BoingeyJon
Retro Newbie
I've got a totally unused Proflex 962 frame hanging in my office window (still got the little caps on the brake bosses!).
Way back in the mists of time I was going to build it up as a hack bike after I got my new 855. But the years came and went and I somehow never found the time or money. After a few years the hack bike project was transfered to the battered 855 frame after it got replaced by a Santa Cruz Heckler. But instead the 855 got gradually robbed of bits instead of being built up and the 962 slumbered in a box. Now the Heckler has finally become my hack bike after being replaced as my main bike by my new Blur. But what should I do with the Proflexes? I'd love to have the time and money to build up the 962 as a proper period piece (with suitable bits from around 1992 - rather than necessarily the original spec). But to be honest I rarely have time to ride the bikes I've got, let alone sourcing bits and building up a new bike (and after buying the Blur I can't really afford to spend any more money on bikes for a while!). To be honest I quite like it just as a window ornament - but is that a waste? And what about the 855? Is it worth trying to restore it or should I just take it down the tip? I assume that neither frame has any real value.
Anybody got any ideas of what I should do with them?
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Way back in the mists of time I was going to build it up as a hack bike after I got my new 855. But the years came and went and I somehow never found the time or money. After a few years the hack bike project was transfered to the battered 855 frame after it got replaced by a Santa Cruz Heckler. But instead the 855 got gradually robbed of bits instead of being built up and the 962 slumbered in a box. Now the Heckler has finally become my hack bike after being replaced as my main bike by my new Blur. But what should I do with the Proflexes? I'd love to have the time and money to build up the 962 as a proper period piece (with suitable bits from around 1992 - rather than necessarily the original spec). But to be honest I rarely have time to ride the bikes I've got, let alone sourcing bits and building up a new bike (and after buying the Blur I can't really afford to spend any more money on bikes for a while!). To be honest I quite like it just as a window ornament - but is that a waste? And what about the 855? Is it worth trying to restore it or should I just take it down the tip? I assume that neither frame has any real value.
Anybody got any ideas of what I should do with them?
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