Bottecchia fan
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Posts: 3,520
Bikes: 1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo (frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame), 1974 Peugeot UO-8
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Didn't see the bike and don't know Hilary except as a name I see occasionally on the CR list but I guess I don't get the concept here - if he bought it for himself then good for him. And if you hit all the garage sales, flee markets, estate sales, and discount stores and pick up bikes cheap and flip those bikes on the 'Bay then I see that you're doing us all a service 'cause we don't all have time to do that sort of thing and you're making a little cash in the process. We all profit by that. But what's the point of buying a bike (frame, part, whatever) on eBay and then trying to flip it for more? Then it just seems like we're all vultures circling the carcass trying to squeeze the last dollar out of it. What's that got to do with C&V bike collecting? I must be missing something. I thought this was a gentleman's (or lady's) hobby...
Am I being too harsh?
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1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo(frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame),
1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame),
1974 Peugeot UO-8, 1988 Panasonic PT-3500, 2002 Bianchi Veloce, 2004 Bianchi Pista