For Sale: Vivalo frame & forks

I put this up on ebay a couple of weeks ago, and it didn't reach the £300 minimum that I want for it so I got my friend to win the auction for me. Marcus (from this very forum, I believe) contacted me and said he would take it but has been hit with some heavy bills and can't come up with the money for a while. A chap here in Brighton said he will definitely have it but I haven't heard back from him in a week. I'm offering it up here as my girlfriend has organised a surprise(ish) birthday trip for me to Copenhagen next week and I have no money whatsoever. So not only would you be getting a stunning frame for a good price, you'd be giving me a happy & hopefully drunken birthday.
I think £300 is more than fair, it's less than what I paid for it and I've never ridden it.
I've seen them go for double this. I know it has a dent in the toptube but aside from this it is flawless.
I'm posting the finished ebay auction link so you can see the photos and description (I hope this isn't an infringement on the forum commandments).
Cheers
Si

photos & description

Fuck me, that's a dent alright!?

Fuck me, that's a dent alright!?

haha! that's what i was thinking. hit by a meteor?

You must have swung those handlebars pretty hard...

Get Mario to fix moon crater.then flog it.

You could park another bike in that dent!

that frame is fucked son.
I offer a £5

Roberts 853 with cf forks, nice con. £380

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Roberts-Reynolds-853-Master-Pro-Frame-Ouzo-Pro-Forks-/200470769771?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&hash=item2eacfd306b

it didn't reach the £300 minimum that I want for it so I got my friend to win the auction for me.

Isn't this against ebays rules.
And if you wanted a minimum price for it could you not have set a reserve price.

i wud be very ineterested as its my size but not at that price with that dent

I've seen them go for double this.

This bit is bothering me

Maybe 3-4 years ago but Vivalo are cheap as chips ever since they lost their NJS license 2+yrs ago. NO-ONE anywhere on this planet will pay £600 for a Vivalo - FACT!

I had one and it was 99% mint. That was 3yrs ago, cost me £360

Anyway, sorry for the salekiller but us locals ain't stupid

Heheheheeheheheehe, 'doglog'.

I had one and it was 99% mint. That was 3yrs ago, **cost me £360
** Anyway, sorry for the salekiller but us locals ain't stupid

Trudat^.
I got a vivalo for my GF, new!!! as in neverrideenbeforeorcrashed!, 3/4 years ago, from Japan, about 400GN, sold it here for 350GN.
There were no dents.
I just had Mario Vaz filling a HUGE dent on my Panasonic mate, he'll do it for chips and it will look the biz.

just so people know, Mario Bros. can cut out and replace whole tubes as well.

Did I want this?

I lose track....

Must've been during 'acid week'

The only reason I can think of is that I wanted to eat my frosties out of that dent....brekkie on the go ftw

just so people know, Mario Bros. can cut out and replace whole tubes as well.

Japanese lugs are way too thin, in some cases (Panasonic), "...replacing a tube could mean the lug wouldn't take the re-heating/brazing..." - Mario's words about my Panasonic.

''dent''

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, thats a dent alright. This should be on bike anti-porn

Japanese lugs are way too thin, in some cases (Panasonic), "...replacing a tube could mean the lug wouldn't take the re-heating/brazing..." - Mario's words about my Panasonic.

he has a nice frame hanging up near the door which needs a new top tube, I think it's a Mercian? which he says will take a new tube if anyone is interested.

that frame is fucked son.
I offer a £5

+1

Proper fucked..

The top tube has been hit so hard from underneath it has bent the whole top tube upwards. You can see the curvature with your eye in the last but one picture - put a straight edge on it.

Im sure it would buff out. As he states, apart from the dent it is flawless.
I up the last offer to £5.25

+1

Proper fucked..

The top tube has been hit so hard from underneath it has bent the whole top tube upwards. You can see the curvature with your eye in the last but one picture - put a straight edge on it.

+1
You can see it in pics 1 & 3 aswell

I watched this out of curiosity to see what price it went for.I was going to sell my brand new Ocean/vivalo for 350 but opted out because i don't need the cash now.Well not for the moment anyway.

I watched this out of curiosity to see what price it went for.I was going to sell my brand new Ocean/vivalo for 350 but opted out because i don't need the cash now.Well not for the moment anyway.

Go ahead and crash the hell out of it, then sell it here for £350.
I'm sure apart from the dents it will be 100% perfect.

Go ahead and crash the hell out of it, then sell it here for £350.
I'm sure apart from the dents it will be 100% perfect.

Thankyou Nuno that's encouraging i'll keep in mind :o)