Monday or Tuesday (can't remember) I responded to a CL ad for an old Schwinn cruiser. I liked that it had been klunkerized with a BMX fork and I could tell it had alloy rims which turned out to be Araya 7x. I will be doing just a mechanical service, swap tires, maybe play with the gearing.
The seller also had a cheap, off-brand 90s mtb. I paid $12 for it, spent about an hour of time and $3 in parts to get it going and sold it for $40. Not a huge profit, but $25 is $25.
On the way home from the swap, I picked up another CL find, a 58 Schwinn 3 speed middleweight. Its pretty rough and the rims are newer alloy units. I will either part out some pieces and rebuild as a single speed coaster or just completely part it out.
The seller also had a cheap, off-brand 90s mtb. I paid $12 for it, spent about an hour of time and $3 in parts to get it going and sold it for $40. Not a huge profit, but $25 is $25.
On the way home from the swap, I picked up another CL find, a 58 Schwinn 3 speed middleweight. Its pretty rough and the rims are newer alloy units. I will either part out some pieces and rebuild as a single speed coaster or just completely part it out.