takes just as much time and money to rehab a bottom end bike as it does to rehab a mid-grade bike. The trick is finding a neglected mid-grade bike at an attractive (cheap) price.
That's the problem in Ea. Wa. , more white trash, OOPS! I mean underprivileged regular salt-of-the-earth types here than you shake a willow branch at. Those mid-to-high level bikes just don't get much turnover.