eBay and Craigslist finds

did you win this bike? I was tempted but it went over the limit I set for myself.

no i didnt. i got a message from a forumite that he was intersted so i kept off it. in fact it turned out that he was thinking about converting the roberts to fixed so we ended up almost splitting it. Anyway the price though went above we agreed was probably reasonable for us. we missed out.

Or maybe leave it on the Roberts and ride that one instead? the Roberts is perfect (and it's a Roberts too, excellent frame).

or maybe i just like my mercian more. ed you might not get it but some people get attached to their frames and dont want to change them everytime they get paid. agreed though excellent frame it was not my size however.

I had a snipe on that as well, though it went a bit high. Probably not a bad price though.

yeah it wasnt that bad in the end although a bit borderline.

is this set any good- am building up some fixies for a couple of people i know and want to be able to do it with minimum expenditure because i would actually like to make some money from it....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fixie-stock-clearance-Build-Kit-SS-bike-Fixie-/250705803800?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item3a5f3afa18#ht_4745wt_1097

is this set any good- am building up some fixies for a couple of hipsters i know

ftfy ;)

no very little or care very little about bikes or just want a cheap bike then give it a go.

How much were you finkin' of sellin' the bikes for ?

is this set any good- am building up some fixies for a couple of people i know and want to be able to do it with minimum expenditure because i would actually like to make some money from it....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fixie-stock-clearance-Build-Kit-SS-bike-Fixie-/250705803800?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item3a5f3afa18#ht_4745wt_1097

is this set any good- am building up some fixies for a couple of people i know and want to be able to do it with minimum expenditure because i would actually like to make some money from it....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fixie-stock-clearance-Build-Kit-SS-bike-Fixie-/250705803800?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item3a5f3afa18#ht_4745wt_1097

(a) the parts are shit, don't buy them
(b) if you don't know shit about bikes, why are you building them for people? if they really are your friends, advise them to go to a bike shop. But I guess they aren't really your friends, as you want to make a profit from them.

He never said they were his friends.
You're right about the parts though, well the crankset mainly.
Deacon, look for ones called Driveline, they're cheap as anything and I ran them hard for about 10 months without trouble.

my bad, skim read

Let's see this baby go!!! Not the 165 thou :)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170549973999&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

http://http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lovely-1950s-Track-bike-fixed-gear-fixie-chrome-/250709409037?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item3a5f71fd0d

This has popped up again!! was this not for sale on here for something crazy like £500 a few weeks ago???

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Link doesnt seem to be working, on the bay £325 no bids one day to go!!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lovely-1950s-Track-bike-fixed-gear-fixie-chrome-/250709409037?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item3a5f71fd0d

excellent linking technique! ftfy

Ha ha computer Biffage!!!!

£325 no bids one day to go!!

I should hope not. Rubbish build. style>substance.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Condor-Racing-Bicycle-/130441983150?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item1e5ef2b4ae#ht_500wt_1156

mmmhhmm fishy?

looks very dodgy, possible shill bidding too

45 bids already?........

http://cgi.ebay.com/ZO-BAGS-Bum-Bag-Green-Black-RACE-CAPTAIN-fixie-culture-/170552763719?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item27b5bca547#ht_1866wt_932

http://www.onceridden.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/Pages.getPage/Id/69

Araya 27"

http://link.marktplaats.nl/386821359

http://www.onceridden.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/Pages.getPage/Id/69

I seen this bike in cycle show on Sunday massive :P they had also full sus bike from 1920 :P

I think they were built just to showcase Lotus's capabilities and were not meant to be raced as the bikes are not allowed by the governing body? Might be wrong but I am a massive Lotus (cars) fan and it popped up during a discussion.

I seen this bike in cycle show on Sunday massive :P they had also full sus bike from 1920 :P

Quite nice but possibly a bit highly priced?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dave-Yates-Low-Profile-Frame-Reynolds-531-Speedstream-/170551241748?pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&hash=item27b5a56c14#ht_629wt_1141[/IMG]

looks very dodgy, possible shill bidding too

what's a sign of shilling? I can see there's been a huge amount of bids on this auction.

lots of bidding of money like 49, 59,69. bids designed not to win, by a buyer with low feedback.

dont worry about shill bidders. set your own maximum of what you think something is worth and then bid. resist the temptation to go above the maximum that you have set.