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63 cm repco olympic 12?

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Top-quality- ... 500wt_1362

in brissy.

Hi I'm just wondering if this might be a fake? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... TQ:US:1123
I cant see much in the way of clover leaf stamped lugs, BB etc.

i see club cutout on headtube lug, and colnago stamping on dropouts.
not sure which model, but looks legit to me.

It has the pantographed fork, a cloverleaf cutout on the downtube/head lug and Colnago dropouts. Normally, it be case closed...

But it has fresh paint and chrome. I'd steer clear.

rkelsen wrote:It has the pantographed fork, a cloverleaf cutout on the downtube/head lug and Colnago dropouts. Normally, it be case closed...

But it has fresh paint and chrome. I'd steer clear.

Thanks. Other frames I'd seen on ebay had stuff stamped all over them, under the bottom bracket etc. I was a bit suss on the fresh paint and wondered if they'd just put a colnago fork on a different frame (didnt see the dropouts - my eyesight must be getting worse). Thanks again

The Spanish are in dire straits. Caveat emptor.

squeakywheel wrote:

rkelsen wrote:It has the pantographed fork, a cloverleaf cutout on the downtube/head lug and Colnago dropouts. Normally, it be case closed...

But it has fresh paint and chrome. I'd steer clear.

Thanks. Other frames I'd seen on ebay had stuff stamped all over them, under the bottom bracket etc. I was a bit suss on the fresh paint and wondered if they'd just put a colnago fork on a different frame (didnt see the dropouts - my eyesight must be getting worse). Thanks again

Would it matter? I have a real one and I rarely ride it because its not that great a bike. I see myself squarely in the Copperart school of Art though...
ie: if I like it it is nice. If its crap I don't care who made it!

Could be a nice buy if it stays a little low: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Retro-Mercie ... 500wt_1070

Jim

60cm frame, 5'7" and it fits nicely? that's some loooong legs.

munga wrote:60cm frame, 5'7" and it fits nicely? that's some loooong legs.

Hey Munga, go back to the pink Mercier link and have a close look at the rear drop out. Interesting...........

My mercier is prettier .

funnybike wrote:

munga wrote:60cm frame, 5'7" and it fits nicely? that's some loooong legs.

Hey Munga, go back to the pink Mercier link and have a close look at the rear drop out. Interesting...........

woah!
thanks so much paul! didn't even look at the pics!

munga wrote:

funnybike wrote:

munga wrote:60cm frame, 5'7" and it fits nicely? that's some loooong legs.

Hey Munga, go back to the pink Mercier link and have a close look at the rear drop out. Interesting...........

woah!
thanks so much paul! didn't even look at the pics!

What? Excuse my ignorance, but what's the deal with the drop out?

sorry mate, i found a bike at a secondhand shop and it has the same dropouts.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... SS:AU:1123

I had one in this colour till a year or 2 back. Sure enough, I think this buyer will be lucky to get a third of the asking. But this must be the biggest 51cm frame they ever made! More likely the XL frame. I just can't work out what they could have measured to get 51cm.

maybe 61cm.
funny to see what ppl think bikes are worth, isn't it? i sold an olympic 12 in vgc for less than half that, and i still think i did ok. so does the new owner. win/win!

Holly snapping duck shite Batman , that's a whole lotta coin for a touring frame , woooooo anyone want to buy my Vantage (just referb'd) for like $250????

It's a touring frame, got nice new tyres, new chain, new bar tape (the extra comfy stuff), everything just adjusted, lube & checked, one owner (since I bought it), only ridden to Mayne (daily), serviced regularly (since I've owned it for the last 3 weeks), & for just another $200 000 I'll chuck in a bridge across Sydney harbour I don't need any more, oh & I have $500 000 000 my rich african uncle left me, but I can't get it out of the country, if you give me your bank account details I'll transfer the funds into your account & give you 10%.


What??????? No body believes me, honest injun's, trust me I'm a doctor.

Same seller, cant get more polar opposite on features or price. Maybe if he/she reversed the prices?

Exhibit A, $500:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Vintage-Euro ... 3380wt_807

Exhibit B, $200:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/DiamondBack- ... 3413wt_807

Jim

Good god they're STILL trying to sell that Europa? Surely the listing fees would be about equal to the asking price by now.

As for that Diamondback, that's a weird one, welded carbon fibre?

ldrcycles wrote:Good god they're STILL trying to sell that Europa? Surely the listing fees would be about equal to the asking price by now.

As for that Diamondback, that's a weird one, welded carbon fibre?

Lovely marketing speak - seems they had crabon fibre tubes glued into welded lugs. A magnet would confirm which is which, but I would guess the red bits are steel & the black bits crabon

I would be just a little bit concerned about V brake levers with canti centre pull brakes - I thought they used different pull ratios, but could be wrong

You aren't wrong Bruce. V levers with canti brakes is an official BAD idea.

Shaun

Mulger bill wrote:You aren't wrong Bruce. V levers with canti brakes is an official BAD idea.

Shaun

But three things make a difference ...the type of canti, the particular type of lever and the proposed use.
In general I find all those late low profile canti's were not much good without careful set up and grippy pads.
In any case that add just seemed wrong and those levers look to actually match the brakes.
I'm just amazed to see an ebay add with mistakes/fibs

Very cool old 80's fisher mountain bike.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Gary-Fisher- ... 2a226132be

I like that very much.