Buying a whole bike to get one part

[grey-beard]

I bought an almost identical frame and forks to a bike I already had, a bionicon golden willow, just for the upgraded fork damper which is near impossible to get a hold of now. I resold them later. The damper made almost no difference by the way.

 

[grey-beard]

Well, I guess it wasn’t worthless after all Is there a build thread??
Actually I still have the handle bar grips from it, so it wasn’t totally pointless on my part.
Still, it was a lot of work for some second hand foam handlebar grips

You know, I recently picked up some foam grips from Wilko? £2.99 I think? I haven't tried them yet, but they look pretty retro.

 

[Once A Hero]

I bought a crusty Stumpjumper for the hubs, but turns out it had a bunch of tasty parts, the sale of which covered the bike purchase plus a bit. The hubs are now on my Yeti, and I also ended up keeping and using the rims on my Kona.
Karma'd the frame and forks on here.

Not a practice I tend to do too often in case I end up with a frameset I can't shift - and I hate throwing things away if they are serviceable.

 

[Woz]

I bought a crusty Stumpjumper for the hubs, but turns out it had a bunch of tasty parts, the sale of which covered the bike purchase plus a bit. The hubs are now on my Yeti, and I also ended up keeping and using the rims on my Kona.
Karma'd the frame and forks on here.

Not a practice I tend to do too often in case I end up with a frameset I can't shift - and I hate throwing things away if they are serviceable.

Tis a problem - every so often I just give a box of bike bits back to the charity shop. Frames can be pain to box up etc., forks less so.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

I'm on the other side of the coin. I'm tempted by a bike that has been listed for a price which would make you weep. It's a Proflex 953 that is in decent condition, but all I want is the Girvin. I don't think I could buy it and not fall in love with the Proflex. Is there a situation where the cheap part becomes too expensive due to the frame it is attached to? I can't afford the cheap part because of the new project it would lead to

 

[M-Power]

You cant be a true retrobiker if you haven't done this at least once

 

[Jamesedm27]

I’m about to by a bike for a seatpost collar and a bottom cable guide…. Dam you Kona dog collar!!!

 

[Once A Hero]

I've been watching a bike on ebay for quite some time, for which the part I want is 'the frame', most of the rest of it I don't really have much desire/need for. So my trouble is justifying the price to pay, taking in to consideration a little I may get back for sale of the bits I don't need to keep.

 

[Hotwheels.]

I bought a crusty Stumpjumper for the hubs, but turns out it had a bunch of tasty parts, the sale of which covered the bike purchase plus a bit. The hubs are now on my Yeti, and I also ended up keeping and using the rims on my Kona.
Karma'd the frame and forks on here.

Not a practice I tend to do too often in case I end up with a frameset I can't shift - and I hate throwing things away if they are serviceable.

The Bullseyes...I had the wiggle spokes from them.