What you do is bring up details about your bike over and over here on the board, and save the content generated from the discussion, and use that content as "value added" when you resell your bike.
"As discussed on RBW Owners Bunch" My sister just bought a fixer upper home in Fullerton. They have to replace large sections of hardwood flooring, and their floor-guy is great at salvaging flooring from all around Fullerton for just this purpose. You match the age and style and everything. Anyway, when he brought in the vintage wood, my brother-in-law asked "Where did you get these boards?" The floor-guy just said "from an old building". What my brother-in-law WANTED was "I rushed in to this 1920's era speakeasy and ripped them out just as the wrecking ball was about to topple the building". He wanted a story to give his new-old-floor some soul. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rodgers danced on these floorboards. That kind of thing. It's beausage in the storytelling vein. On Monday, December 30, 2013 12:29:14 PM UTC-8, Joe Bernard wrote: > > I thought this topic sounded familiar, but there's no harm in bringing it > up again. He's probably doing another round of "should I sell my Bleriot", > and wanted to get this part out there again. > > Personally, I probably wouldn't mention any sort of tip-over which didn't > result in damage to the frame. Bikes only have two wheels; they fall over > sometimes. Used-bike buyers know this. > > Joe "in this reporter's opinion" Bernard > Vallejo, CA. > > On Monday, December 30, 2013 5:46:15 AM UTC-8, Mike Gillespie wrote: > >> Are you looking for a different answer than you received a year ago? >> >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/LmOFbvQNDNcJ >> >> Mike >> >> On 12/29/13, Michael <john1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > October 2012, I got hit in the side by a slow moving car that entered >> into >> > the traffic circle I was travelling through. >> > More like the car pushed me over than hit me. >> > >> > I took the bike to two LBS's to have it checked out before the >> insurance >> > settlement. >> > Both shops said that the frame was perfect. Alignment A-OK. >> > >> > Only damage on the bike was the rear rim, which was replaced. I didn;t >> even >> > >> > find any scratches from the accident, except the ones on me. >> > >> > Does the fact that it was in a accident devalue the bike, even though >> the >> > frame is perfecto and the components, too? >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >> > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > >> > -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
