eBay and Craigslist finds


my first bike project, its unbadged so i know nothing about it. £60 22inch, 10speed.

Revell 531c SS on Gumtree, £180.

Renak comes from the eastern part of Germany, somewhere near Chemnitz

http://www.disraeligears.co.uk/Site/Renak_derailleurs.html

Right now now only have hub dynamo's / dynamo hubs and they are located in northern Germany, Itzehoe in Schleswig-Holstein

http://www.renak.de

renak was the biggest hub manufactor in the GDR and produced near Karl-Marx Stadt.
diamant frames where build in in Karl-Marx Stadt now Chemnitz.
They where build in the same special purpose machinery manufacture like textima sprint frames.(Michael Hübner rode textima in the 1990's sprint finals)
the race frames didn't come from the normal factory.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/One-off-Pete-Dunn-fixed-gear-bike-SS-TT-track-pista_W0QQitemZ330340969667QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Bikes_GL?hash=item4ce9db2cc3&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A1688%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

Nah, don't bid on that one, guys - huge bend in the top tube: clearly been crashed.
;)

BARGAIN !!!

Small Vitus, purple frame, complete bike. Only EUR 50.-

With Ultegra parts, white Rolls saddle.

http://link.marktplaats.nl/262201110

damn it!!! just missed this one. anyone here get it?

yeah i spotted this too 606 - Revell 531c SS on Gumtree, £180.

gonna see it tonight hopefully, what do people think, good price? wasnt sure if it was bit expensive?

Nah, don't bid on that one, guys - huge bend in the top tube: clearly been crashed.
;)

hehe I put a bid on it ;) But it is a little too big for me

Tommasini track frame;

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Tommasini-Pista-track-frame-fork-for-campagnolo-NEW_W0QQitemZ150355904525QQcmdZViewItemQQptZRoad_Bikes?hash=item2301e9080d&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1688|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A50

Ebay have stopped you from linking to pictures though, the dumb goons.

mmmm nice.

Internet fail by me then.

Thanks Henners.

One day...

I've just picked up a Cougar frame with a Campy headset from a mate. Does anyone out there know much about this company or their frames? I've googled and nowt turned-up apart from the odd pic on ebay. It's light as a feather so thinking Alum frame??

Cougar were a Liverpool based builder who very very popular in the early 90s. A lot of their frames were made by Terry Dolan, who worked for them.

A few people on here have them, i.e. aidan for one I think.

Is the frame tig welded or lugged?

Cheers andyp... It's lugged. Also has Cougar logo on the top of each fork

It's steel if it's lugged then. I'm not sure when they went out of business so it's difficult to say what steel tubeset it used, presuming there is no sticker on the seat tube?

No info stickers on the tubes sadly, just Cougar logo stickers all over the gaff. It sounds very thin, when tapped, to be steel but I know nadda. Is that the general rule... lugged = steel? Hope it is steel as the seatpost is jammed and may need to get my chemistry set out to dissolve the bugger! It's my first project so wanted to get some info on frame before I jumped in...

Yes, the general rule is lugged = steel. Sheldon Brown has some good tips on removing a stuck seat post. Good luck with it.

No, there is also a bunch of lugged alu and carbonfibre frames, but when you see it, it's obvious, normally.
Also, a magnet will tell you more...
The qty of stainless steel frames is rather small and even stainless steel may sometimes stick to a magnet.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Columbus-Thron-Frame-Forks-£100 bin

^ dibs on that mofo!

That would make an awesome geared bike.

^ dibs on that mofo!

You can't dibs eBay stuff

That would make an awesome geared bike.

+1

^ dibs on that mofo!

then press BIN quick...

c-record track..

195euros BIN

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=250455833733

then press BIN quick...

plus one

what are you waiting for?,, one bid and the BIN will disappear.