Agreed. I too have no issue with collecting for personal pleasure, whilst selling for potential profit. Who doesn't see a few dollar signs flash in their head when they catch a glimpse of some forgotten treasure at the local VOA?
I do have an issue with folks who don't understand the nuanced approach required to use this forum as a place to share and chat, and not let it cross the line into gathering info solely for commercial gain, drumming up business, chumming the waters of a particular item for sale, etc. Of course, it goes without saying that flogging an item with a paid ad spam is the exception to that.
It's a fine line, one that must be consciously walked. I need to myself, as I service a metric ton of Lefty suspension forks, and yet, I can't wander into the Cannondale forum, see a thread about how do I fix X, and simply jump in saying "send it to me". I do respond, and provide info that is correct with regards to the situation, and let them do the rest of the leap themselves.
If you're doing this for cash in any sense beyond flipping a bike now and then like any bike geek collector does, then I'd recommend simply listing your website/blog in your signature so it's out in the open. Then, feel free to show stuff you find cool enough to warrant, and leave any mention of it's commercial situation to your website, email in box, or store front.
I know for a fact that Jeff doesn't personally ride most of the bikes he posts for First Flights' museum, beyond a scoot around the parking lot, or the test loop out back perhaps. He does sell stuff from time to time, and yet we all love the pics and the conversation that they often provoke.
As for what you show, show it all, don't think that no one here will have big love for a dinged up rarity, or that some folks won't have to cringe when that same bike isn't handled by you, as they would themselves.
