buying a bike off gumtree...

thanks a lot everyone here for helping pick the forgedaboutit mini d lock.

now i just need a bike to lock up in it.

i have seen some very good offers on gumtree for next to new bikes, my only worry is that they are stolen. what does everyone think about getting bikes off gumtree, is there bette rplaces to get a good second hand road bike?

thanks a lot for any advice.

Stolen bikes turn up everywhere, Gumtree is a good place as anywhere for getting a legit bike.

Unless the ad is highly suspicious I would presume it is all above board, although I am sure stolen bikes have popped up here and there (Just like Loot/ebay/Singletrackworld/etc) - 99.99% of what you see on Gumtree will be fine.

get you to oxford. got a load of nice frames in stock at OCW- all clean, unstolen, etc..

http://www.gumtree.com/london/97/22369097.html

do you think this is a good bike for me? i am 6 foot and a half inch. want it for riding on roads reasonably fast etc,.

http://www.gumtree.com/london/97/22369097.html

do you think this is a good bike for me? i am 6 foot and a half inch. want it for riding on roads reasonably fast etc,.

Well, well, funny you should ask . . .

is that yours??!?!?!?

heheh, read this thread

heheh, read this thread

Clefty beat me to it, I was looking for that thread.

the general concensus seems to be that it's a piece of shit, so i'll prob give it a miss. i'm a total bike rookie, want to spend about 200 pounds, but i plan on riding it to work so want it to be decent,

http://www.gumtree.com/london/96/23681896.html

is this a good one? i can buy this today i think, but the guy said he was near kingsland, which seems to be ahotspot for bike theft.

thoughts on apostcard to POBOX....................

Fuji Track 08 if you want a good, inexpensive fixed gear

the general concensus seems to be that it's a piece of shit, so i'll prob give it a miss. i'm a total bike rookie, want to spend about 200 pounds, but i plan on riding it to work so want it to be decent,

http://www.gumtree.com/london/96/23681896.html

is this a good one? i can buy this today i think, but the guy said he was near kingsland, which seems to be ahotspot for bike theft.

thoughts on apostcard to POBOX....................

Do you want a single speed, fixed gear or geared bike ?

There was a Langster (Brown) on gumtree a day or so back - £250.

the general concensus seems to be that it's a piece of shit, so i'll prob give it a miss. i'm a total bike rookie, want to spend about 200 pounds, but i plan on riding it to work so want it to be decent,

http://www.gumtree.com/london/96/23681896.html

is this a good one? i can buy this today i think, but the guy said he was near kingsland, which seems to be ahotspot for bike theft.

thoughts on apostcard to POBOX....................

Thought you wanted single speed?

I agree with Sano Fuji Track FTW, if I hadnt had bought my Charge Plug I'd have had one of those babies.

i don't really know what i want. i'm basically totally clueless.

http://www.gumtree.com/london/85/23766485.html
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this is the langster, shall i get that if i can??

i don't really know what i want. i'm basically totally clueless.

this is the langster, shall i get that if i can??

I would say go for the Langster, if you are new to the whole thing you don't have to faff around with gears, nor do you have to get used to the vagaries of fixed wheel.

Single speed is a nice halfway house. The Langster is single speed.

Make sure the bike fits you !!

ok, i rang the guy and got him down to 200, i'm, gonna meet him alter. how shal i tell if the bike fits?

thakns for all this help by the way!

just make sure its comfortable when you sit on it, stand astride the bike, there should be at least an inch between the top tube and your crotch, adjust the saddle height so that when your leg is at the bottom of the pedal stroke your leg is almost straight. Thats how i do it anyway.

just make sure its comfortable when you sit on it, stand astride the bike, there should be at least an inch between the top tube and your crotch, adjust the saddle height so that when your leg is at the bottom of the pedal stroke your leg is almost straight. Thats how i do it anyway.

What Clefty said.

ok, i rang the guy and got him down to 200, i'm, gonna meet him alter. how shal i tell if the bike fits?

Good move !! Now when you turn up you need to say you could only get 180 out of the cash point. :P

£200 is pretty good if the bike is in decent nick, look for obvious stuff, big dents, gouges etc.

sweeeeeeeeet, thanks a billion.

i take it this bike doesn;t have any gears? i don't want start complainign about the fact it's got no gears when i get there lol.

ok, i rang the guy and got him down to 200, i'm, gonna meet him alter. how shal i tell if the bike fits?

Ring him up again and ask him what size it is. I think the langsters have a sticker on them with the size on it. If you're 6 foot you'll need a 58.

sweeeeeeeeet, thanks a billion.

i take it this bike doesn;t have any gears? i don't want start complainign about the fact it's got no gears when i get there lol.

Just the one gear, single speed.

ye ill check it for the obvious stuff. he said it was brand new with receipt (go figure), so i assume it is pristine nick.

Nah, forget the langster, come to oxford.

It's too small for you, and it's stolen.