In 2003, I thought I felt a bit guilty about spending around $2,200 for my Atlantis. 10 years and thousands of pleasant miles later, it's hands down the best bike money I've ever spent.
Another deal was the late 80s Panasonic DX-5000 from a bike shop close-out. For $300, I got a complete bike with Shimano 600 components. I purchased it with the intent of using the components on another bike but liked the ride & handling so well that I rode that bike until purchasing the Atlantis. The best return on investment I ever had was trading a Selle Italia Turbo saddle for a Brooks B-17. The Selle was on the bargain table at my LBS. It was some overly flashy red / green / white with gold trim anniversary edition or something, but really ugly and about $10 (this in the day of good $30 saddles). I picked it up as a back-up-just-in-case but never even mounted it. Years later someone was looking for that exact saddle for a collection, hence the trade. dougP On Friday, February 8, 2013 9:20:27 AM UTC-8, Eric Norris wrote: > > Here's a question for everyone: What's your best cycling deal of all time? > I'll start with a few recent examples of great stuff that I got for close > to nothing or … nothing: > > -- My late 60s Raleigh Superbe, purchased at a yard sale for $5. A day's > worth of elbow grease (washing, scrubbing, and polishing) turned it into a > very nice looking bike. I had to spend about $10 to buy a missing part, and > I bought a used Brooks Flyer to replace the awful modern saddle the bike > came from. Also put on a Carradice bag that I already had. Similar bikes > show up on eBay for about $500. > > -- The Sigma computer on my random bike, found in a planter in downtown > Davis by my daughter. With the addition of a $5 mount (eBay), it works > perfectly. > > -- The wireless Cateye computer on my folding rando bike, found on the > road by me. I bought a $5 mount online, and paired it with a sending unit I > already had. Works perfectly. > > -- My favorite cycling shoes, a pair of Specialized BG MTB-type shoes, > bought from a fellow local cyclist for $10. I originally planned to use > them for wet weather and muddy rides, but they became my favorite shoes, > and have been on my feet for an 1,100-mile ride from Santa Rosa to Seattle ( > www.wheelshorth.org), several brevet series, and PBP in 2011. > > So … what's your best deal ever? > > --Eric Norris > campyo...@me.com <javascript:> > www.campyonly.com > campyonlyguy.blogspot.com > > -- 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?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
