Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

I actually have this same bike, except mine was made without the affiliation of Eddy Merckx.
I use it to ride to the about town as my backup bike, I had wanted to turn it into a relaxed 3 speed cruising bike with a large flatbed/basket on the front. But I havent been able to afford any parts, so out of desperation if put my fixed wheel on it because the original steel 5 speed wheel was badly dented. it feels enormous to ride and makes a good town bike.

I dont get what it is with people who see a bike that looks really old, and assume throwing piles of £cash at it will turn it into a super urban fixie retro classic hipster hop race bike?

Its got DT swiss RR 1.2 rims on it which cost £50 each, yet its still running the original cotter cranks (which are better suited to the bike of course) this is one confused bicycle.

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it could be yours!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ernie-Clements-Eddy-Merckx-Fixed-SingleSpeed-Track_W0QQitemZ300241094183QQihZ020QQcategoryZ56197QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I won the auction for this bike at £127 & I thought it was an OK deal . After some emails , the seller got back to me after 4 days saying that the bike was stolen yesterday . I'm now after my money back ..... dodgy or what . I'd be better off with a Unipak haha