eBay and Craigslist finds

Hi cheers dog i tried a specialized 54 & 56 at the weekend,and the 56 was great 54 felt a little squashed,just a little put off by all the anti specialized post ;-)..

Is the vitus a fair prize? My other concern was my weight i'm 90kg fit but big..edit are the newer vitus still bonded ?

dogsballs [quote]eeehhhh [quote]Hutch Anyone else going to bid/already bid on this? I really love it, but don't wanting to get into a bidding war. Trying to find reasons to be sensible and not bid...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=250185522869&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=015

That is real nice. If I had the money I'd be bidding on that. Luckily for you, I don't.[/quote]
note it is a big frame, also he bought it off ebay for £110 recently ;)[/quote]

Big frame not a problem as I am 6' 3".... but how do you know he bought it recently off ebay? Impressive eBay knowledge...

it was at £120 buy it now for 10 days, no-one bought. then advertised at £110 and went in a few days. not that many big orange mercian road bikes around. i'm sure if you dig through here some-one posted it ;)

http://www.londonfgss.com/discussion/3/?Focus=42976#Comment_42976

ebay
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MERCIAN-KING-CLASSIC-531-DB-FRAMESET-23-1-4_W0QQitemZ170149308710QQihZ007QQcategoryZ22679QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

don't mercian do re-sprays/enamel etc? if they do, why'd the guy get a mercian re-enameled at bob jackson? seems slightly illogical to me.

^^ I'm not sure they are the same frame? the one on Ebuy now looks in better nick and has a different headset (Campy Record vs Shimano 600)?!

ok, diff bikes, unless he had it chromed and re-painted.

Ok, cheers guys... so your best guess - how much d'you reckon it'll go for?

these road bikes are hard to price £180, too much for conversion!

why do people bid on stuff on ebay so early?

sometimes scares others off?! also to stop people pulling ads (well the inexperienced).

i only bid early if i simply can't be online when the auction is ending. can't think of any other reason

dogsballs sometimes scares others off?! also to stop people pulling ads (well the inexperienced).

ebay bullies hey dogs?

well how else fo you get a 650 trispoke for £26

but who on earth would want a 650 trispoke??

nice one db - you the master

well someone has bought it off me already!

For those with expensive tastes....
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Suntour-Superbe-Pro-NJS-Certified-Track-Hubs-VERY-RARE_W0QQitemZ110190525626QQihZ001QQcategoryZ36144QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

dogsballs well how else fo you get a 650 trispoke for £26

its not 650 its some weird size 57cm thats why it went that cheap.

edmundane [quote]dogsballs well how else fo you get a 650 trispoke for £26

its not 650 its some weird size 57cm thats why it went that cheap.[/quote]

well according to sheldon the Bead Seat Diameter of a 650c is 571mm, which is pretty close to 57cm, so i guess it is a 650c

^^^Yeah it's 650 surely. Just they advertised it not knowing. Strange as they're a bike shop. I'm needing a 650 front and have been looking at 26" but I think there's a bit of a difference.
Anyone know where to get 650c rims? Silver cxp 33's or deep v?

Todd ^^^Yeah it's 650 surely. Just they advertised it not knowing. Strange as they're a bike shop. I'm needing a 650 front and have been looking at 26" but I think there's a bit of a difference.
Anyone know where to get 650c rims? Silver cxp 33's or deep v?

cavendish have got a white deep v 650c.. they and BLB could probably order in...
otherwise sjs cycles and chicken cycles sell 650c rims which you could lace up.. not much in the way of silver though, the mavics that are 650 seem to be mostly black

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( i wrote a stupid comment that was useless)

Good bike to start and from a trustworth seller:

glow [quote]edmundane [quote]dogsballs well how else fo you get a 650 trispoke for £26

its not 650 its some weird size 57cm thats why it went that cheap.[/quote]

well according to sheldon the Bead Seat Diameter of a 650c is 571mm, which is pretty close to 57cm, so i guess it is a 650c[/quote]
yeah i was look at that too.