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[Closed] Example of bike part prices going mad.

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They are pretty cool but HOW MUCH!
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/product-Shimano-Shimano-Deore-XT-Shark-Fin-Chainstay-PROtector-2041.htm


 
Posted : 30/03/2009 9:38 pm
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That's insane!


 
Posted : 30/03/2009 9:39 pm
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the seller is really trying one on there... neoprene protectors are only a tenner


 
Posted : 30/03/2009 9:40 pm
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Its an antique!


 
Posted : 30/03/2009 9:41 pm
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Wait for the deluge of old fins arriving on classifieds.


 
Posted : 30/03/2009 9:43 pm
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Dammit. I sold an old Clockwork frame with one of those still attached!


 
Posted : 30/03/2009 9:47 pm
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Check them out on retro bike my brother in law was telling me at the weekend about them he has a nearly perfect one that he is looking after.


 
Posted : 30/03/2009 9:47 pm
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SJS aren't known for their cheapness but even so, that must be a mistake?


 
Posted : 30/03/2009 9:48 pm
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It's a-crazy! Good condition Sharkfin for £12 posted, anyone? 😆
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Posted : 30/03/2009 9:49 pm
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sjsc are robbing bastids, and always have been.


 
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FFFFFFFFFFFAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

and you paid £10 for a chainstay protector, thats nearly as bad! just wondering if my chainstay is worth £10? £180 fame, is a chainstay more than 1/18th of a frame...........


 
Posted : 30/03/2009 9:51 pm
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Bought mine off them from their ebay shop. A year or so ago they were listing one every week - think I paid about a tenner with their ridiculous postage charges.


 
Posted : 30/03/2009 10:08 pm
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I remember buying some of these things for £1 a time at one of those 1 day bike sales a few years ago, just for a laugh.

Don't think I even used them! I'll have to try and dig them out, if they're worth £50 each now it may well be the wisest money I ever invested! 😉


 
Posted : 30/03/2009 10:11 pm
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Too expensive to risk putting on your bike, that's for sure.


 
Posted : 30/03/2009 10:12 pm
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That's a Mk2 one in the pic and on that site.
The early ones didn't have a hole for the zip tie to go through.


 
Posted : 30/03/2009 10:40 pm
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Well spotted Brant 🙄


 
Posted : 31/03/2009 12:47 pm
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Has anybody EVER jammed a chain between a tire and chainstay? That must take some doing (impossible probably)...

Quick Edit: Why do these always remind me of smokey grey Shogun XTs... Weird.


 
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Has anybody EVER jammed a chain between a tire and chainstay? That must take some doing (impossible probably)...

Yep. 😳


 
Posted : 31/03/2009 1:00 pm
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Good effort Franki! I can't see how you can get that much slack in the chain, that close to the chainrings on the exit of the rings. Does it take a really sticky freehub, I wonder?


 
Posted : 31/03/2009 1:07 pm
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Phew, I've just ordered 3 before the price goes up again!


 
Posted : 31/03/2009 1:13 pm
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How? it says it's the last one EVER.


 
Posted : 31/03/2009 1:27 pm
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Johnny Burton has em in stock in Stafford, £4.95


 
Posted : 31/03/2009 1:30 pm
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*goes hunting in the cellar for his new in packet XT Sharkfin*

I tried to give it away for free a while back...


 
Posted : 31/03/2009 1:30 pm
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This is a lesson in supply and demand. O level economics. Or they got the price wrong.


 
Posted : 31/03/2009 1:33 pm
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On a different note...anyone want a used Inbred saddle for £35 plus postage?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=330318469860


 
Posted : 31/03/2009 1:44 pm
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Brants right, I had one of the mk.1 jobs on my Falcon Cheetah - remember thinkg how cool I was at the time...........having XT kit on my bike


 
Posted : 31/03/2009 2:31 pm
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I wanted a Zaskar frame from wiggle £350 now 3 weeks later its over £450???


 
Posted : 31/03/2009 3:29 pm