eBay and Craigslist finds

am i going mad or is this a serious blag?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NOS-TURBO-SEAT-SADDLE-WHITE-SEAT-Vintage-Campagnolo-80s_W0QQitemZ170422911122QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item27adff4092#ht_6148wt_954

has the seller just printed off a campag logo and placed it next to a seat that has nothing to do with campag??

or is it indeed official shit and im mistaken

^^ paging Tika ^^

am i going mad or is this a serious blag?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NOS-TURBO-SEAT-SADDLE-WHITE-SEAT-Vintage-Campagnolo-80s_W0QQitemZ170422911122QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item27adff4092#ht_6148wt_954

has the seller just printed off a campag logo and placed it next to a seat that has nothing to do with campag??

or is it indeed official shit and im mistaken

marketing. legitimizes having campagnolo in the auction title.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Hed-Carbon-Track-Rear-Disc-Wheel_W0QQitemZ260529234771QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR?hash=item3ca8c0a353

This looks like it could be fun, poss. won't ship but hey worth a watch.

£99 Roberts 753 TT frame

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110475155108&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Hilary has something similar: http://www.londonfgss.com/thread35156.html#post1126634

You don't see honest descriptions like this very often - "8.000 miles of use"!

Dura-Ace pedals

£10 Raleigh frame with horizontal drops.

http://www.gumtree.com/london/83/51795783.html

can I get some opinions on whether this was a good buy?

Dura Ace half track half road crankset - £65

Will having one crank sticking out more fuck up the balance?

doesn't matter now. Its gone.

doesn't matter now. Its gone.

True... but they've gone to me.

What do you recon?

I've heard that Shimano are rubbish for finding spare parts, so I guess I'll just have to try it and see.

In that case well done son.
I'm sure, at least for the price, you won't notice the extra bit of Q factor. Its not as bad as it looks in the pic either. Notice how hes not holding the crank flat with the other crank.

it will be fine, dont worry, I'm with Harry, you wont notice

This is stupid cheap.

These wheels are good track training wheels.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PRO-LITE-ROSA-ROAD-700C-TRACK-F-R-WHEELSET-WHEELS-58046_W0QQitemZ250513996024QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR?hash=item3a53cc38f8#ht_4587wt_991

http://www.biggerbids.com/members/images/12745/public/997095_DSC01554.jpg

^^Cheers guys... that's what I was hoping.

I figured I'd take a punt and get in there quick. Just a random find while I was looking for a wheelset.

The guy said it'd been used for time trialing... maybe the random dilled bit was for weight?

This is stupid cheap.

These wheels are good track training wheels.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PRO-LITE-ROSA-ROAD-700C-TRACK-F-R-WHEELSET-WHEELS-58046_W0QQitemZ250513996024QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR?hash=item3a53cc38f8#ht_4587wt_991

http://www.biggerbids.com/members/images/12745/public/997095_DSC01554.jpg

Shit that is pretty good.

Each spoke is tension checked six times during building and then we de-tension the wheel twice before final truing.

What's with de-tensioning before final truing? Do you then re-tension after? Is it to put less strain on the spoke/nips?

I guess what they mean by detensioning (incorrect term) is when you apply force to the wheel to bed the tension in and then do some more final truing. Often there is friction left in the wheel where the spokes cross each other, if the friction isn't removed then the wheel would come out of true on it's first outing.

There's very little point in putting extra tension into a wheel just to remove it again... in fact it (in my mind) it would mean you either put too much tension in the wheel to begin with (stressing your wheel) or were left with too little tension at the end?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260530365394&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

IMO, amazing stuff but pretty expensive...BIN £171 ($275 US)

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track wheel rigida DP18, with on-one

make and offer

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260530365394&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

IMO, amazing stuff but pretty expensive...BIN £171 ($275 US)

gorgeous

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260530365394&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

IMO, amazing stuff but pretty expensive...BIN £171 ($275 US)

Calling Coppithat where are you Gerald! This is what you need!!!!!!!!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HETCHINS-bike-frame-size-56cm-Reynolds-531_W0QQitemZ160390494312QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR?hash=item255804b868

got him to add some more pictures and it looks exactly like the fake hetchins on the hetchins-site, made by harry butler:
http://www.hetchins.org/904.htm

track wheel rigida DP18, with on-one

make and offer

I saw those too, but they re not *the *right rims. Overpriced.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HETCHINS-bike-frame-size-56cm-Reynolds-531_W0QQitemZ160390494312QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR?hash=item255804b868

got him to add some more pictures and it looks exactly like the fake hetchins on the hetchins-site, made by harry butler:
http://www.hetchins.org/904.htm

Hmm, I'm not so sure. The curve on the seatstays looks much more akin to a Hetchins, a lot lower down than on the fake one. I'd be a bit more worried about the rear dropouts, they look a little too new.

Wired99

Hetchins - £750 BIN - UK

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HETCHINS-bike-frame-size-56cm-Reynolds-531_W0QQitemZ160390494312QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR?hash=item255804b868

^^ looks very similar to the one from a few months ago that was dirt cheap from a boss at work and then turned out to not be what it was supposed to be or something like that.

sorry if i missed something.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HETCHINS-bike-frame-size-56cm-Reynolds-531_W0QQitemZ160390494312QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR?hash=item255804b868

got him to add some more pictures and it looks exactly like the fake hetchins on the hetchins-site, made by harry butler:
http://www.hetchins.org/904.htm

Hmm, I'm not so sure. The curve on the seatstays looks much more akin to a Hetchins, a lot lower down than on the fake one. I'd be a bit more worried about the rear dropouts, they look a little too new.

Wired99

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apologies for quoting myself.

like i suspected, its the infamous 95 pound hetchins.

http://www.londonfgss.com/thread27908.html