After all the trouble I went through to get the Pipebomb set up, I ended up deciding to sell it only about a week or 2 after it was finally done. Even from my point of view, that is incredibly fastidious; however, I have my reasons. I was never completely happy in my mind with the paintjob, even though it was done twice. I also found 3 mysterious dings that appeared after the first horrific attempt at paint… starting off on such a wrong foot really set the tone for me with the Broakland. Secondly, I’ve come to the point where I didn’t see the need in investing so much money on just a bicycle. It definitely became a status symbol type thing more than anything, and that’s not something I’m down with. With that, I was motivated to just cut my losses and get sell it, then get a cheaper bike that will work the same/as nicely in the future.

I first tried to sell the bike entirely, but it was obvious no one wanted to drop that much coin on a bicycle in one go. So I slowly parted everything out. I ended up selling all of the smaller components first, and the wheels + frameset last.

Now, the sale of the Broakland concludes the last chapter in my “other” projects.