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Okay, so it's "just" hard manual work searching around local clasifieds and dealing with private persons. I don't know what I was expecting but it looks like you're pretty good at it.
Do you often find a bike or frame in an other country that you really want, but the person selling will only accept cash and pick up in person? I've been looking for a nice 90's steel frame myself on the german ebay kleinanzeige and dutch maarktplats, but I find that people rarely are willing to deal with a foreigner in an other country (did get lucky with a nice mixte from germany last year, though).
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Well most of my bikes I find abroad, most of them in France, Germany and the Netherlands. Sometimes they hesitate to send a bike abroad, but most of the time they are fine with it. The classified sites here in Belgium are full of nice bikes but you have to be extremely quick to get your hands on the bike. A few months ago I found an Eddy Merckx Team Motorola belonging to Jan Schur (1993 pro team). It was only put online for 30seconds and I raced with my bicycle to the guy, I was really lucky because I got it for a steal!
JeremyDaval
Thanks man! I just try to find one's in good condition and skip those in bad condition. I have at least 15 sites that I search on everyday looking for something special.