Originally Posted by jimmuller

This isn't quite a pay-it-forward subject, but rather semi-pay-it-forward. I posted this in other threads today too.

Taking a stab at something, hoping to get some good suggestions.

I haven't been reading BF much for a few years, haven't been wrenching much lately, no time. Riding indoors but rarely outside. When I finally retire I should have more time for both riding and wrenching. That being said...

I need to downsize my bike collection. A few years ago I gave away a few bikes but it was like pulling teeth just to get interested parties to answer email let alone make a scheduled rendezvous. Most of these bikes are special, though not showroom condition visually; they have been ridden, have history. Plus I have enough of my own, um, personality invested in them, not to mention reasonably valuable vintage parts, that I don't want to donate them just to have them dismantled by disinterested parties. Truth be told too, the frames and components are valuable enough that I'd like to get at least a bit of remuneration for them. And finally, I really don't want to have to pack them up and ship them somewhere, which means I'd prefer to hand them over to someone locally, reasonably close to Boston.

So who in BF these days would be interested in C&V steel bikes? Who should I contact?

FWIW, three candidates are a Grandis, Tommasini Racer, Gazelle Champion Mondial.