Should I wait to sell, or are the prices good enough now? I have more forks than bikes and I don’t know why.
by Filthy_Filio
Should I wait to sell, or are the prices good enough now? I have more forks than bikes and I don’t know why.
by Filthy_Filio
11 Comments
Is there a market for the forks? I have a few that I’m not going to use.
I have a simular collection except mine are all steelforks.
Somebody like 26″ wheels! Broke-ass teenage me in the 90’s would have gone nuts for a haul like this.
On this sub? I’m shocked!
My buddy has a wall of forks. Lots like this, some white brothers, a modern fox 40, etc. very wide range of forks there.
If you were saving empty shampoo bottles because you are emotionally attached to them and have fond memories of washing your hair I might call you a hoarder. Since you are salvaging old 26″ forks to keep bikes rollin that put smiles on rider’s faces, I’ll call you a healthy mind and body hero!
If you’re willing to sell them, I’m sure there’s a market. How much will you get for them is highly dependent on your location and how in-demand these parts are and/or if you’re willing to ship. In order to maximize your return, I would just clean them up, polish the lowers, and make sure they are functioning properly. Giving them a full servicing may or may not be worthwhile depending on the market so you’ll need to make the call on that.
There may be some forums and websites that cater to buying/selling vintage bike parts. I’m more of a keeper than seller so I can’t help you out there unfortunately.
I hoard high end 1″ threaded shocks. It’s a beeotch to find one when you are doing an OG build. So everytime I can get one for free or cheap I grab it, service it, and put it in storage.
I’ve got a pair of broken forks on my 26” mountain bike. Happy to help you clear up if you can provide postage to the UK
How is that Bomber not on a bike. Not hoarding, saving the world 1 less car. Ha!
Man I could probably use the Marcocchi Bomber. I still have a 96 Trek ZX8000 (aluminum) rigid that I rode for years in central MA (even ‘Vietnam’) while seemingly everyone else had front shocks at least and many were transitioning to full sus.