I totally enjoy reading the "clunker challenge" and hoopty bike posts here. I have low end (aka entry level hi-ten bike shop bikes from the 70's & 80's) and enjoy riding them. I have also been fortunate to find some really nice bikes at very reasonable prices too. And I have a small cache of cheap rides that I hope/want to wrench on some day. I don't really care what someone may think the bike is worth after I'm done; that's not my goal. My goal is to learn to fix them and to get the chance to ride and experience them. It's okay if I don't make much, or any, money at the start (or ever maybe).