Hi,
I'm sort of testing the water with this to see what you think my bike might be worth, I didn't post in the for sale section, it might be a bit misleading because I'm not sure whether I've got the heart to sell! Still, if the price is right...
This has been one of my most prized possessions, my sister imported this bike from Japan maybe 10 years ago during a half assed effort at learning to ride. I acquired it 5 years ago and spent a bunch of money making it as good as I thought I could. I was into flatland and made an attempt myself and getting decent at it. Truth is I couldn't learn much because I cared about the bike too much, it seems the project of doing the bike up was the biggest part of it for me. My sister didn't ride it hardly at all and I mostly just use it for getting to places so it's in wicked condition. It came to me as stock and I've changed most things other than the things I've listed as still stock! I'm not likely anymore to use the bike properly, I'm literally just keeping it cuz I love it and I'm proud of it but bigger things are heading my way like houses and babies etc.. So I'm trying to convince myself to sell it! I REALLY don't want to part it out though.
I also understand that the bike itself is a bit old school now, I've tried to modernize it a bit and I think if I keep it under this dust sheet for another 5 years it won't be worth anything anymore and nobody would have gotten to appreciate it for a while! Besides, I always wanted a garuda so maybe one day..
Stock parts:
Ares ashura frame (older model, I think they have a newer version now)
Stock Ares forks (minimum offset)
Front rim BM25 with stock front hub (nice and smooth) 48h (radial)
Th industries for Cane creek aheadset
Eighty-eight stem (risers added)
Eighty-eight pegs front and rear
Parts I've added new:
KHE mac 1.5 tires
snafu mobeus gyro
Colony cube bars
Lizard skin grips
Proper bar ends
Odyssey mono lever front
Snafu astroglide front cable
St Martin front u brake
Éclat clear pads front and rear
Odyssey dual cable rear lever
Odyssey M2 cable to gyro
Snafu astroglide silver dual cable to
Odyssey Evo 2 rear u brake
KHE sealed bottom bracket
KHE Hindenburg flat cranks
KHE ninja sprocket
KHE half link chain
Odyssey twisted pedals
Rear wheel alienation 440 rim 48h
KHE geisha light freecoaster
Alienation long seat post (pivotal)
Odyssey mr clampy 2
arestic seat, super proud of this one! I cut it down in length and you can hardly tell.
thanks for looking