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Nice!

If you split I could be tempted by groupset and wheels.

You make me laugh!
Would a Giant Bikes verified frame number, letter of authenticity and other paperwork and boxes from Giant stating TCR-100 go any way to proving its not a fake? As someone who owns a number of other 'actual' ONCE team issue/used bikes...I am very picky.

This bike was ordered from Giant and owned by a member of Beacon Wheelers cycling team for many years. He sold it to the person I bought it from. I have email evidence confirming all of this.

I'll give you 1 point for the fact that the Planet X Pro does look similar. From memory, I think they used to buy and re-brand a lot of Prorace frames from Belgium, as did Dolan. I would say it is quite sad that Planet X are basically selling Giant's 19-year old frame design (thank you Mike Burrows et al.) bar a few tweaks in 2020. That is not progress or evolution.

If you care to take a look in Giant's back catalogue of composite frames including the gold plated 2002 edition and the subsequent 2003 editions, the frame design is the same across all of them. Same DNA.

Back Page (https://issuu.com/giant_italia/docs/catalogo_giant_2002_ita)
(https://issuu.com/giant_italia/docs/catalogo_giant_2004_ita)

I'll humor you for 1-minute.
How easy is it to find a set of 19-year old un-used Campagnolo Bora carbon wheelset with correct period & specification tubular tyres?
How easy is it to find a mint un-used AX Lightness saddle correct for the period
How easy is it to find a NOS 19-year old Campagnolo Record Groupset
How easy is it to reproduce 2 water bottles with appropriate graphics
How easy is it to source a Giant TCR composite frame, strip it back to nude carbon, remove all blemishes, re-produce a large number of tiny stickers on all parts of the bike from a scant amount of archive photos, then heavily lacquer to produce the finished article

Sorry, I will only sell it as a whole. She doesn't deserve to be broken-up into components

So you could have a small Giant, a medium Giant, and a large Giant?

Does Finn Maccool come in at some point?

How easy is it to simply respect the forum rules and name your price?

It’s pretty easy to sticker up an old Planet X frame. I’m not saying that’s what you’ve done here, not at all(I think you have). But even those supposed Bora decals look suspect.

Humour me some more and let’s hear your asking price. Pretty please.

Calling bikes she thread...4 pages before flounce.

How easy is it to simply respect the forum rules and name your price?

Sorry to say it’s not a rule (last time I checked anyway) just advisory!

Then I propose a rule change!

offers invited can fuck off to ebay

I'll humor you for 1-minute.

How easy is it to find a set of 19-year old un-used Campagnolo Bora carbon wheelset with correct period & specification tubular tyres?
How easy is it to find a mint un-used AX Lightness saddle correct for the period
How easy is it to find a NOS 19-year old Campagnolo Record Groupset
How easy is it to reproduce 2 water bottles with appropriate graphics
How easy is it to source a Giant TCR composite frame, strip it back to nude carbon, remove all blemishes, re-produce a large number of tiny stickers on all parts of the bike from a scant amount of archive photos, then heavily lacquer to produce the finished article

lol

I wasn't suspicious, but now....

I don't care about the bike personally (it has gears), but I'll offer some advice because I'm a tiresome bore. OP, you have no forum reputation and you and your listing will be viewed with extra scrutiny (hence the sharp responses), especially as you've opted to eschew the "mate's price" ethos.

May I suggest listing it for the price you want with the promise of a forum or charitable donation? If the bike doesn't sell at your expected you can drop the price or >>>> to ebay.

Glws.

Wow Stunning bike, some of the comments here are just stupid i.e it is a fake. Some are in my view rude and disrespectful i.e you have no 'forum reputatation'. The fact is you are offering an iconic bike in perfect condtion to LFGSS readers. GLWS

How long have you been doing triathlons with the seller?

As apesta says: for good or bad this place has a fairly robust sales system. Bang up the bike, give a price, see what happens.

You’re not doing us a favour by offering, we’re doing you a favour by buying.

Mates rates are for mates, listing a price is standard expectation.

What are implying, i am in cahoots with the seller?

I’m just using my big stirring spoon.

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Lovely bike sir.
Good luck with the sale .
The grumblers do not want to buy it.
All it takes is one person who is interested, and knows it is worth to see this and agree terms with you and you have a sale .

Flipping heck there’s a lot of fedora tipping going on in here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8teRxOSNHs&ab_channel=ComedyCentral

this would look lovely next to my new schwinn homegrown in my collection.

from my collection.

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It’s just a Giant with unusual decals not a fukn Cinelli Laser.
How easy is it to find old Boras? Why would anybody want to?
Seller is in for a disappointment.

Please advise where i can get a pair of NOS early Bora's i'm very interested.

Treat yourself not NOS but still heavy hard 20 year old carbon with terrible braking and unstable in crosswinds so most boxes ticked
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304510243806