eBay prices on the rise, good time to sell old junk?

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Postby mark field » Thu Mar 20, 2014 10:58 pm

koen wrote:Oh Chris! Haha. I bet if you found '74 Ducati you'd take it home :)
not if i got to it first.
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Postby bychosis » Fri Mar 21, 2014 2:12 pm

find_bruce wrote:
bychosis wrote:Spotted a bike on gumtree yesterday, like this one. Contemplated buying it, but could find any details online and the ad only said orange road bike, no size or anything. At $120 was probably a fair price. No detail, no idea of size, difficult to arrange pickup meant I held off.

Flippers at work: http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/cameron- ... 1041238016" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; now it's $325 24hrs later.
There is a good chance the frame is cracked anyway. Looks like they had fixed the seatpost issue, but the headtube is the same old poor design & prone to cracking from the top & bottom & past the weld on either side.
bottom has fallen out of the flipper market, $175 now
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Postby WyvernRH » Fri Mar 21, 2014 3:13 pm

mark field wrote:
koen wrote:Oh Chris! Haha. I bet if you found '74 Ducati you'd take it home :)
not if i got to it first.
Already got one thank you :)

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Postby morini » Fri Mar 21, 2014 3:52 pm

Me too.

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Postby mark field » Fri Mar 21, 2014 10:49 pm

morini wrote:Me too.
best i can do is an 82 Pantah :cry: but its a start.
steel is the real deal.

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Postby Stuey » Sat Mar 22, 2014 12:22 am

koen wrote:
rangersac wrote:Very clean looking Superlite
Now when this seller says "nice condition for age" that is what you get. Pity its in WA
Thanks, FWIW, this is mine. It really is as good as I've written up, and I was meticulous in the rebuild and setup. I'm pretty fussy... :roll:

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Postby KGB » Sat Mar 22, 2014 8:06 am

LugNut wrote:And from the other side of the fence...
700c Shogun Ground Breaker running Deore LX. Switch the flat bars with drop bars and it becomes a cheap cyclocross bike or commuter.
I was really tempted by this one, I'd love to knock up a cheap CX bike but it's just too big.
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Postby The Fixer » Sat Mar 22, 2014 9:02 am

Stuey wrote:
koen wrote:
rangersac wrote:Very clean looking Superlite
Now when this seller says "nice condition for age" that is what you get. Pity its in WA
Thanks, FWIW, this is mine. It really is as good as I've written up, and I was meticulous in the rebuild and setup. I'm pretty fussy... :roll:
Looks very nice, Stuey. Great job, there.

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Postby Stuey » Sat Mar 22, 2014 10:04 am

Other than size of the bike, that's my other problem. I can't get in the shed...

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Postby morini » Sat Mar 22, 2014 12:29 pm

mark field wrote:
morini wrote:Me too.
best i can do is an 82 Pantah :cry: but its a start.
Yours probably goes..........mines been in a few bits for while now. I've always wished I could fit on Pantahs so I could own a road going TT2. Pantahs are absolutely brilliant bikes.

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Postby rangersac » Mon Mar 24, 2014 11:49 am

Apparently this is character
And apparently this is a Colnago
Ricardo for resto
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Postby morini » Mon Mar 24, 2014 2:42 pm

I wonder why that supposed Colnago has mudguard lugs on the forks but not on the rear lugs?

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Postby LugNut » Mon Mar 24, 2014 6:59 pm

rangersac wrote: Bushbike beater with the old roller dynamo!
Old mountain bike names are the best.

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Postby Discodan » Mon Mar 24, 2014 10:06 pm

Not quite ebay but a tidy looking Katana going at R&K auctions tomorrow if someone's at a loose end at Leichardt. Cunningly labelled as 'a selection of metals'

http://rkta.com.au/auctions/calendar/52 ... furniture/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Postby find_bruce » Tue Mar 25, 2014 9:46 am

Torana68 wrote:anyone know what hapenned to the '26 (not) Speedwell and the Major Taylor bike? was emailing the guy but replies stopped and bikes not on Ebay anymore?
I presume you have seen they are back on fleabay
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Postby geoff_tewierik » Tue Mar 25, 2014 10:33 am

Trying to work out what the handlebars are on this.

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Postby LugNut » Tue Mar 25, 2014 3:18 pm

Bridgestone Mixte for peanuts, possibly lugged aluminium? Anyone want to chime in on that?

Also, if Melbournians could keep a little eye out for me...I'd like to have a run in the upcoming Dirty Deeds CX, so if ya spot anything XL that could make a cheap CX bike...!

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Postby geoff_tewierik » Tue Mar 25, 2014 5:09 pm

A "barn find" Kenevans for the taller rider.

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Postby geoff_tewierik » Tue Mar 25, 2014 5:22 pm

LugNut wrote:Also, if Melbournians could keep a little eye out for me...I'd like to have a run in the upcoming Dirty Deeds CX, so if ya spot anything XL that could make a cheap CX bike...!
Probably not your size, but an early '80s Alan CX frame

Same sized Colnago frame

A slightly bigger Concorde frame

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Postby morini » Tue Mar 25, 2014 8:10 pm

geoff_tewierik wrote:A "barn find" Kenevans for the taller rider.
....and he reckons he's only 185 cm ?????? That frame's massive. I want but can't have.

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Postby geoff_tewierik » Tue Mar 25, 2014 8:18 pm

morini wrote:
geoff_tewierik wrote:A "barn find" Kenevans for the taller rider.
....and he reckons he's only 185 cm ?????? That frame's massive. I want but can't have.
From the measurements given, I reckon he's lanky, long legs, long arms, but short torso.

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Postby LugNut » Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:50 am

geoff_tewierik wrote:
LugNut wrote:Also, if Melbournians could keep a little eye out for me...I'd like to have a run in the upcoming Dirty Deeds CX, so if ya spot anything XL that could make a cheap CX bike...!
Probably not your size, but an early '80s Alan CX frame

Same sized Colnago frame

A slightly bigger Concorde frame
All very nice, but I should've accentuated the 'cheap' :wink: An old Shogun Metro would do me nicely, I have some 9 speed Ultegra bits and a set of wheels and tyres. If I'm going to come dead last, I'd rather do it on a humble ghetto cross build than a Colnago...

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Postby find_bruce » Thu Mar 27, 2014 7:44 am

Funny bike going cheap kuwahara for the large & flexible
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Postby cray- » Thu Mar 27, 2014 11:24 am

find_bruce wrote:Funny bike going cheap kuwahara for the large & flexible
How cheap? Ad's been removed. Anyone here snag it?

I just bought a Repco Vertex TT for more than I wanted to pay....cotdem n+1.

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Postby munga » Thu Mar 27, 2014 11:35 am

cray- wrote:
find_bruce wrote:Funny bike going cheap kuwahara for the large & flexible
How cheap? Ad's been removed. Anyone here snag it?

I just bought a Repco Vertex TT for more than I wanted to pay....cotdem n+1.
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