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All good man, your bike looks sick! I just need rid of a couple of bikes as we're under pressure from the owner of our building, so maybe I was a little too (ahem) motivated! Stand by what I said about skill level though, this thing is so twitchy that it'll kill you in central London pretty quickly if you don't know what you're doing ; )
Totally happy to accept it is what it is. If someone thinks it's worth £600 or so then I'd take it, not looking to pull the wool over anyone's eyes at all. I just listed it on ebay at £650 if anyone wants to follow up:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/116236919254
Do appreciate everyone chipping in on this, thanks all
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Haha you guys are savages! @Arnomatic it's totally this! Thanks a lot all for straightening this out!
So either Merlin white-labelled a few of these (not totally inconceivable I guess, as I understand they were going through some changes as an org at the time, and I'm still perplexed by the email they sent me back), or more likely someone has played silly buggers with it at some point during its life. Either way, appreciate your help - I bought this in good faith, so it's interesting for me learning what can go on in the road bike world.
I'll kill this listing and take it back to eBay and list it as what it is off the back of this, will get whatever it's worth. Cheers!
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Just heard back from MM, not exactly a detailed email but they have confirmed that it is one of theirs. Have requested more information and will post more if they get back to me
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For sale is my 2024 FlyBikes Sierra BMX, selling as after riding it a few times I have come to the conclusion that I am now firmly middle-aged and so am migrating to a dirt jump bike. I'm very space-constrained here in central London and so need rid - take advantage!
It's a full 'Signature Custom' pro spec build, bought direct from FlyBikes in Spain late last year with all pro-grade Fly components, including:
/ Sierra (Sergio Layos signature) frame, fork, bars, saddle
/ Lunar/Pyramide wheels
/ Dolmen/Traktor crank and chainring
/ Manual brake and lever
/ Polished Fly stem and seatpostOnly non-Fly components on the bike are kevlar-beaded 2.1" Odyssey tyres to reduce rolling weight, and of course ODI mushroom grips. Everything is matt black or polished silver and it's a very clean-looking bike. I have taken it out fewer than 10 times to pump tracks only, never been crashed or ditched and so is in really great condition.
21"TT / 13.6" chainstays / 75deg head angle / 8.5" rise bars
Looking for £750 or offers, this is a £1600 absolute top-end BMX build so a total bargain if you're looking for a proper freestyle BMX. All receipts available, so warranty still in place.
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It is one obscure F+F that's for sure. It shares decals (the shadows of which are still visible on the downtube even though they have been removed) with this:
https://bikerumor.com/ib14-merlin-empire-carbon-fiber-road-bike-spotted/
Frame number label is still on the BB shell too. I'd love to know more about it if anyone has any knowledge : )
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-Removed due to users here pointing out that this bike may have a patchier history than I thought. Thanks for everyone's advice-
TBH I had forgotten what forums were like 😂