Originally Posted by
Bicycle Addict
I as you guys see have a lot of unfinished projects as these have been put on the back burner because of a few flippers needing to be finished for sale, I put them on here to find some motivation to finish said bikes, nothing to get really guys, purely for motivation.
I live in a city with an ever increasing rate of bicycle thefts, so my beautiful bikes got sold, so I did not have to deal with losing them.
I am not a road biker and prefer bikes that are more utilitarian than beautiful, I see 1 at most single speed in my fleet, although maybe not in this lot.
I want to save dead bikes that are going to serve someones needs and nice paint is not really going to make them ride better, most of these bikes will get an upgrade of components, most of which I already have, if they are not right for me they will be gifted to friends or sold.
Makes sense. I live in a city as well where bike theft is a fact of life, but with some great roadie paths leading out of it. I just keep one or two nice road bikes in the shed and a changing coterie of city bikes in the rack out front. Lately, I've been pleasantly surprised with how well a fat tired single speed MTB works for city use, much better than a fixie or a road bike converted to single speed.