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1997 Fishbone Big Ass

Old pics just found...

Sold: ~ 2003
The most expensive bike I ever bought.  I had just started a new job on the East coast and wanted a new ride.  I hand picked every part from Dan's Competition and the total came to a whopping $995 - they threw in a free t-shirt.  I mailed them a cashier's check and waited.  They claimed it shipped but it never arrived.  I had to wait a full 30 days for it to stay missing before they would ship another one.  They finally did and when it arrived, I'm not surprised the first one never made it.  The box was open along the seams and parts were literally falling out - but everything was there.  I had never assembled a 1 1/8" headset or installed sealed bearing 3-piece cranks.  Once together, this was the smoothest and most solid bike I had ever owned.  My rider for the next six years, I finally sold it in 2003 (oddly enough, to another museum member - unbeknownst to me at the time) after I bought my Hoffman Condor.  For some reason I didn't understand that I could own more than one bike at a time.  I sold it for $150...  The person I sold it to believes he gave it away to some neighborhood kids.