Musings of June

Anybody need bikes? My reign as the king of too many bikes needs to end. I am moving into a Houston apartment with Ally. She has graciously allowed me to keep one bike inside, but the other ones need to go! The problem is that they will not sell! I had planned to sell my former race bike for at least $2000. Yes, its worth that much. I know there are people out there that need race bikes, but I am having trouble getting the word out. Craiglist used to be an amazing outlet to sell bikes at, but there are over 100 listings a day, which means that your lowly small posting will have problems being seen. An alternative is eBay, which is daunting because of the hefty price of shipping involved with bikes. I just don't want to deal with the extra processes that go with it. I might end up having to do this though.

My mountain bike is another issue all together. Being the first bike I ever bought with my own money, it is really old. Most of the parts have been replaced. I have probably put about $1000 into the bike over the last 2 years, but I would guess that I would not be able to sell it for more than $200. It just has no market. People looking for mountain bikes are either looking for a Walmart bike for under $100, or they are looking for a sweet, awesome, bodacious mountain bike and are willing to pay for it. The bike I have is somewhere in the doldrums in between these two categories. It has some great parts, but others are complete crap. It needs work.

If I don't get my bikes sold, it will be an interesting rest of the summer until I start my job. I honestly thought that whenever I started to run out of money, I would just sell my old race bike and then everything would be hunky-dory. It has been a lot harder to sell it than I thought. Hopefully my luck will turn!