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Water Warrior 2 · 05-28-2013, 05:00 PM

My opinion is a fixer upper is or can be a giant black hole where your $$$ will go. Buying a $500 bike and spending another $1000 on it will result in a running $500 bike.
A GZ needing a lot of TLC will likely need tire, tubes, chain, sprockets, valve adjusting, tune up, a battery and all sorts of little things. This may be a worst case scenario but you have to consider most of it on any fixer upper.
I would be more inclined to buy some one's daily rider that you know runs and is fairly well maintained. The up front price may be harder to justify but you get the pleasure of riding and just maintenance to contend with.
You can get away with a minimum of tools for a while too. Buy them as needed over time.
Oh, welcome to the forum. We will gladly help you along with the care and feeding of a GZ if you find one.

05-28-2013, 05:00 PM	#2
Water Warrior 2 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Squamish B.C Canada Posts: 11,409	Re: Fixer upper for first bike? My opinion is a fixer upper is or can be a giant black hole where your $$$ will go. Buying a $500 bike and spending another $1000 on it will result in a running $500 bike. A GZ needing a lot of TLC will likely need tire, tubes, chain, sprockets, valve adjusting, tune up, a battery and all sorts of little things. This may be a worst case scenario but you have to consider most of it on any fixer upper. I would be more inclined to buy some one's daily rider that you know runs and is fairly well maintained. The up front price may be harder to justify but you get the pleasure of riding and just maintenance to contend with. You can get away with a minimum of tools for a while too. Buy them as needed over time. Oh, welcome to the forum. We will gladly help you along with the care and feeding of a GZ if you find one.
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