I used to do a little bike flipping on eBay, buy a complete bike and strip it out. Won one had as I recall Vitoria US Postal Service tyres, got a lot of money for them. Some dude building a Lance Pharmstrong replica bid big for them, was a nice ring for me.
Yes it’s nice to finance your hobby that way. I think I paid about a grand for the Spesh years ago but the deal included an Omega watch that I’d taken in a px deal with a motorcycle so things got a bit lost in the ether. Whenever I ride the Spesh I’m reminded just how good XTR is even though it’s old it shifts perfectly every time, really smooth.
Finishing the etape Caledonia in 2013, 82 miles around beautiful Pitlochry on a cube and finishing London to Paris in 2015 having raised 20k for cancer research (2nd from right)
Another MTB relic, recently sold after 18years of great service and its replacement plus my carbon roadie.
Here’s my current road and mtb although the Ibis was serviced about 5 yrs ago which included new forks and it’s not been ridden since! Road bike has done a few thousand miles though bonus points if anyone can name the manufacturer of the mtb wheels