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

Has anyone read “From a Buick 8” by Stephen King. These things remind me of that car….

The Buick 8 resembles a vintage 1953 Buick Roadmaster, and was left at a gas station by a mysterious man dressed in black, who disappeared soon after leaving the car to be refueled. The car is later held by the Troop D police of rural Pennsylvania in storage shed B. The car, they discover, is not a car at all. It appears to be a Buick Roadmaster, but the steering wheel is immobile, the dashboard instruments are useless props, the engine has no moving parts and ignition wires that go nowhere, the car heals itself when scratched or dented, and all dirt and debris are repelled by it.

From Wikipedia

cookeaa – Member

It’s sort of like the MTB equivalent of Lads that Barry up their Mum’s Saxo with Halfords body kits, coloured LEDs and silly exhaustsI suppose.

Think it’s more like scooterists with millions of mirrors, or maybe a really stretched american hayabusa- barryboys are all much of a muchness, these things are unique.

judging from the stickers he’s a motocrosser and I guess has made parts / fitted parts some how from MX bike ( bargain bin 😉 ) bits.

Look like huck bikes and are bonkers

Lets be honest here, he blatantly hasn’t ridden any of those bikes aside to the local spar or similar. They are totally danagerous.

Anyone seen the commencal he’s put up today?! Halfords Apollo quality ‘ZOOM’ dual crown forks running only one thin crown with the stanctions all the way out.

That crown would snap as soon as you sit on it!

I doubt VERY much if he rides moto x or any kind of bike for that matter. Most likely he just buys magazines for the stickers!

Is it just me or is Elbry wearing his DX Foakleys without a lens, like those trendy young 18 year old girls do in a geek chic style?

The supreme is MINT!!

From the commencal advert

Brakes are not working I think they need a oil

Or, erm, some discs?

For the Commencal… WTF?! Is there even a cassette on the back? What’s with the double chainset and the mulitcoloured chain? And that does look like quite a new XT chainset too. Just WFT?

Hi am selling my orange patriot 7 downhill bike is in very good condition nice bike to have. The brake works but u need a brake oil an brake pad

Hi am selling my kona stab downhill bike is in good condition but the brake don work. The bike have two chain but is only one single chain work like normal bike chain system

I’m starting to wonder how many of these he’s got…

The Commencal with the missing crown scares me.

I’ve had a good laugh at these bikes, then realized that I may have been the inspiration with my old Session 10 ha ha:

It’s rocking the idler pulley that he loves, and the big fork up front. Damn….

whatnobeer – Member

Brakes are not working I think they need a oil
Or, erm, some discs?

Same issue on the Kona. Funny, that.

Just seen the missing crown Commencal 😯

I browsed the pictures first and got to the front view one and though “hmmm that front wheel looks squint, probably just the angle of photo”

Then I read the description

the green wheels need a little work spoke are loose

Not just loose, looking at hte other photos they’ve got no tension on them whatsoever and it looks like they’re semi-randomly laced.

These bikes have got to be a wind up, surely.

But people are bidding on them. seriously. And bidding hundreds of pounds. I’m torn between, stupid people can do what they like with their money, and an urge to protect them from themselves.

stupid people can do what they like with their money

Stick with this. Too many stupid people in the world to protect them ALL from themselves

I’m a watcher now. Bet he’s getting really excited.
If he can flog those piles of carp im off out to the shed and getting busy.

Well I’ve messaged him asking if he’s serious. Just to see what he comes back with.

Worth buying just for the frame and a really odd spare parts bin? Must be some salvageable parts in there somewhere.

It needs more stickers

I’ll be honest I was hoping for a little more than this.

Have you seen his Commencal?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Commencal-Supreme-VIP-Downhill-Bike/321072993875?ssPageName=WDVW&rd=1&ih=011&category=33503&cmd=ViewItem

I see where the 3rd crown came for that Patriot!

OM and totally G!!!

Those stanchions!

My eyes!!!!!!!

Is that an old roofing bolt holding the red Meccano cog on the Commencal?

I can’t quite work out what is happening with the gearing on the Commencal.

EDIT
Looks like he has photos showing 2 different set ups?

W T actual F?

why a granny ring?

why a granny ring?

That’s what you took from this? Seriously?

why a granny ring?

FTFY.
😉

Can you get LHD mtb parts, I know you can for bmx?
Surely the pedals will keep coming loose as they’re round the wrong way?

I’m sorry to burst your bubbles lads, but the answer lies in the Listers location.

Portsmouth.

Trackie Bums I’m assuming are free with each bike bought.

On a serious note, I think the bikes come from Poland.

@crazy legs

‘preciated guvnor. 🙂

There is some serious bodging go on but i still dont think they are his. Surely if you had made such contraptions, and he obviously has some skill (just not sure what in) to do it and some knowledge of bikes so would surely have something else to say about them.

I dont get it, his house looks too normal for someone who can create something like that.

Im telling you, these have all came out of someones garage on the continent, certain of it

On a serious note, I think the bikes come from Poland.

I suppose he could have moved over here with them.

He should get onto Orange, there is more R&D in his bikes than has ever gone into an Orange!

If I had the money I would buy them all. I don’t think I’d ever get tired of examining them and marvel at the “upgrades” and the mind it must take to come up with them.

The ebay account has a fair bit of feedback and lots of biking stuff sold. It all seems very weird though. I’ve asked a few questions (it’d be rude not too wouldn’t it 🙂 ) and got a similar response to unklehomered..

Haha, radial rear wheel on the jump bike too!

That commencal is giving me an anxiety attack. Who the hell is bidding on these things?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? 😯

I have seen that orange have posted this on Facebook. They seem pretty surprised in what’s been done as well!

The answer to my question ‘How much travel do the forks have’ (in relation to the Kona) was ‘Bout 200mm travel’ 🙂