Bike Swap meet.

Collingwood. 14th June 2009.

This was first go as a seller in a 2ndhand market. After the Epic build, there was left a large assortment of bike bits from my various forays over the years. It was time to offer it up to someone out there who could use it all. I basically got all my bike parts I didn’t need which weren’t seriously worn, so this left out any old group-sets I had - chains, chainwheels & cassettes which had seen a fruitful life on any one of my rigs. Although I did have 2x chainwheels with very little kms – the 34t off the Wilier & the 33t off the Jamis, both replaced pretty much first up before I did any kms on them.

The Bike Swap happens about 2-3 times a year, I think organized by someone involved with Fiximatosis, but I’m not entirely sure. I thought that being bike related, it might get a lot of the kinda people I am targeting with my stuff & would be a successful morning.

The deal was, as a seller, to rock up before 10am, pay $5, set up your stuff in your area –I used a picnic blanket, & off you go. It seemed pretty casual. Some things I did which many other guys didn’t was mark a price on each item & I brought all my spare change, just in case I got lots of big notes in sales. This bike swap seemed to be mostly roadies & the fixie brigade , so my mostly MTB related horde was not a major player. In the I end I sold 1x Selle Italia saddle (offthe Wilier roadie) & a pair of used SPD pedals. $50 total.

I might still rock up next time, although I now do have another place to check out if ever I do a s/s ‘roadie’ commuter build.

Good experience overall, might rock up to the next one.

In other news, I have the Anthem1 up for sale. I’ve got a few interested, one looks definite, but I’ll chalk it up when there’s an empty space in the shed & cash in my hand.