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I think you're right which means that instead of this just being poor salesmanship, it's a winning combination of poor salesmanship and people not giving a shit.
Thanks for the comment (and view count) though, even if knowing the extent to which people couldn't give a monkey's is probably a double edged sword.
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That is a tempting big price drop but I don't really have the room at the moment. I would clean it up, post more/better pictures so potential next buyers can get a better sense of what they are getting. Then they can put their own crud on it. GLWS
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Why do you put flyers in the wheel like that?
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Possibly the ultimate lock up and leave bike (56cm)
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Price drop I'm selling my 56cm brown Surly Steamroller and the last time I put this up it got literally zero views, so I think that the self-deprecation isn't working and it's time to try a different tack.
Why is this the ultimate lock up and leave bike? Simple, it's because you could walk past this bike without giving it a second glance even though it's a pretty decent bike, and that's the beauty of it. If you've scrolled down to look at it already, by the time you look back up to read this you probably can't remember anything about it other than some spoke cards, that it could do with a clean (I keep it grimey on purpose, to aid with the camouflage) and a vague sense of "brown".
This bike is a strange cross between being decently spec'd, fast and enjoyable to ride and being utterly forgettable to the common bike thief. You can leave it locked up on a bike racj in central London (even during the evening) without worrying whether it'll be there when you come back - great news if you don't have bike parking at your work. You want a bike to leave at a London train station to save you from having to use Boris bikes, you're 5'9" - 6'1" and have got certain standards? This could not be more perfect.
It looks like a complete OTP Steamroller is £750 - £800 now. This has a slightly better spec but is hardly in "showroom" condition so I was thinking £350 - I think that's about 40% of what this build would cost new, which seems about right. If I've got the price completely wrong, let me know. As is normal, dibs either by PM or here followed by a PM - whoever I think got in first gets first refusal.
I'm based in SW London (Putney) or central (Euston) for meeting potential buyers to inspect/sell.
The spec is:
Frame is a 56cm (56.5cm top tube from memory). It's that weird gloss brown colour, with the graphics taped over with electrical tape and damaged paint at the top of the seat tube where a seized seatpost was melted out. The damaged paint was never touched up as it added to the bike's general patina and made it even less interesting to theives and the like.
If you don't like the anonymousness of this bike, you could easily get it Armourtexed or something, although I think that would be somewhat missing the point.
No idea what the headset is. Stem is a 100mm Deda Magic, bars are 44cm Bontager drops with Deda tape, Tektro hoods and an interupt (cross top) lever for the front brake.
The seatpost is Ritchey and the saddle is a Charge Spoon.
The brakes are Shimano long drop calipers. The pads are on the way out but I've got some cartridge type pads I'll throw in.
Cranks are 165mm SRAM external bearing ones (GXP 1.1s perhaps?), with a SRAM GXP BB. No idea what the chain is - possibly a Wipperman BMX one, but don't quote me on that.
The rear wheel is an On One with a (fairly new) Marathon Plus and 17T and 19T cogs, front wheel is an On One hub with a Halo something rim and a (fairly new) Marathon Plus. Both are 32H 3x from memory, and run fairly straight (although knowing me they would probably benefit from being trued a little).
It won't come with the pedals, the spoke cards or the light mount. I can throw in some lights if needed though - I've got about three sets in a drawer somewhere.
This is the beast: