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Originally Posted by girldetective
Mary's SO made her bike for her out of random retro parts that he collected and it is one of the nicest looking bikes I have ever seen. It probably cost about $100. However, he is a bike mech for a living. He left last Sun from VA to bike to OR. He expects he will arrive sometime in Sep. Woot!
My friend J sort of collects bikes. He says his purpose in seeking them out is for resale or to cull better parts for his own bike, but I believe he just likes collecting them. I dont believe he has ever sold one. He buys and has bikes that probably cost as little as $5, all the way up to $2500.
So, whatever bike you get, know that you can change parts out and tweak it to your liking. And be careful out there.
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I've known a number of people around this town who have cannibalized other bikes to make new bikes. The university here sells a variety of things at surplus, including all sorts of bikes that they impound off the racks at campus for various reasons, and a friend of mine once got 10 bikes for $20 that he managed to put together into 1 working road bike.