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why would you want it? it looks bent as fuck
I thought that too. Why would you waste the time and money on petrol to collect it. It is a scrapper.
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Mine's Red, black, white faded and will be fixed for the time being, with a slightly different set up.
I took it that the Telfer in the photo was yours.
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Soon...
Except mine will be different.
Not that different. I have an identical Telfer frame with the copper/silver fade paint job. Nice frames though.
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290696246748&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:GB:1123
'Very rare bike for sale, only 5 ever made.
Was ridden in 1982 by Stephen Roche in the tour de France time trial.'
According to my records Stephen Roche first rode the Tour de France in 1983. Oops!!!
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Tout Mavic.. PhoarrrrSome bits of 2nd generation MAVIC with the headset, Starfish cranks and perhaps the handlebars, but other than that I would question whether any of the other components are MAVIC, although the quality of the piccie does inhibit identification to some degree.
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What just 14?
I'll take infinity thanks ;)
I thought this was a site for single speed bikes!!!
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Completely Ruined
The terminology he has used is 'camouflaged'. My guessing is that he may also be an Estate Agent or Second Hand Car Saleman.
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290684808731?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
A bit expensive
You think that is expensive, try this one http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-Trek-5900-Collectors-Edition-TDF-Lance-Armstrong-Carbon-Road-Bike-Bicycle-/350518701389?pt=Road_Bikes&hash=item519c8aed4d
American seller, so the usual multiplication of the true value apply!!! If you have a spare $6,000 then this could be yours.
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frejus is awseome
Absolutely, except for the string tie around the front wheel and the down tube which is definitely anti. Surely there is a better solution?
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Stylish pencil type Cat Eye front lamp which is great for your retro mount. I had one of these in the1990’s and it was a great light which can also be readily used for around the house. Lightweight for its day, the weight weenies would probably turn their nose up at it these days but, in my opinion, it is a reliable and well built unit. Its takes the ‘C’ size batteries(LR14, R14, MN1400, UM2, HP), and the NiMH type are available with a capacity of 9500mAh. The most powerful in the early 1990’s was around 1600mAh, so these should give plenty of additional night time riding between recharges. I reckon you would get a full 9-12 hours duration but I have to admit to my lack of basic electrical engineering knowledge.
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Well, considering the fact that these headsets are pretty unique and race, it could be a good purchase.
But a few hundreds of GBP is quite a lot for a headset.
Some people would pay the starting price.Bear in mind that the headset locknut is on the stem(presumably stuck), the bottom race is on the forks(which are scrap) and the bearing cups in the frame appear to have gone missing I doubt it would be a good purchase. Assuming that you won the items you would still end up with half a headset. Besides would you want to line his pockets with your hard earned cash!!!
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He's badly split the bike down (top race still stuck to stem), crap listing details /none, worst pictures I've ever seen, and £500 P&P on the front mech.
That guy really is just a little bit special.
'Vitus 992 frame was previously selling as a whole bike but due to being informed that the bike looks like its had a front smash decided to sell frame by its self. any questions please get in contact.'
'Vitus 992 bike forks, couple of little scratches on one side, any questions please get on contact.'
I am speechless. He has been told about his frame and he is now selling a safety critical component like the forks with a 'couple of little scratches on one side', when they need to be skipped. We all know there is unscrupulous scum out there prepared to offload their tat on unsuspecting buyers, but this guy is the crème de la crème.
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Oh God...he removed "buy it now" (for £350!) and left only the auction option. The sad thing is somebody already placed a bid...
No reply to my email though.'This listing was ended by the seller because the item is no longer available.'
The seller must have got sick of people asking whether the frame he was selling was straight and true and if it had been in a front end smack. Looks like consumer pressure may have won the day. Just hope he does not try and fob off his damaged frames on others and has the common decency to skip it.
Forgive me if I have missed something.
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I have never heard of this?
...it sounds absurd, or am i not picking up internet sarcasm?
In my experience a lock ring is unnecessary on the track as I have never unscrewed the sprocket whilst riding on the track, but a lock ring is a must on the road(in my opinion) as I have unscrewed sprockets on descents to find the chain then gets jammed. The sprocket is effectively one of your brakes, especially if you just have a front brake caliper fitted, so the lock ring is your fail safe. If you ride without a front caliper and no lock ring on the road, then you are just taking your life in your own hands!
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Nice build but the fillet joint between the down tube and head tube is looking a bit porous to me for what should be a quality build.
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I've just declined the cancel, and havn't paid anything. Also reported the seller to ebay. awaiting what they say.
Unfortunately, Fleabay do not always shower themselves in glory and you have to be careful what they promise on the website and what they actually do. I had an instance where a seller sold a front derailleur as NOS. When it came through it had chain rub to the inside of the cage and was also missing the mounting bolt and dedicated counterbored washer. So not NOS or complete. The seller thought that he could just say 'send it back for a full refund'. I had been looking for this item for some time and had the parts to make it complete so I decided to keep. I told him I would not send it back but wanted a part refund, to which he made a derisory offer. After extended emails we could not agree and I left him negative feedback and reported the matter to eBay. He later started to bid on one of my items that I had for sale so that he could then leave negative feedback in retaliation, but he was outbid in the end.
Although they promise to help resolve disputes, they gave in his favour because I had paid him by cheque(problems with my PayPal account) and they had not earned any commission from the PayPal transaction, bearing in mind PayPal is owned by Fleabay. I never got a part refund. A case of commercial interests overriding my statutory rights. The next time fleabay sent me a 'customer satisfaction questionnaire' I told them what a shambolic complaints procedure they had, giving in favour to a dishonest seller.
