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[Closed] PSA: Bargain YETI on ebay, just listed

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Nothing to do with me, but looks a steal for the money.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MTB-Full-Suspension-bicycle-/251170754402?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item3a7af18f62


 
Posted : 20/10/2012 5:02 pm
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Some idiot'll buy it because it says Yeti on it.

It looks shite.


 
Posted : 20/10/2012 5:08 pm
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Not a bargain.


 
Posted : 20/10/2012 5:09 pm
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Not a bargain.

Oh really? Apologies then - thought was fairly tidy, just tired.


 
Posted : 20/10/2012 5:14 pm
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Great colour. Not got 29" wheels so no one on STW will be interested!!


 
Posted : 20/10/2012 6:38 pm
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that looks like a really old one that someone has rebuilt with a crap shock and fork and some XT bits.


 
Posted : 20/10/2012 6:40 pm
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Not a Yeti...


 
Posted : 20/10/2012 6:41 pm
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Not a Yeti...

Although I'm no expert on old Yetis that was rather what I thought. Certainly doesn't look like any Yeti from the last 6 or 7 years.


 
Posted : 20/10/2012 6:44 pm
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that's what I thought but has the head badge - would someone really go to the effort of putting the head badge on.

I also wondered why he hasn't said it's a yeti anywhere on the advert.


 
Posted : 20/10/2012 6:45 pm
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That rear end is very familiar,but not a Yeti,I think.


 
Posted : 20/10/2012 7:37 pm
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The rear end doesn't look like any Yeti I've ever seen. Front end looks like an ASR copy?


 
Posted : 20/10/2012 7:42 pm
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what is the 'A' logo on the mech hanger?


 
Posted : 20/10/2012 7:45 pm
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God, this is really embarrassing.

Note to self to never suggest bargains again.


 
Posted : 20/10/2012 8:42 pm
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You fool!!!


 
Posted : 20/10/2012 8:47 pm
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A vague attempt but not a yeti that I have ever seen :-S


 
Posted : 20/10/2012 9:28 pm
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God, this is really embarrassing.

Note to self to never suggest bargains again.

Well, it was on ebay, and it had only just been listed. Two out of four ain't bad.

Prize for whoever works out what it actually is?


 
Posted : 20/10/2012 9:37 pm
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want to say a Tomac but the linkage is wrong


 
Posted : 20/10/2012 10:16 pm
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[url= http://www.decathlon.co.uk/rockrider-91-2011-id_8170096.html ]Enough people said they were the same as the sb66[/url]


 
Posted : 20/10/2012 10:28 pm
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you emailed him, no way you guessed that

i emailed as well


 
Posted : 20/10/2012 10:37 pm
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looks really similar but some bits look different - like there is less hydroforming. An earlier model of the Decathlon?


 
Posted : 20/10/2012 10:41 pm
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Dear ********,

hello,

you're correct it's not a yeti, i believe it is a bt win rockrider 9.9, unsure of the year.

- thedad71


 
Posted : 20/10/2012 10:44 pm
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2007 Rockrider

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"Yeti"

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Posted : 20/10/2012 10:45 pm
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Zaskar ๐Ÿ˜†

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Posted : 20/10/2012 10:47 pm
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๐Ÿ˜†

seems to be quite a business in making fake expensive bikes with decathlon ones!


 
Posted : 20/10/2012 10:54 pm
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Why go to the hassle?!


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 7:26 am
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On the other hand the actual rockrider doesn't look to be bad VFM


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 8:14 am
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you emailed him, no way you guessed that

i emailed as well


Nope. Just saw the massive main pivot


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 9:10 am
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Mental! At least as a buy now someone's not gonna end up paying thousands under the pretence it's a Yeti. Makes it even more pointless from the seller's perspective though.


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 9:17 am
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He is being a bit dodgy though.


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 9:39 am
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He is being a bit dodgy though.

A [i]bit[/i]? He has what he thinks is a Rockrider, painted up as a Yeti, and makes no mention of this in the listing. That is decidedly underhand no matter how you spin it.

Andy


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 6:18 pm
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looks like some goon bought it... discovered it wasn't what it was ment to be and is selling it again

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/decathlon-rockrider-yeti-replica-frame-20-inch-with-air-shock-/121017222534?pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&hash=item1c2d304586


 
Posted : 13/11/2012 5:45 pm
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Poor sod!


 
Posted : 13/11/2012 5:51 pm
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Not necessarily a goon. He is being honest about what he is selling and has stripped it down. If he sells the parts seperatly and gets an okay price for the frame, he [i]could[/i] make a few quid


 
Posted : 13/11/2012 5:52 pm
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while we are on the topic can anyone shed any light on this ? I assume it is not actually a specialized:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/custom-built-specialized-downhill-mountain-bike-/251181985458?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item3a7b9ceeb2


 
Posted : 13/11/2012 5:52 pm
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I reckon he bought it knowing what it was and intending to break it.


 
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I assume it is not actually a specialized:

You assume correctly. Step away - complete POS.


 
Posted : 13/11/2012 5:57 pm
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Interesting shock mount set up on that thing, looks like some sort of optical elusion with the shock going through the frame.

Loving the big angry red type.

POS.


 
Posted : 13/11/2012 6:00 pm
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These muppets on fleabay really wind me up - I've asked Spesh UK for their expert opinion on this fine example of their products....


 
Posted : 13/11/2012 6:11 pm
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Considering Spesh bikes of that time were all FSR variants and thats a single pivot, there is no way thats the genuine article.


 
Posted : 13/11/2012 6:53 pm
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custom built specialized full suspension downhill mountain bike this was hand built 4 years ago

ive had a idiot who recons the bikes from tesco i dont think tesco bikes had fsa fitted as standard

So was it custom built or did it come like that as standard out of the box? ๐Ÿ˜€

It's not a tesco frame either but i wonder what it is?


 
Posted : 13/11/2012 7:31 pm
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Old diamondback/raleigh/claud butler/barracuda? The top model in a [s]toss[/s] budget range of bikes I reckon, then upgraded over time

The BS is strong with this one. Wonder what model of Specialized it is?


 
Posted : 13/11/2012 7:37 pm
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I've never seen a shock quite like that. I am thinking unsuccessful euro-brand-lost-its-way from about 2001.


 
Posted : 13/11/2012 7:39 pm
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Saw that listed yesterday as a fake Yeti, listing said someone had gone to a lot of trouble to make a Decathlon look like a Yeti.
Was gonna post a thread but could't be bothered.


 
Posted : 13/11/2012 7:43 pm
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I'm sure I've seen a frame like that before. It'll really bug me now! To Google!


 
Posted : 13/11/2012 7:48 pm
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tom, don't bother with Google, just read the thread.


 
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