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Well, there could be an ignominious end to the Dental Insurance saga. As we know, I built this bike hoping to leave it at my mother's house. However, I forgot to get permission for this project before going ahead with it and it has sadly been vetoed at the 11th hour, citing concerns about a "lack of space in the garage" and "not wanting [my] rubbish around when [I] never come home anyway"
So, I've decided the only option remaining for me is to get a Velo Orange Minivelo, but that leaves the question of what to do with the project in its current form? My options seem to largely be:
Sell the whole thing as a complete, guess I would get. max, 250?
or
Keep it and try and swap as many of the parts as possible to the Minivelo, (bottom bracket + headset are brand new, guess they would transfer, cranks would probably transfer but might have issues with the gearing being way to low in its current set up, rear derailleur, brakes, cockpit etc should be fine, the seatpost is the groovy dahon pump one that probably isn't long enough, hubs are Deore and I guess could be used to build new 20 inch wheels? I am not an expert) The fork on its own is probably worth something given its a Surly. The frame itself is basically worthless and I could give away.
Anyone have any thoughts on which course of action would be best, moneywise? Feels a shame to dismantle this just after building it but I really have no use for it day to day, and building bikes is more fun than owning them anyway.