Prices have been all over the place for repainted, refurbished FATs. I took on the project of creating my perfect dream bike some years ago, the one I could never afford and could barely afford today. I located a frame that was in desperate need of a repaint. I sourced everything I could to be as close to an original Yo Eddy that I could. Wet paint by D+D Cycles, original sourced decals from Wendyl, I even had a NOS anti-chain suck toothpicks and original seat collar with green gasket. I laced all mint and NOS components on the bike and it was beautiful. Cook Bros E cranks, Cook bros chain rings, Avid Tri brakes, Mavic rims, Ringle this, Ringle that, Phil wood hubs, Sachs Maillard freewheel, XTR derailleurs, etc. Bottom line is that this cost me around $2400 to pull off 4 years ago, piece by piece, and over a 1 1/2 year process. Bottom line, when I went to sell I could not get my money back out of it as a complete bike.
I had to sale everything bit by bit (which was a shame) in order to not lose money......I broke even.
How can anyone justify spending over $3000 on a "refurbished" vintage bike?
I had to sale everything bit by bit (which was a shame) in order to not lose money......I broke even.
How can anyone justify spending over $3000 on a "refurbished" vintage bike?