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[Closed] What the HELL is this?! (a fantastic demonstration of how mad eBay is!)

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Words cannot describe it....other than DANGEROUS? What the hell is that? Discuss....

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=321072436858&index=0&nav=SEARCH&nid=81028868173

Cheers all, enjoy!


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:07 pm
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It's that fast the saddle needs goggles on it ๐Ÿ˜€


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:09 pm
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still not clear on the extra boost chamber, maybe it came with stickers on it


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:10 pm
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Well it's definitely distinctive!!


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:10 pm
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Probably held together by all those stickers!


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:12 pm
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It's just mad...it has an oil or air tank...no shimano airlines system and I can't see what else the tank would be for? The rear brake 'floating' set up would I think totally lock the rear triangle=no suspension.

Oh and don't get my started on the forks or drivetrain...how many crowns, how many chain rollers?!

WTF??!!!


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:12 pm
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Look forward to seeing that being pushed up numerous hills!!


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:13 pm
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Half an hour with a hairdyer to take the stickers off and it wouldn't look so bad!


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:13 pm
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I like it and I'm going to bid on it! ๐Ÿ˜€


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:13 pm
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Definitely needs more stickers ๐Ÿ˜†


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:14 pm
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Three crowns, and an extra floating brake arm which can't actually be connected. W. T. F.

EDIT: one of them is attached to the swingarm, so doesn't actually do anything.


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:14 pm
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He's got a kona stab gearbox bike for sale as well. I don't think it's meant to be, but it is.


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:16 pm
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They're very, very clean


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:18 pm
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Was the top brake link straight at some point in time???

Bizarre... I just don't understand why anyone would build such a thing!


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:18 pm
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The Patriot is mad, but the Stab is batshit mental!


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:20 pm
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Also, imagine the pedal kickback on that stab!


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:21 pm
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The Orange is positively banal in comparison to this;

[IMG] [/IMG]


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:22 pm
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At least it comes with sensible size rotors for its weight! ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:22 pm
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edit: too slow.

WTF is all that stuff on his bikes? The tank, the links to the rear brake, the extra chain and pulley on the Kona?


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:22 pm
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no shimano airlines system and I can't see what else the tank would be for?

NOS!


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:22 pm
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Wheels look a bit small...


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:23 pm
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Reminds me of this:


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:24 pm
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WTF are those forks???


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:24 pm
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....and why do they have V-Brake bosses?! ๐Ÿ˜†


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:25 pm
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The ones on the Orange are Shivers I think but surely the stanchions are too long?


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:28 pm
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The brake lever on the giant. Child's scooter?


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:29 pm
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Ha ha, all three of the bikes he's selling are ridiculous!!


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:29 pm
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the Giant has a tie rod to the back axle too and has some sort of hub gear.

Surely the guy would list details of the bikes if they were legit?


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:34 pm
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I'm half tempted to buy them just to confuse people with at Cwmcarn ๐Ÿ˜›


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:35 pm
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Surely the guy would list details of the bikes if [s]they were legit[/s] he wasn't madder than a sackful of angry badgers?

FTFY


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:36 pm
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The crown and stanchions on the Giant look like Manitou Minutes (never seen any with that much travel though) while the lowers appear to be Rock Shox ๐Ÿ˜ฏ

If they were cheap it would be worth a bid or two just for an interesting parts bin ๐Ÿ˜†

Barking!!


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:43 pm
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Think he may have a sticker fettish


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:44 pm
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I keep coming back here to click the links to look at them again.

Are these bits he has bolted to them some inventions from the last 10-15 years that really didn't take off as they were rubbish?


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:46 pm
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One person could not end up with three similar bonkers stolen bikes
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Pure maddness


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:50 pm
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[img] [/img]


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:53 pm
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What do we think of these cranks? [IMG] [/IMG]
I imagine they are probably home drilled. Judging by his fork set-ups.


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:55 pm
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I just don't understand the forks. What is going with the stanchions?!


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:56 pm
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Daft question but is it just the size of the forks creating an optical illusion or is the front wheel smaller than the rear on the Giant?


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:59 pm
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I just don't understand [s]the forks[/s] any of it. What is going with [s]the stanchions[/s] bloody everything?!


 
Posted : 13/02/2013 11:59 pm
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Shouldn't someone ask him to explain how those extras actually work?


 
Posted : 14/02/2013 12:00 am
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Half tempted to buy the Kona, dress up as a hipster and cycle it round Camden/Hackney with a totally straight face parking it next to every single speed I see.


 
Posted : 14/02/2013 12:19 am
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if beauty is in the eye of the beholder,some one needs mudguards ๐Ÿ˜‰


 
Posted : 14/02/2013 12:30 am
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Top marks, thats proper backwoods too-many-funny-mushrooms folk-art that is!

Half tempted to buy the Kona, dress up as a hipster and cycle it round Camden/Hackney with a totally straight face parking it next to every single speed I see.

Oh god, please do! And get a mate to take a video! Nathan Barley new series lol


 
Posted : 14/02/2013 12:33 am
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The guy selling them is the trollminator~ epic genius!!


 
Posted : 14/02/2013 12:37 am
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