http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/391582863864

Shame it’s one of a kind, I would have liked to buy 2, his and hers for riding ’round town’

£520 for the chainring?
Some people obviously have far more money than sense!

Each of those stem spacers costs £250. Fact.

oh god it’s beautiful.

Dripping in XT 🙂

3 pound 50p max

Dripping in XT

The fancy 10 speed stuff. Just like you’d expect on a bike that’s up for £3.5k 😯

It’s not even got any shockers.

CB Wheels..? I’m out.

Sue Naylor would soon 4×2 you round the back of the noggin if you were foolish enough to ride around here on that drug dealer mobile. She’d think Christmas come early

Condition ‘new other’.

So is the frame new or not?

Let’s not be coy.

chain coated in titanium oxide ?

I hope it’s something classy like dulux

Condition ‘new other’.

Not new enough to be able to claim on warranty when it cracks in 18 months time.

So the poor guy dropped off his frame and wheels for refurb and now can’t afford the bill, so it’s been sold off on eBay?

Checks calendar – no, it’s not April 1st.

Someone’s having a laugh. One of a kind doesn’t count for much in the bike market – apart from attracting the wrong sort of attention like….I’m going to nick it to fund drug habit – to be clear I don’t mean I’m going to nick it.

Refurbed frame & wheels – what was wrong with them?

More money than sense.

£3.5k for 26″? I would have expected at least 29″ for that money……….

A professionally refurbished to hard tail?

New decals?

Or crack repair?

Caveat Emptor.

No returns; sold as seen – let me force my way to the front of the queue…….
I’m sure it’s worth every penny but it doesn’t quite tick every box for me – nearly, but……

hora – Member

A professionally refurbished to hard tail?

Scotchbrite pads.

I quite like it and if I was in the market for one, might go as high as a grand. I did nearly commuterise mine but I would have felt too bad.

The tyres don’t even have any tread on them!

Is it me? (probably) but I think it looks pretty naff.

A handmade, in Texas USA, wide/narrow titanium single front chain ring 34T (£520!)

A fool and their money…

.. Once in a lifetime opportunity- that’s gonna cost a few quid

Particularly enjoyed the ‘client’ backstory, which adds a new twist to the over priced ebay spares bin special genre.

Posted a couple of comments about this and have been following the thread.

I’m surprised there have been no sarcastic posts; I expected better from the STW fraternity.

Would be interesting to know who Ricardo (eBay seller) is and whether anyone is prepared to comment – who, why, background, trustworthy……..before I make my first and final offer.

I saw this – My only thoughts were “What have they done to that lovely frame!!!”

That is certainly unique, and much of it is very fine…. 😯

It is very very nice though…

Hell, it’s not £3500 nice… i’m not even sure it’s £1000 nice…

But it’s nice.

Minds not worth a grand but it’s bloody nice! (Ti Van Nicholas 456)

The great thing about ebay and 26″ bikes is that you can pick up some real bargains these days.

Just yesterday I bought a very sorted orange 5 for under £600.

I’ve a Soda that could go to a good home for somewhat less than 3.5k.

Always lusted after a Soda. Not that one though.

Is it me? (probably) but I think it looks pretty naff.

Nope, I think that looks awful. Can’t decide if people are genuinely fawning (price aside) or not. I wouldn’t pay £350 for it!

Always fancied a Soda. If it was frame only I might, just might, be tempted to take a punt on it for 350 quid knowing that it may well snap tomorrow.

I’ve just bid 3,000

VND, natch.

well I looked at it and thought “nice bike”, bit over priced but not absolutely taking the p£$s like some bikes you see on ebay.
then I saw some of the comments so went back and had another look, guess what, it’s still a nice bike but somewhat over priced. What exactly is wrong with it apart from an optimistic price ???

theres optimistic and there’s asking 4-5 times what it’s worth…

nice bike but somewhat over priced. What exactly is wrong with it apart from an optimistic price

What exactly is wrong with it apart from an optimistic price ???

Mostly the price.

I think the last Soda frame was 2009, so it’s at least 7 years old. And it’s a Ti frame without warranty. I think probably optimistically you’d get 500 quid max for it.

And it’s 26″, which is fine but old hat. The Crank Brothers wheels have a pretty poor reputation.

Old 10sp XT parts are a bit budget for an “ultimate build”.

Then there’s the carbon forks and the “town bike” build.

As has been said, a grand would be a reasonable ask.