What? A mountain bike???

No, I can’t read your mind and I didn’t hear you when you uttered the question, but I did anticipate the response.

Today, high end mountain bikes and road bikes can easily sell brand new for $9-12k!  This particular specimen only came in at an MSRP of $7,460.  Don’t worry, I think those prices are crazy too, but lucky for me other people don’t.  This bike is essentially built from carbon fiber: frame, fork, wheels, handlebars.  

I stumbled across this bike while browsing Craigslist.  I’ve always been a fan of Cannondale and was a little dumbfounded to have actually found this bike posted for sale as they weren’t “officially” released yet?  Turns out that a local rider had a friend who was a Cannondale rep. The rep had been using the bike as a demo and sold it when he was done.  This local rider picked it up when it became available because he thought one of his buddies would want it; fortunately for me his buddy didn’t actually want it.  

I picked up the bike $3,400 and rode it for a while.  I reposted it on Craigslist, Mtbr and Pinkbike for $5,600.  Within a couple months a guy contacted me through Mtbr and agreed to buy it.  One PayPal transfer later, he had a new bike and I had some money back in my pocket to reinvest into the next toy.

Deal done, onto the next one.