After my recent acquisition of a Brompton, I started to think that perhaps I had too many folding bikes. Here are three of them, not counting the Dahon that I have stashed in Vancouver.
So the obvious thing was to put the Tikit up for sale (and I will still do that), but in the meantime there was some chatter on FB about someone with their apartment eliminating indoor bike parking, and so needing a folding bike……and ideally one with disc brakes. Suddenly I had an opportunity to give my PBW a good home.
Here it is, packed up and ready to be hauled downtown. A few extra parts, like the fenders, a wheel with a spare Alfine 8 spd hub, and a 24h 406 rim to match.
Amusingly, on the way in, I catch the tail end of the Santa Claus parade. Santa actually saw me, and said “now THAT’s a bike!”.
On a separate trip I also took in the suitcase that I used with it, bearing stickers from some of the adventures that I had with the PBW. The Illini sticker was from a trip where I was riding in past some corn fields in Hawkins IN Urbana IL, and four kids rode by on their BMX’s and said “cool bike!”.
I’ve had some good rides with the PBW. It was custom made for me about sixteen years ago by Hugh in Chico California. He no longer builds, and is now a recumbent dealer. The long term plan was to rebuild it with the Alfine hub, but now both the bike and the rebuild project has been passed onto the new proud owner: Victor ex-Aerovelo, ex-HPVDT and all around good guy (and mad scientist).
I’m glad I found a good home for the bike.
Good job! It looks like you had a good connection in finding a home for your PBW.
Funny you posting about this as I am thinking about selling my Season Tikit as well. I’ve had my Brompton for over a year now and space is tight so need to find it a good home. I was thinking about putting it up on the YAK first, then Ebay, craigslist, but really not sure so I’d love to know your thoughts on the best way to go about it.
maybe it will be the other way around and you can give me some guidance. EBay doesn’t work so well in Canada as people in the US are reluctant to bid on something outside the country. I also wonder how much of a cut that BF takes if I consign it with them.
Funny, I’ve never hesitated about buying something from overseas as long as the seller’s shipping costs were not exorbitant to the US, so as long as you specify cost to US, then might be ok. My worry about eBay is that though I have bought lots of things there, I’ve never sold anything. Most sellers look at feedback and even though I have 100% positive feedback as a buyer, I’ve got none as a seller. When I see no feedback as a seller, I generally stay away. I could be wrong on this though.
So my thought is thought YAK and Bike Friday Facebook group first. If that doesn’t work, then craigslist. Last resort, eBay. I’ll let you know how it goes.
Correction. At the end of my comment I meant to say “So my thought is post on YAK and Bike Friday Facebook groups first. If that doesn’t work, then craigslist. Last resort, eBay. I’ll let you know how it goes.”