>>213115Check thrift stores. If you're not in a city, check a city when you get to one. People throw shit out because they don't care about its value, and underestimate what it's worth the year after someone got it for Christmas. Bikes are big-ass pieces of metal and, unlike cars, a new version doesn't attract any special attention, next year. It's worth what the work and metal are worth. Get it second-hand, or pay for the material.
But get it second-hand. There are deals. They just aren't from the kinds of places that you can find online. I found a fucking awesome beach cruiser for twelve dollars, at a thrift store. I know... they're shit bikes. But I love them. And one can of baby-blue spray-paint later? That sucker looked like four hundred bucks.
Pawn shops!
