Greeat thread topic, I will use these..
Originally Posted by
ryansu
...you will find is that it takes the same time, energy, tools and consumables to fix a nice bike as it does something entry level so learn on the AMF and then cast your eyes to something more mid range with nicer tubing and components etc there are lots of them out there and with a bit of patience you can find one for a song.
Have fun.
Total agreement on this one, but I will throw in the other-side-of-coin take. Low end bikes may take just as much to fix, but if you're doing it ONLY for the fun.. you can get as big a a kick out of fixing up a low ender as the nicer stuff.