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

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Postby QuangVuong » Mon Jul 01, 2013 9:43 pm

That carbon frame is nice and cheap. What size you guys reckon it is? Looks to be 50-55cm?
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Postby LugNut » Mon Jul 01, 2013 9:51 pm

QuangVuong wrote:That carbon frame is nice and cheap. What size you guys reckon it is? Looks to be 50-55cm?
Quang you've cheated death once...Time to get out of the dodgy carbon fibre game...

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Postby QuangVuong » Mon Jul 01, 2013 10:06 pm

Was due to user error. :oops: Bike is still running fine.

Yeah, but I think Ill only get one more vintage carbon frame, that being a late 80s Kestrel 4000.
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Postby ldrcycles » Mon Jul 01, 2013 10:12 pm

t-rav wrote:http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/gold-coa ... 1022760545

Carbon Fibre, looks like Campag group, could be stratos?
Wow that is an interesting bit of gear, neat shifter setup too.
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Postby t-rav » Mon Jul 01, 2013 10:27 pm

LugNut wrote:
t-rav wrote:http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/gold-coa ... 1022760545

Carbon Fibre, looks like Campag group, could be stratos?
I like to see a bike that has been stored in the small - small ring combination too, you just know that that derailleur spring is as sharp as ever :wink:
Also those shifters look Shimano 600 and I don't think that the crankset is Campag - perhaps a mixer?
Yeah shifters look shimano, the callipers are definately campag single pivot and agree the cranks don't look campag. Pretty funky frame geometry.

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Postby t-rav » Mon Jul 01, 2013 10:34 pm

Repco Superlite, maybe a 56?

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/yandina/ ... 1022063427" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Here is another one someone might be interested in. I have too many bikes already. I'm out yandina way a fair bit if anyone wants me to take a look.

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Postby pentlandexile » Tue Jul 02, 2013 7:34 am

t-rav wrote:Repco Superlite, maybe a 56?

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/yandina/ ... 1022063427" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Here is another one someone might be interested in. I have too many bikes already. I'm out yandina way a fair bit if anyone wants me to take a look.
I'd be interested to find out more if you're out that way. I like the idea of being able to take a spare saddle on rides :?
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Postby munga » Tue Jul 02, 2013 8:00 am

Kermit TF wrote:Makes me sick...... :shock:
If this sells for under $300 , Im slashing my wrist.....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Alan-Racing-Bic ... 3a8270274b" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
not bloody likely.

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Postby t-rav » Tue Jul 02, 2013 8:53 am

pentlandexile wrote:
t-rav wrote:Repco Superlite, maybe a 56?

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/yandina/ ... 1022063427" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Here is another one someone might be interested in. I have too many bikes already. I'm out yandina way a fair bit if anyone wants me to take a look.
I'd be interested to find out more if you're out that way. I like the idea of being able to take a spare saddle on rides :?
Next trend apparently :)
If I'm out that way on the weekend ill see if I can take a look for you.

Sorry if anyone is watching this http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/151073387514 ... 1423.l2649" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Not sure if I agree with the tiagra shifters as brake levers though.

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Postby peterk » Tue Jul 02, 2013 5:08 pm

Clydesdale Scot wrote:late notice
a few bike for auction in Adelaide this morning
starting at lot 455
Didn't waste any time. Auctioned on Saturday, now on The Bay!!!
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Vintage-Malv ... 19deb7129b" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Vintage-Malv ... 19deb6eeb6" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Postby singlespeedscott » Tue Jul 02, 2013 9:16 pm

Mmm…rusty

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/321155612862 ... 26_rdc%3D1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Postby bychosis » Tue Jul 02, 2013 9:21 pm

singlespeedscott wrote:Mmm…rusty

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/321155612862 ... 26_rdc%3D1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"the crank and chain are a lovely shade of Autumn" :lol:
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Postby Mulger bill » Wed Jul 03, 2013 12:23 am

The brake levers look nice...
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Postby cray- » Wed Jul 03, 2013 2:42 pm

Repco Nishiki Olympic 12, $100 in Perth:
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/floreat/ ... 1021385326" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I was hoping to grab this to replace the forks on mine, but then the guy updated the listing with photos.... =[

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Postby munga » Wed Jul 03, 2013 2:52 pm

bahahaha! sorry, crayman. would have been sweet if the forks weren't bent to buggery and back.

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Postby rkelsen » Wed Jul 03, 2013 3:50 pm

They're not bent. They're swept back for short wheelbase performance.

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Postby barefoot » Wed Jul 03, 2013 4:40 pm

I don't know much about dragsters, except that people pay way more for them than I ever would.

So I don't know whether this pile of rust is even remotely reasonable for the asking price:
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/ballarat ... 1022486944" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Happy to assist in collection/storage/freight if it's a bargain and anybody wants it.

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Postby bychosis » Wed Jul 03, 2013 4:54 pm

barefoot wrote:I don't know much about dragsters, except that people pay way more for them than I ever would.

So I don't know whether this pile of rust is even remotely reasonable for the asking price:
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/ballarat ... 1022486944" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Happy to assist in collection/storage/freight if it's a bargain and anybody wants it.

tim
I've sold two rideable, with surface rust dragsters for around $100. One 3spd boys with a fair bit of surface rust on chrome, one girls single speed in great condition for similar. Seems to be a normal price for a working, reasonable condition bike. $65 is probably a bit much for that, let alone $165
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Postby ldrcycles » Wed Jul 03, 2013 6:16 pm

I found an adult sized dragster once, enormous coaster braked thing with ape hangers and springer forks, rust everywhere and missing spokes. There was obviously a massive amount of work in it so I decided to just get rid of it and got $130 :shock: .
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Postby xerlex » Wed Jul 03, 2013 7:01 pm

peterk wrote:
Clydesdale Scot wrote:late notice
a few bike for auction in Adelaide this morning
starting at lot 455
Didn't waste any time. Auctioned on Saturday, now on The Bay!!!
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Vintage-Malv ... 19deb7129b" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Vintage-Malv ... 19deb6eeb6" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I'd be interested to know what they went for on Scamells. That blue 5 Star is a thing of beauty, it's another one for the "if I wasn't buying a house" list.

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Postby t-rav » Thu Jul 04, 2013 5:00 pm

Pug

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/VINTAGE-PEUG ... 3576426%26" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Postby cray- » Thu Jul 04, 2013 5:29 pm

Concorde with Columbus SL in a bit of a rough state. Went for $201, bargain or fair price?
I've never bothered to learn the Columbus steel range. I didn't buy it, just had it on my watch list, anyone from here?

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Concorde-Col ... true&rt=nc" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Postby LG » Thu Jul 04, 2013 5:41 pm

If it had been in Tassie, I would happily have paid $200 for it and felt like I got a good deal.
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Postby HappyHumber » Thu Jul 04, 2013 5:53 pm

Providing the rust was just superficial, I reckon that'd be a good deal. Even so, if the frame was rotten in the tubing you could probably still make the best part of your money back from the parts.
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Postby Velo13 » Thu Jul 04, 2013 8:43 pm

cray- wrote:Concorde with Columbus SL in a bit of a rough state. Went for $201, bargain or fair price?
I've never bothered to learn the Columbus steel range. I didn't buy it, just had it on my watch list, anyone from here?

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Concorde-Col ... true&rt=nc" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Yeah, I would have been happy enough if I'd picked it up, but there would be a lot of work cleaning that one up.

Imagine it was a mint or NOS frame, possibly $800 or $1000.

As it is $150-$200 seems fair. Spend $400+ on decals and a paint resto, and you are ahead, but it is a lot of fussin' about.

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