That said, if a seller decides not to sell the item, there is nothing you can do to make them. In my experience you either:-
- Pay for the item via PayPal and try and politely persuade the seller to send the item(highly unlikely). If he does not you can always claim the money back and leave him negative;
- Forget him and buy it from elsewhere but you will not be able to leave negative.
Try and keep it polite and try not to get offended by any derogatory comments he may make and do not respond in the same tone should the seller descend to such indignified behaviour. Whatever happens, learn from the experience and move on.
Hope this helps.
- Pay for the item via PayPal and try and politely persuade the seller to send the item(highly unlikely). If he does not you can always claim the money back and leave him negative;
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also a fucking nice Bianchi 1975 Rcord Professional with full campag currently at 275 from the same seller...
Seat post is in the wrong way.
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why is there 2 brakes? Is it designed for cyclocross?
It is a tricycle. By law you are required to have two brakes or methods of slowing a bike/trike. It is a compromise design as it is very difficult to mount effective braking to the rear wheels of tricycles as there are no chain stays immediately adjacent to the wheel rims, and besides, braking on just one side would be particularly dangerous for obvious reasons.
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I picked up this from a guy who came into the shop the other day, he has basically totally ruined it(whatever it was) for some reason he has tried to cut out the bb, rattle can the thing white(terrible job) and the seatpost is stuck, the seat stays say "Columbia" on them and it has "young" stamped into the bb,the dropouts are campy, i spent a while on google and came up with nothing, if anyone has any idea it would be pretty cool to find out what it is/where it came from.oh and it has has canti mounts.
I have googled 'columbia worksop' and it comes up with one relevant listing that I can find, and that is the CTC forum.This is the link http://forum.ctc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=47577. Searching for 'columbia bikes', 'columbia cycle' just gives loads of American sites as it was also an American make.
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I picked up this from a guy who came into the shop the other day, he has basically totally ruined it(whatever it was) for some reason he has tried to cut out the bb, rattle can the thing white(terrible job) and the seatpost is stuck, the seat stays say "Columbia" on them and it has "young" stamped into the bb,the dropouts are campy, i spent a while on google and came up with nothing, if anyone has any idea it would be pretty cool to find out what it is/where it came from.oh and it has has canti mounts.
Columbia frames came from Worksop, England. As you can see from the pictures, I have a Lo Pro built from Reynolds 531 with a curved seat and top tube. The font used for the branding is a script type font which looks similar to the lettering used on the seat stays on your frame. Having looked closely at the pictures(the bike is at the back of the shed at the moment) it has fast back seat stays, so does not have the 'Columbia' detailing to the top of the seat stays. I can not recall a frame number at the moment or any detailing on the bottom bracket but it looks to me that it is the same frame builder. I do not have any information on the age of the frame as the previous owner bought it second hand.
I particularly like the blue/white fade colour scheme and the gold script branding and do not intend to repaint, but to retain the pattina and considering building up with Mavic groupset and a PMP chainset with the 'L' shaped cranks.
I have also googled it and have only found one other Columbia which was a road bike.
Hope this helps.
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Chris Boardman in the 1994 Tour de France Prologue on the Lotus Type 110, the road going version of the Type 108. Catching Luc LeBlanc was sweet revenge after LeBlanc's comments the year before, when he suggested that an amateur such as Boardman should not be attempting the World Hour Record.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjJ60Kx2j8I
Sorry if it is a repost.
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1993 Raleigh Dyna-Tech Torus Plasma Arc Welded Titanium with Direct Control Fork
Particularly like the Timken angular contact bearings for the headset.
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The AIS Superbike is similar in design to the Lotus 108 and is shown along with a screen shot of the Finite Element Analysis for the frame. The points of highest stress are shown midway on the bottom edge of the main member and midway between the bottom bracket and the rear drop outs which is what an engineer would expect to see. It shows that the stresses are relatively even, with no significantly high concentrations of stress. The Yamaguchi would most probably show high concentrations of stresses, indicated by shades from red to purple which would concern an engineer. As much as I am a fan of steel frames(I have one carbon frame, one aluminium and a dozen steel frames), the beauty of carbon fibre over steel is the ability to add another couple of sheets of carbon fibre to reinforce areas of high stress, thereby evening the stress loadings.
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The Yamaguchi simply serves to illustrate that the bicycle frame is remarkably tolerant of clueless dicking about if you're prepared to throw enough steel at it.
That is one way of putting it! Whilst the Yamaguchi might be resilient enough for a track as smooth as a snooker table, it may not be robust enough for riding on our pot holed roads.
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The idea was that the cranks would straighten slightly at the point of maximum force applied by the rider i.e. on the downstroke, and thereby increasing the leverage slightly by effectively creating an elliptical pedal stroke. This was supposed to give a more enhanced pedal motion and these cranks were often used with elliptical chainrings to help get over the top dead centre when pushing the big gears.
It was an extremely dubious marketing ploy which ignored the fact that the 'L' shape had created a built in stress raiser concentrating around the elbow and the additional material and subsequent weight gain. Whilst dispensing with handlebar tape(see above Hill Special) to save weight, that weight and more, is then added by the adoption of the P.M.P. cranks. Additionally, any significant increase in the centres of was highly unlikely and, if ever it did occur, would bring into question the durability of the crank with subsequent health and safety concerns should the crank snap.
What appears to have been overlooked on the Hill Special is the rare tubing set. At first it looked to be Reynolds 'SpeedStream' but I would guess that it is more likely to be Ishiwata aero or Columbus 'AIR' tubing. Either way, combining the early aero tubing frame with the P.M.P. cranks and Modolo brake levers, makes for a classic 1980's Time Trial setup and is worthy of its inclusion in the Bike Porn thread. Would look better with appropriate pedals such as the Cinelli M71's or the Adidas Systeme 3 pedal and shoe combination.