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@tomasito
Hacked, the great thing about inference is that it is my opinion (alone), and that it is based upon drawing conclusions from the available evidence. It's not exactly daring. I stand by my opinion. I'll also post some examples below so that others can make up their own minds.
You have posted elsewhere on the forum pretending to be a newbie and asking advice about conversions. I particularly enjoyed seeing this:
I think it really does. You match colours really well. I also think it adds £100 to the price of a bike if you are selling it to a naive trend-following wannabe who has just typed 'fixie' into ebay search.
And as for this....
What did you have i mind. I mean, this forum isn't exactly public. How about a father's for justice style publicity stunt on top of admiralty arch, something along the lines of 'Hipsters love Hacker'? Ah, screw it. I don't feel compelled to apologise for making an inference based on the bikes you have sold.
...i'll look forward to your pursuit.
here are some examples of some cracking matching:
I've got no problem with you doing what you do - it's a healthy market. Your auctions contain the 'catchwords': messenger, fixie, fixed, courier, etc. and you probably have a nice market share of trendy people new to riding with a single gear. Go nuts - I'm all for market-driven prices. Your sizing has previously caught my eye as slightly misleading though: "25.5" Frame - would take rider between 5'-11" and 6'-6" " Whatever. charge what you can get, we're not going to stop you.
BUT. I won't apologise for my comment about matching chains to tape. The pics speak for themselves.
AND what the fcuk are you doing posing elsewhere on this forum as somebody needing advice on conversions, whilst simultaneously admitting here to being somebody who has converted perhaps 50 racers in the past year (inference again).
(" What do I need to do to build a decent SS?" / "do I need one or two brakes on a single speed" / "should I give the bike to my local bike shop and ask them to do the work for me" )
Agh bollocks. Now I've let you waste my time too. Never mind.