I didn't know a 12 speed cassette, der and shifter added 1100 to a bicycle but I'm seeing this more and more. Not saying it's xbikings fault, but what's causing all of this?
by Nova_Hunter
I didn't know a 12 speed cassette, der and shifter added 1100 to a bicycle but I'm seeing this more and more. Not saying it's xbikings fault, but what's causing all of this?
by Nova_Hunter
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Well clearly every additional gear is 100$. 100 for the frame and 1200 for the gears. Seems fair, kinda
To be fair, that price is hella wack. No one in my town would buy that for $1300. He will end up selling it in 6 months for $600
It will never sell.
Saw a hard market correction recently in my area – dude built a ’90s entry level GT with his parts bin, and wrote a detailed essay on *why* it was worth 1200 dollars.
…dropped to $350 now, and still for sale.
The words “custom” and “gravel” added $1000
To be fair there could be $1,000 in parts on that plus shop time.
Super cool build but he won’t find a buyer at that price.
Xbiking had gentrified the market of old MTB bikes.
The price is whatever. I highly doubt it will sell for that. Then again, I’m in the midwest, not California. That’s a mortgage payment here.
What’s more atrocious is the drop bars with that stem on that bike. Unless you’re all torso, that bike’s got too much reach to be fun to ride for most people. If you’re going to do drop bars on bike with a super long top tube, you need to use a short, high-rise stem, like a cigne stem or a discord stem. Currently, looking at this bike makes my back hurt.
This is the time honored tradition of trying to trick your partner into thinking that you’re actually trying to sell a bike that you have no interest in selling
Here’s a better question: why does nobody on this sub every post themselves actually riding their pretty little xbikes 🙁
I don’t see the problem. So long and thanks for all the bikes 🙂
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What’s the difference between a symptom and an end result ?
I can get a barely used Specialized Diverge for that price
I mean theres a few different routes to xbiking. There’s the recycle route where you reuse old parts, then it’s pimp my ride style people who buy all new high tier or modern better than it came parts. If you have to have any labor from a shop in there. You can really rack up a pretty penny. But then again most aren’t nerds about it and selling is much harder to sell a 1300 dollar 90s bike vs a 100$ no one cares about it offerin. But I also own a 90s mtb that I have def put more in parts on this thing than I’d like to admit but taking it with a grain of salt.
there’s some idiot selling a mid-tier Bridgestone MB-3 on facebook market place for $4500.
dudes delusional.
i messaged and told him as much.
he closes with “if you know bridgestone, you know.” i do know bridgestone and i know that’s a massive ripoff. MB-0s in pristine condition may fetch $2000. this dudes got a generic, middle-of-the-pack bike with nothing special attached.
this is crackhead shjt.
here’s the “offer”:
`1994 bridgestone mb-3 vintage steel mountain bike`
`$4500 obo`
`selling a 1994 bridgestone mb-3, one of the cooler steel mountain bikes from the grant petersen bridgestone era.`
`this is not a modern plastic dentist bike with bluetooth feelings. this is a real 26-inch steel mountain bike from when geometry was simple, bikes were repairable, and your knees were considered suspension.`
`according to the original 1994 bridgestone bicycle catalogue, the mb-3 was described as:`
`“a nice-riding, low-nonsense mountain bike.”`
`that pretty much nails it.`
`details:`
`1994 bridgestone mb-3`
`tange cromoly frame`
`26-inch wheels`
`classic rigid mountain bike feel`
`shimano lx level spec from the catalogue era`
`ritchey / araya / wheelsmith style original component heritage`
`simple, serviceable, and actually cool`
`no batteries`
`no app`
`no firmware update`
`no fake modern “adventure bike” identity crisis`
`great candidate for:`
`vintage mtb collector`
`town bike`
`gravel/commuter build`
`bikepacking/pub bike`
`rigid trail bike`
`someone who knows what old bridgestones are`
`not desperate to sell. if you know bridgestone, you know.`
`$4500 obo`
`cash preferred.`
`reasonable offers considered. weird trades considered if they are actually interesting.`
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if this mf manages to sell it for that price i will personally suck his dick.
