I love your preemptive bike money scheming. Very well done. - Ryan
On Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at 10:24:40 AM UTC-8, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > My wife is getting laid off. In the grand scheme of things, I think > that's a very good thing, because I think her part time job combined with > all the other things in her life was running her ragged. I think this will > force her to slow down and enjoy herself a little bit more. Financially, > we'll be totally fine. > > But....I anticipate her new incomeless situation will bring on an > inevitable bout of frugality. That is bound to bring back to her attention > my ample stable of bikes. Add to that my forthcoming Appaloosa, and it > just doesn't look that good. So, I'd like to put out a feeler, as they say > for the bikes that can be liberated from my stable. If there's something I > have that you've been eagerly waiting to acquire, perhaps we can make > something happen. > > 1. 58cm Atlantis: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/albums/72157649658062495 > > I was sitting around waiting for this to come available, and it did, and I > jumped on it. I bought this frameset from the list for $1000 and I went to > pick it up. Frame+fork+headset. I anticipate that the Appaloosa can > become my touring bike, and I want to give that a good long try. So, this > Atlantis is available. I offer the frameset for what I paid: $1000 picked > up. I'm willing to discuss a complete bike. The album above has a lot of > photos. The current state of the build is slightly more evolved, but most > folks will want to gobble up the frameset and be done with it, so I'll just > start it there. > > 2. 56cm Single TT Canti-Hillborne: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/albums/72157641634237375 > > My first Rivendell. I bought it from Riv in 2009 for $1050 + tax. I rode > it for a while and bought a few more Rivendells. I sold it to a friend of > a friend when I was scraping together dollars for a move. $750 for Frame + > Fork + headset. A couple years later that friend of a friend still hadn't > built it, so I bought it back for $750. Now you can buy the frame + fork + > headset for $750 picked up. We can discuss complete bike and shipping > options. It's built up now very svelte and sporty with Barlow Pass EL > tires on it. > > 3. 58cm Gunnar Quickbeam lookalike: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/albums/72157642798847383 > > I also picked this up off the list, while keeping my eyes open for a 58cm > Quickbeam. It's a Waterford made custom Gunnar, made to replicate a > quickbeam. It has Tektro 559 caliper brakes, like a current Hillborne, and > will take 700x38s with fenders like a Hillborne will. I have it currently > set up as a two speed, which the pictures try to demonstrate. I'm willing > to entertain frameset or complete bike requests. Frame+fork+headset $800 > picked up. > > 4. 56cm Schwinn Paramountain Clem lookalike: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/albums/72157641291971794 > > My Clemish Mountain bike build may also be made redundant by the > Appaloosa. I kind of want to keep this because I'll still ride this bike > when my son and I do an S24O. Just the rack, dynamo hub and Edeluxe lamp, > and the Bosco Bullmoose handlebars are worth $650 as you all know. Anyway, > $1000 complete, picked up, if you are eager. > > I'm not in a desperate hurry over the holidays, but wanted to give the > list a heads up. If I know you and you just want "dibs", that's cool. Let > me know, and we can get into all the details. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
