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It's especially crazy when people talk out of their ass and end up being wrong on just about everything. Oh well, life goes on.

This is hilarious. Did you ask him to sign the frame for you too?

#UltimateFanBoi

Who? The normal dad living in SF with two kids that sold me the frame?

Again, I'll make it easy as possible to understand.

A mash rider owned this frame long time ago.
He sold it to someone else in 2005
The new owner road the bike for the past 10 years, had a family, and is now a road biker.
He then sold the bike to me.

The seller told me the story because it was kind of cool after I bought the bike.
Like if someone sold you a skateboard that a Plan B rider owned 20 years ago. It's still kind of a cool story, nothing more. The only time I watched a Mash video was the Seattle segment in the first video...just so I could spot landmarks. I can't tell if you're all trolling or just complete morons with no reading comprehension.

I can't tell if you're all trolling or just complete morons

probably both.

#TLDR

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Cool bike

I like the Samson. I wouldn't call it "awesome condition", still one can see that it has been ridden hard and has seen some rough love.
And for $250 WTF WHERE ALL MAH NJS DEALZ ATTTT

he paid the equivalent of £250 in $ for it.

Doesn't look good with all black parts. silver finishing kit, grey ano araya to da 7600, and da7600 drivetrain would sort it out

he paid the equivalent of £250 in $ for it.

Lol, he paid £250 for that frame

Agree about silver kit, I'd go for something like this:

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That's too my door including a Chris King headset. We usually pay $100+ just for shipping on NJS frames. Go on NJS-Export or anywhere similar and find me a Samson with just a single tiny dent (mine is the size of a fingernail that can only be seen if held at an angle) Find me one even close to £200.

I've even searched the archives on the forum and have never seen anything remotely close unless it has twisted/massively creased top tubes or major head tube impact damage. Here is a recent decent one with wear....
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/274854/

Mine is just superficial paint wear and tear...sand blast/fresh paint/decals, it would look almost new.

You guys must have a different market because we have shops in the US that buy Samson/3Rensho/Nagas in crap condition, have them repainted/new stickers, and then sell them for $1500-$2500 US....and just about every time I see a new frame, it's been sold.

Go down the pages...most of these have been refurbished (new paint/stickers) and look at the prices/how many are sold.
http://tracksupermarket.com/frames/track-frames/vintage-pre-owned.html

Also...I'd love for someone to post a link for a cheap Samson without major damage. Can even be from 5 years ago. I really have to see this.

You got a great deal, especially with the face it came with a ck headset. If something like that came up in the uk I'd be all over it. For me condition of the paint isn't important when buying a frame as long as the frame is structurally sound

If you buy a twenty year old skateboard chances are it ain't owned by no pro.

Frame sounds like a sick deal tho

calm down, this is german student cheepish evaluation. the german market for track parts is a hilarious bazar, quality dont count, its good as long as its f#kn cheep..., no matter what crap it is, kids buy it.
most of them knobs cant tell the diffrence between a Samson and a BLB Frame, its all the same to them.

Dude, calm your ballsack.
£250 is not a bad deal especially for a Samson. Still the condition is not "awesome" and you mentioned a small dent on the top tube.
As for the Samson you linked, guess why that guy is trying to sell that frame for over half a year.
Nonetheless I like yours. I don't understand why you are getting so much hate in the rat thread

@JRatNW that's a nice frame, eff the haters

Love a nice rat -

Rather it was ratty from daily use, instead of just neglected, i like the Samson

Keep it shitty silver. Run that paint into the ground. Fuck hot pink

nobody mentioned painting it pink!?

Paint it PINK

Fuck yeah get some hot pink going on

Good idea

think pink would look good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk1EJugoPVg