1300 and no decal? Pathetic
I’m so confused why people still do this. A used entry level gravel bike from kona, cannondale or specialized would cost you $600 OR you could spend $1000+ on a project that is likely to not be comfortable.
I mean if you go on instagram you will see that these types of conversions are probably the biggest trend in bikes right now.
The only social currency left is taste, and converted vintage mtb is currently holding the primo spot for taste amongst the millennial and gen z alt yuppies. I can see why, and I’m guilty of it too (anyone who peruses this sub more than they rides are to a certain degree). They look great, and throwing a rack on it and little custom bits communicates a certain romanticised but attainable lifestyle – cruising through town after work to meet your friends in the park type beat.
Basically it’s classic consumerism eating culture. Happens to anything that’s worth something eventually. But it will fall out of fashion again in a few years, (like fixed gears of the 2010 indie scene) and you can hang on and be a real one, and get called a boomer for doing so.
Is anyone else tired of these posts complaining about prices? They will never sell, move on.
I sold a fully kitted out Rockhopper built for bikepacking during covid for $1200. I’m still riding that high.
I own a bike shop and all the rage is 26″ wheels right now. We have been doing mods on 26″ builds all year. And they all want the fucking front basket. I kinda love it.
That bike sold for -$1000 less WHEN IT WAS NEW!! A Rockhopper isn’t collectible, stop doing this 🤬
Whatever
Honestly it probably would ride as well as a $1500-2k bike, but the reality is that it’s only worth what people will pay. My old bontrager privateer is set up as the greatest city/commuter bike, with fantastic fork, tires, fenders, saddle, versatile rack, foldaway center stand, versatile bars and adjustability, a great headlight that SHAMES my ebike, and super cool gyroscopic brake light with integrated wireless turn signals (that have a super cool tiny little thumb control remote that can be popped off the bar and put in your pocket , makes different noises for right vs left so you know a blinker is on and which one) and even a stupid loud horn and motion alarm, super nice dual pivot v brakes with Kool stop pads, fresh bearings everywhere, and a 3×8 xt groups et with a truly monster range 11-42 rear cassette and the best, most laser precise shifting of anything I’ve ever ridden, including electronic. And it’s in literally showroom condition. I’m turning my morati titanium into what it is and will sell it soon, but I’ll be lucky to get 350 from it. It rides like a $2000+ bike, and is lighter than a lot of them too.
So instead I’m just removing all the great parts like the xt groupset and brakes, less expensive good tires, and using them on other projects, and putting lesser, decent modern parts on it instead, and selling it for like 150 or giving it to a classmate, because finding a flawless xt groupset and pristine dual pivot v brakes are worth more individually. So it’ll still be a good bike for someone and I get like $600 in hard to find parts for my bin. It’ll still cost me about $150-200 in parts to get into that condition but I want to get another good riding bike out on the road and I have no sentiment to my ex wife’s dirtbag dad’s bontrager frame.
I’m just sad the xt dual pivot brakes don’t fit on my morati’s rear, the pad slots are too low, so I have to “settle” for a box linear brake with Kool stop pads. And the front is now a carbon rigid fork with a 27.5 mullet and hydraulic mt200 disc, so they’ll just be a lovely unicorn parts for some future bike. And I wish I could use the xt groupset/levers on the morati too, but it’s a 2×9 and my left brake is hydraulic now, because that 3×8 with a modern cassette feels like the best of all worlds.
Such is life with hobbies. Sometimes a shame, this bike if it was sold new like that probably would cost like $1500 lol. It’s got seemingly good parts and a great well thought out color scheme
Lmao yeah I saw this one too and was tempted to message and ask what on earth he’s thinking