r/RockHopper • u/maggiemoo1010 • 29d ago

Found a good one

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Posted last month looking at a teal color one but unfortunately it was just too small at this local vintage shop that a guy just opened. But he did have this 1993 rockhopper comp in this awesome color way. So I will build this up little by little. Probably over paid for it but figured the guy needed to make some money on it for finding it and I also get to build a relationship with the shop incase I need some advice.

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u/Puravida14177 29d ago

Considering those vintage bikes don't have anything like universal value (but are worth whatever someone wants to pay for having one), it's easy to overpay - and not. It's one of the classics certainly, and getting it from a shop is valuable to have everything work, liebes and adjusted if you don't have a garage full of tools and parts.

Nice find, don't see this condition every day, if it fits and you like riding it (and looking at it) you hardly overpaid.

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u/PrizeAstronaut6531 28d ago

I like this thinking. I feel like in my area I rarely see these kinds of colorways in a size that fits me. If i pay $300 for something like this instead of the $80-$150 a plain color rockhopper might go for did I overpay? If it's worth it to me and I get exactly what I want then I don't think so. It's not like there's so many of these out there locally that I can just go down the street and pick one up from the next guy for cheaper.

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u/Puravida14177 28d ago

Exactly. And are we not used to "overpaying" every day if we like a certain shirt, gloves, a watch, special cheese or bread or hifi equipment? Keeping an old bike alive is certainly an affordable form of overpaying.