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^^^^^ And NOT learning how to use CL.....
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not for hipsters !
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I love this ad....
https://sanantonio.craigslist.org/bo...940818909.html
If you ride with this jersey, Hell’s Angels and Banditos will bow down to you. Satan will cower in fear and the heavens will bellow enchanted horns. It will increase your speed 129% without even having to pedal. It is a size xl but fits more like a large. Maybe even a medium. I would keep it, but its powers are beyond anything I can handle. I will pass it on to you, if you promise to use it wisely. Email me right meow with a number to text.
https://sanantonio.craigslist.org/bo...940818909.html
If you ride with this jersey, Hell’s Angels and Banditos will bow down to you. Satan will cower in fear and the heavens will bellow enchanted horns. It will increase your speed 129% without even having to pedal. It is a size xl but fits more like a large. Maybe even a medium. I would keep it, but its powers are beyond anything I can handle. I will pass it on to you, if you promise to use it wisely. Email me right meow with a number to text.
Too bad, I like quirky crap like that.
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https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...4599485333928/
$70"This is the Chicago skyline made out of recycled bicycle chain. It's $70 shipped"
$70"This is the Chicago skyline made out of recycled bicycle chain. It's $70 shipped"
On GMBN Dirt Shed Show this week, the presenters received some knick-knacks that were made by feeding GPS tracks of two popular MTB trails into a 3D printer. They looked like a wrinkled triangle of paper, but once you understood the gimmick it was pretty neat.
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At what point do you say, "perhaps I need a bigger bike"??
https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/bik...926423841.html
https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/bik...926423841.html
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At what point do you say, "perhaps I need a bigger bike"??
https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/bik...926423841.html
https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/bik...926423841.html
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I was going to say that's a very reach down to shift, but with the relative shortness of the top tube, maybe not.
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One.... two.... ALL three times misspelled, even with the name in ginormous letters on the frame (not to mention it's a common English word).
https://madison.craigslist.org/bik/d...946470391.html
Krestrel Talon Road Bike
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make / manufacturer: Krestrel
https://madison.craigslist.org/bik/d...946470391.html
Krestrel Road Bike - $699
.....Krestrel Talon Road Bike
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make / manufacturer: Krestrel
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One.... two.... ALL three times misspelled, even with the name in ginormous letters on the frame (not to mention it's a common English word).
https://madison.craigslist.org/bik/d...946470391.html
Krestrel Talon Road Bike
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make / manufacturer: Krestrel
https://madison.craigslist.org/bik/d...946470391.html
Krestrel Road Bike - $699
.....Krestrel Talon Road Bike
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make / manufacturer: Krestrel
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I also like how the ad details say this bike has a 32” frame
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At what point do you say, "perhaps I need a bigger bike"??
https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/bik...926423841.html
https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/bik...926423841.html
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I've put lipstick on a few pigs but OUCH!
"This Bike has been completely rebuilt with over $800.00 of parts and labor completed by "Xxxxxxxx" bicycle shop."
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^^^^^ Link????
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https://quadcities.craigslist.org/bi...948881309.html
Here's the one I redid a couple years ago and at less than half the cost including purchase price of the bike. Please excuse the saddle position, I hadn't worked the bugs out yet, plus that saddle was replaced the same day with an Adamo Prologue.
Here's the one I redid a couple years ago and at less than half the cost including purchase price of the bike. Please excuse the saddle position, I hadn't worked the bugs out yet, plus that saddle was replaced the same day with an Adamo Prologue.
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RDV? really??? Colnago? So much wierdness
Only had a minute to look at this. Is it my first C*fake or is it something else. back at 10. See what the consensus is
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Only had a minute to look at this. Is it my first C*fake or is it something else. back at 10. See what the consensus is
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I think you are probably right that there is something not quite right with that bike.
- Reynolds 531 sticker.
- Not quite sure about the dropouts. Japanese?
- Dropout brazes open?
- No bottom bracket cutouts.
- 3 cable guides.
- I'd expect clover + text on fork crowns.
- Clovers don't quite look right.
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How absolutely bizarre.
I think you are probably right that there is something not quite right with that bike.
I think you are probably right that there is something not quite right with that bike.
- Reynolds 531 sticker.
- Not quite sure about the dropouts. Japanese?
- Dropout brazes open?
- No bottom bracket cutouts.
- 3 cable guides.
- I'd expect clover + text on fork crowns.
- Clovers don't quite look right.
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One thing about the Roger de Vlaeminck frame. Other than the clovers, it doesn't actually list "Colnago" anywhere.
https://saarf.london/2013/02/19/how-...-fake-colnago/
I'm thinking it may be either a Vagacini or Martelly
I'm not familiar enough with the Roger de Vlaeminck frames to know which brands produced them. There apparently were some Colnago produced Roger de Vlaeminck frames, but generally with distinct markings.
https://saarf.london/2013/02/19/how-...-fake-colnago/
I'm thinking it may be either a Vagacini or Martelly
I'm not familiar enough with the Roger de Vlaeminck frames to know which brands produced them. There apparently were some Colnago produced Roger de Vlaeminck frames, but generally with distinct markings.
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How absolutely bizarre.
I think you are probably right that there is something not quite right with that bike.
I think you are probably right that there is something not quite right with that bike.
- Reynolds 531 sticker.
- Not quite sure about the dropouts. Japanese?
- Dropout brazes open?
- No bottom bracket cutouts.
- 3 cable guides.
- I'd expect clover + text on fork crowns.
- Clovers don't quite look right.
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I think the wacky is that the bike was used as it sits for triathlons, but the owner is selling it because apparently it can't be used for trail rides.
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