eBay and Craigslist finds

The most utterly pointless cycling component ever. Lovely-made piece of kit but absolutely ridiculous. They’ll go for £300+

That maybe answers the question I had which was “what on earth is the point of them?”.

That's been on for quite a while. Don't think price has dropped.

the kind of curiosity you'd be mad to actually fit or use. Like a Campagnolo toolbox.

Already at 310 with 6 days to go..

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Reilly-Cycle-Works-Mustard-Bikes-Reynolds-853-Custom-Paint-by-Fat-Creations/133684057933?pageci=9ba4a724-0dc5-4b60-b77c-217e9af3ca1c

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/On-One-Pompino-Road-Bike-48cm-Seat-Tube/254901460058?pageci=f2f7b512-3e2e-4d6c-9964-dc65f5fd537d

The claim was that you’d move the pedal dead spot from the 12 o’clock position which would be more efficient.

What it actually did was just move the dead spot to another place, while you ended up with heavier and more expensive cranks. The crank could be the shape of a swastika or whatever but all that matters is the distance between the pedal axle and the BB axle - what goes on inbetween the two is irrelevant.

The fact that people fell for it, and still do, is beyond astonishing to anyone with even a junior school background in basic science. It’s complete nonsense.

There have been various versions over the last 100 years or so, even curved ones, but they’ll all useless. The PNP ones are the best known, but at least they’re beautifully made while still being utterly pointless.

I am selling the PMP cranks, surprised in the bids already myself! sold another set last year that only just made 200 quid.

simply put the look awesome, which is all people tend to care for on a lot of bikes these days!

Roberts Gravel / Cross:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Roberts-cyclocross-gravel-bicycle/224388361863?hash=item343e96ae87:g:MpMAAOSwOK9gUI4x

Trek Multitrack 750 - these are great true temper steel frames that make pretty good gravel / functional / touring conversions, and clear 700 x 45c+

Obviously needs some cleaning up but a nice little deal for £45, in Ealing
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/324523948485?ul_noapp=true

I need to find a way to explain why this would be a sensible purchase to my SO :Burley Touring Tandem Softride Carbon Bean Technology Cro-Mo DB Tubing

Cheers, going to keep an eye on that

On trend SR MTS 100 double clamp stem.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Retro-SR-MTS-100-Stem-Double-Clamp-Stem/114728209737?hash=item1ab6558d49:g:ZCkAAOSwOJhgT5LW

'Hybrid bike'

A chimera of sorts. £51 tho.

Surely just a picture would be enough reason. I mean look at it!

The sane and best thing for my relationship is probably to convince @SWijland to buy it, but it's really fabulous in almost every way.

But think of all the quality time you could spend together on it.

Tandecumbent?

Please can somebody buy this, and build it up properly.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Neil-Orrell-Retro-Vintage-Singlespeed-Reynolds-531-Bike/114730495191?hash=item1ab6786cd7:g:FJQAAOSwwUhgUh~E

Raleigh 753 with a fair starting price (£99): https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265091824577

Good price on this Pete Matthews 653 frame in 56cm: Buy It Now £180 inc. Chorus post

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/294014454488

Decent rat/pub potential here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265092567591

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