eBay and Craigslist finds

if its a GT why does it have Rock Lobster emblazoned all over it ?

Campy Road Dropouts - Auction - UK
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CAMPAGNOLO-REAR-DROPOUTS-WITH-CABLE-GUIDES-VINTAGE-61_W0QQitemZ290300947471QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR?hash=item290300947471&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A4%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Are dropouts attached to stays an untapped market?

found this while looking for a road bike :-), might be of interest to someone..

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Fitted with:

Mavic CXP22 track wheels on Novatec cartridge bearing hubs - flip/flop rear hub
Continental Gatorskin tyres
Sugino RD2 165mm cranks with a 48T chainring and sugino 103mm BB
Miche 16T sprocket and carrier
Dicta 16T freewheel
MKS Sylvan quill pedals (Campy copies) with MKS toe clips and brown leather MKS toe straps
Charge 115mm Stem
Charge Slice 44cm bull horn bars
Velo Orange Quill stem adaptor
Stronglight cartridge bearing headset
Cinelli white bar tape/cork
Dia compe 188 Aero levers + dia compe lightweight brakes (F and R) with Shimano cables
Charge Spoon saddle (brown)
System ex seatpost

All parts are brand new - aside me testing the bike out by cycling it to work yesterday (when it bloody rained!)

Mail me for pics - happy for people to view/try in Bristol.

£400 ono

Geoff: 07800 596725 or gtvlusso@hotmail.co.uk

Aero levers set up like that make it look like a zimmer frame. Or maybe its just me.

just seen on Deutsche eBay...roughly translates that he doesn't guarantee safety!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Geekhouse-NAHBS-Fixed-Gear-Show-Bike_W0QQitemZ290300998789QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item290300998789&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50

http://cgi.ebay.com/Geekhouse-NAHBS-Fixed-Gear-Show-Bike_W0QQitemZ290300998789QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item290300998789&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50

I'd never buy a geekhouse. Ever.
From what I have heard from mutural friends hes not a man to trust to build you a bike.

Really?
I disagree.
massively.
I'd reccomend him to anyone, always.
and recommend this bike on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Geekhouse-Rockcity-Complete-56cm_W0QQitemZ290301011462QQihZ019QQcategoryZ159089QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
instead

Reasons to disagree:

1. He's a proper nice guy
   
2. His weld work is better than anything I've ever seen, my old GH looked like the tubes just floated together.
   
3. It survived a massive crash, with only the pauls dropout screws hurt, and not even a single scratch on the bike.
   
4. he's a small scale operation, which truly cares what you want, is able to size a bike to you, having done a bike fit course
   
5. He gave up a job in Boston to pursue this, so he's all in now.
   
   

But then I'm biased, I've had and ridden one.
and am getting a new one.

He stole the design for the standard Geekhouse lo-pro from another frame builder in the US. Boots (of Icarus Bikes) frequently has to fix the Geekhouses as Marty doesn't understand how strong a frame has to be, and technically isn't a very good builder. And he has had numerous frames returned to him by buyers because they are shit. The original frames were all built by some factory somewhere in the US because he couldn't build. Then most were half built by Boots, and now, maybe now he can finally build is own frames on his own, but I couldn't say for sure either way. His History just doesn't make me think he is a sound frame builder.

And then 2cm to Marty's right or left, in the same Warehouse is Boots who builds Icarus bikes, who trained under Yamaguchi (sp?) and builds full custom builds that are not only structuraly sound but simply devine.

Geekhouse looks like a good custom frame builder, and Marty is good at marketing. But its an illusion, and his reputation in the states, I am told is a lot less positive.

I haven't heard of a single lo pro being returned. (edit- I had heard of some fork difficulties at the outset, as he had chosen the fork design to be a signature- however, now those forks have been improved extraordinarily, and look the business)
Prior to undertaking a full apprenticeship somewhere (Ive forgotten where)
he did supply mass produced frames to the dirt/ street/ park, for a while and could imagine those to be sub par, but thats why he started producing in house.

even if Boots has to fix the frames, so what, they're still being built with the utmost of care.

But that technically is wrong, and I happen to know that, I've been there, I've seen the workshop, the stations which each builder works at and each builder at work.

As far as I'm aware, his frames can take an absolute battering, look sweet and thats as much as I need to know. And trust me, he knows exactly what he's doing, right down to CNC machining some interesting new developments.

-agree to disagree.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290300054710

3h 45min and only £65, bargain anyone???

Some wheels



Pinarello £200 BIN

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260369974080

look carbon at £60 couple of hours to go

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=120385804679&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=002

My bars on ebay. Looks like they're going to go silly-cheap!

I notice a while ago I and loads of others were after a 19t cog- here's one for the drought

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NosTrack-sprocket-fixed-wheel-1-8-19t_W0QQitemZ230328964377QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR?hash=item230328964377&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A1|39%3A1|240%3A1318

Pinarello £200 BIN

Is it just me or is that a bit fishy?

Is it just me or is that a bit fishy?

I was thinking that... might be worth asking for the frame number if anyone's after it.

Is it just me or is that a bit fishy?

You mean its a 'Somethingrandom' with pin decals?

I was thinking that it's been stolen. I could be wrong.

The downtube decal looks off to me - not facing horizontally.
hmm - pedals!

The downtube decal looks off to me - not facing horizontally.
hmm - pedals!

You often see nice bikes with shitty pedals though, as most riders seem to keep shoes/pedals together and move them from bike to bike.
When selling someone will just screw on some plastic shitty ones so they don't have to say it hasn't got pedals. If that makes sense

i did offer you £12..

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=120385804679&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=002

My bars on ebay. Looks like they're going to go silly-cheap!

Did you? I didn't get that memo