Most paid for that illusive part?

[mtbdave]

Re: Re:

I'm waiting more than three years for a part, mone have turned up so far. I'm afraid what I will do once one will appear...

I would say buy it?

 

[M-Power]

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Good question !

It is a good question, though not one I like to revisit

It feels a bit like asking a serious drug addict how much they spent on the habit. Im too embarassed to say in the worst cases :facepalm: It can take 3yrs + before some rare parts ever pop up and then its a free for all :facepalm: I also think some rare parts are unlikely to be offered again at affordable prices like 5yrs ago.

 

[Ductape]

LD stem. A lot.

Hardest part to find. Proper bar/stem for an early Mtn Goat Deluxe.

 

[Jamis Diablo]

I paid $100 dollar for a NOS Goodyear Knobby tire for my clunker, + $40 shipping and when it arrived customs screwed me over for another €42. So about $200 for a tire after searching for 3 years. Totally useless as I never found another and it doesn't fit a 26" rim, only Schwinn S7 rims which are a little bigger.

 

[Jamis Diablo]

Oh and I once drove 1650 km's in one day to pick up a bike I accidentally bought on eBay of a very blurry pic.
Thought it was an '84 Jamis Explorer but was a '89.
Cost me only €16 but about €150 on gas and a speeding ticket of €200...

 

[hollister]

1k for a stem. I never said I was smart, just dedicated

 

[mtbdave]

1k for a stem. I never said I was smart, just dedicated

Is that miles or km?

It’s not £$€ surely

 

[hollister]

1k for a stem. I never said I was smart, just dedicated

Is that miles or km?

It’s not £$€ surely

us $$$

its proprietary, I had no choice

 

[mtbdave]

Am sure we are all guilty of over spending or blowing the budget for a single part occasionally ha ha

 

[M-Power]

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Therapeutic thread this. I dont feel so bad now