Interesting thing about parting out bikes. How much money you get is very much an *it-all-depends* kind of thing. No guarantees it seems to me. As we've all found, I'm sure.
More often than not, a full bike will get as much, or more, than the parted-out bike would. There are exceptions... I'm speaking generally.
And what about the hassle-factor? Does anyone factor in the time and hassle of taking the bike apart? Taking photos of every item? Auctioning every item? Shipping every item? Surely there is some intangible cost there worth considering. I'd rather sell a complete bike, myself.
Charles *lazy* Andrews SoCal
Concerning Carlos Kleiber one of the greatest of all post-war conductors:
The glamour often associated with a conductor's life held no appeal for him; he preferred to stay at home in Munich. He once told Leonard Bernstein: "I want to grow in a garden. I want to have the sun. I want to eat and drink and sleep and make love and that's it."