Driving a long distance for a bicycle?

[dragnusa]

i just did a 4 hour round trip for these, drive time(yessterday 4/21), over all trip with lunch and tootling around about 6 hours!! i would do it again today if something else popped up!!!!!


here is the rest of the family,going back to get more family members soon.(the wifes van can only haul so much!)

crappy pic but thats is just a 1/4 of whats there!

I probably would drive a few hours for cantilever frame bikes since I cant seem to find them close around me, sweet score.

[Georgeediii]

This touches on a fantasy I have. Finances willing, I hope to score my next pair of classics at great distance from my home here in Southern California- say, the girl's bike in North Carolina, and the boy's in Iowa, or something. Then I want to plan a road trip around picking up the two bikes. Someday...

JWM

I have a similar fantasy about buying a car, a great bargain, and flying out to get it and driving it home. I came really close many years ago when my father-in-law was shopping for a diesel Ford Excursion and found one in Texas and was ready to buy it and send me out to drive it home. He ended up getting a better deal local.

Careful what you dream for though. When I was selling my 1999.5 Audi A4 Quattro Avant 1.8t 5 speed (modified), a guy from Buffalo NY just had to have it. He sent me a deposit and flew down. I picked him up at the airport in Raleigh, he new the car had issues (it was an Audi, duh), but he drove it home... well, part of the way, when the turbo went out took out the engine in the middle of the night the rest of the trip was walking, being towed, a taxi ride, and bus. I felt horrible and sent him a couple hundred (maybe $300) to help with the tow bill, he never responded to that gesture. I heart ached about it for a long time, but finally let it go, I was up front about everything and went above and beyond in the end.

Anyway, good luck to you!

A couple of years ago my wife, dogs and I drove 15 hours to pick up my 1974 Constructam Comet. We then took 4 days to get home taking only scenic highways and stopping at several parks and historic sites. We never ate at a chain resturant and stopped in evey little town along the way to look for bicycles and other cool stuff. Imagine what I could have done if I knew then what I know now about Craigslist and search widgets.

[Road Master]

I drove 6 hours both ways from Indianapolis to Madison, Wisconsin to purchase a brand new 1998 Roadmaster Luxury Liner repop for $300. That was about the average selling price at that time based on ebay auctions. The value and price of these have gone up some since then - I see them listed now on ebay for $1,000. It was also my first purchase getting back into the hobby (addiction?). 12 hours of driving in the middle of the summer with no AC makes for a tiring day - you gotta want it! Robert

[cash4chaos]

I drove with a friend to pick up a 38 Motorbike from Seal Beach Ca to Marin Ca. Had a good night out in SF also.

[subadrew]

Last year I drove 6 hours, after work, to pick up a Firestone, a Cooks Brothers, and a Phantom. Still have all 3 bikes, but the phantom still needs to be rebuilt.