dont even know where to start with this:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PLANET-X-UNCLE-JOHN-CYCLOCROSS-BIKE-SIZE-LARGE-/162655835039?hash=item25df0b139f:g:iQAAAOSwXq5ZqTJZ
Oh dear!
Highest bidder 😉
I don't even mind it's in London.
I shouldn't have looked.
It's just depressing to think that someone is so ignorant that they would try to foist such a thing on other people.
Part of me wants to laugh... in a cringey sort of way; the other part of me just feels angry.
[url= http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PLANET-X-UNCLE-JOHN-CYCLOCROSS-BIKE-SIZE-LARGE/152686638701?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20140122125356%26meid%3De3b745a509c14b94b5fd20124ed2d2c8%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D162655835039&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851 ]More Optimistically[/url]
Listed twice.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PLANET-X-UNCLE-JOHN-CYCLOCROSS-BIKE-SIZE-LARGE/152686638701?
£499!
To be fair, I think that's how planet-x knock them out, apart from the seatpost, that's probably aftermarket to make it fit.
Good grief - are those fork lowers back to front ?
dougieb - Member
Good grief - are those fork lowers back to front ?
Nah it's a Manitou I think - they put the arch thing on the back - owner has spun them around thinking it should be on the front - they might have a point, but in this case they're backwards.
(I hope that's what's happened).
Clearly a Tomac fan ..... drop bars and manitous.
Now I look again, top cup of the headset doesn't appear to be, erm well - fitted.
The downtube decal says it all really.
the seatpost, that's probably aftermarket to make it fit.
😆
The downtube decal says it all really.
I like that sticker, I'm a secret clarkson fan...
Chain is a bit slack.
Nah it's a Manitou I think - they put the arch thing on the back - owner has spun them around thinking it should be on the front - they might have a point, but in this case they're backwards.(I hope that's what's happened)
Yup, forks are on backwards. And on the wrong bike.
That is tragic. I'm going to go home and hug my Uncle John (not a euphemism).
Somebody needs to set up a sanctuary for abused bikes like they do for donkeys and manky owls.
is it not just someones turbo bike, so as long as its rear wheel turns its prob alright...
god forbid anyone try to use it outside of a turbo though....
isn't just a collection of stolen parts put together to look like a bike?
do you think it's just a project gone wrong?
or a collection of robbed parts thrown together?
Must be a project, otherwise why would there be 2 identical bikes?
I found this beauty last night.
[url= http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Raleigh-200-Special-DH-Racer-26-W-27-Spd-18-5-Aly-Frm-Very-Tall-New-Bits-/122684940217?hash=item1c90979fb9:g:kdwAAOSwX61ZKwmB ] Perfect for the taller rider[/url]
ps.
At the tour of Britain yesterday I also spotted a rider on one of [url= 
]these[/url].
Is that Raleigh one of Rentons old bikes?
willyboy - theres a couple of folk in my town (Kirkcudbright) who use those cheap electric bikes to get to the pub (needless to say they're banned from driving), you see them outside the pub from lunchtime to after 8 pm every day of the week and they like to tell everyone the bikes cost £1000's
OP that is amazing. Seatpost and forks on backwards. Classic.
I've been looking for a frankenbike for a while. Just placed my bid.
I was looking at the price of second hand Pitches the other day and found this
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SPECIALIZED-Pitch-Comp-2009-Full-Suss-Suspension-XC-Bike-Mtb-Medium-Sram-Rock-Sh/192294343461?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20140122125356%26meid%3D7fcf0f1d750d4baa8aacafb3911c608e%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D6%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D152690003566&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851
I always thought I should have got a set of Fox 40's instead of 36's for mine 😀
First post btw, hello
I reckon that might be a canny buy for someone who is prepared to split it and sell as parts, (at a reasonable auction price obviously, not the £499 buy it now)
I always thought I should have got a set of Fox 40's instead of 36's for mine
Headtube snapping aside, it handled well enough with 7" forks that dual crowns (which are usually lower anyway) wouldn't be the worst addition to it for pedally DH tracks.
I reckon that might be a canny buy for someone who is prepared to split it and sell as parts, (at a reasonable auction price obviously, not the £499 buy it now)
Alloy frame with a track rear hub? Not with a bargepole!
Deffo no disc mounts on those hubs!