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https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Bro...EAAOSwNp1bvnop
"Brooks Professional. Vintage in genuine leather for your antique restoration. Great for your retro bike like Colnago, Cinelli, Eddy Merckx, Guerciotti, Bob Jackson, and Masi. Genuine English leather. This will make an excellent gift. Why pay more. Please check my eBay site for other items on auction. If you have ANY questions, please e-mail and ask. Serious bidders only. Zero feedback bidders, e-mail first before bidding. All items are listed to the best of my knowledge. Item is sold 'As Is' and no refunds. All winners please provide detailed shipping address. Buyer pays $15.00 for ground shipping within the continental U.S."
Make an excellent gift my azz
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"Brooks Professional. Vintage in genuine leather for your antique restoration. Great for your retro bike like Colnago, Cinelli, Eddy Merckx, Guerciotti, Bob Jackson, and Masi. Genuine English leather. This will make an excellent gift. Why pay more. Please check my eBay site for other items on auction. If you have ANY questions, please e-mail and ask. Serious bidders only. Zero feedback bidders, e-mail first before bidding. All items are listed to the best of my knowledge. Item is sold 'As Is' and no refunds. All winners please provide detailed shipping address. Buyer pays $15.00 for ground shipping within the continental U.S."
Make an excellent gift my azz
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Folding buje brad bew outta the box - $110 (Norfolk)
[img]no pictures[/img]"Folding 20 inch nice beand new never used come check it out
bicycle type: folding
brake type: cantilever
condition: new
frame size: 20 by 1.74
handlebar type: aero
make / manufacturer: Gbx
model name / number: Folding
suspension: none (rigid)
wheel size: 20 in "
https://norfolk.craigslist.org/bik/d...779181837.html
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is this a troll? how can this not be a troll?
vintage-english-mens-bicycle
Great Condition, Brown in Color, With Pin Striping.All Pro lettered On Frame.Leather Seat Stamped In Back. Springs under Seat.Asking- $10,000 Dollars. Serious Inquiries Only. No Spam!!! Please Call - show contact info
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vintage-english-mens-bicycle
Great Condition, Brown in Color, With Pin Striping.All Pro lettered On Frame.Leather Seat Stamped In Back. Springs under Seat.Asking- $10,000 Dollars. Serious Inquiries Only. No Spam!!! Please Call - show contact info
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Even the number of zeros in the title and body are different.
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This one gave me a chuckle. Now, maybe I'm uneducated but to me this looks like a typical bike-boom, gas pipe bike. Surely not something worth $800. And notice how the black bike is just an example. The blue bike is what's for sale with the option of a full restoration at an added price.
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I'll be a monkey's uncle if this frame is CF
Giant Mountain / Commuter Bike - carbon fiber frame - Giant Bicycle - $99 (millbrae)
Those painted wheels and skewers though.
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/bik...780694608.html
Those painted wheels and skewers though.
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/bik...780694608.html
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It is well within the realm of possibilities to be a Giant CADEX from the late 90's. Metal lugs and carbon fiber tubes.
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This has to take some prize. And in true wacky fashion, it's not quite in focus...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/113494907763
https://www.ebay.com/itm/113494907763
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^lol, but is it "Schwinn Approved"?
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You should go check it out. I have a '95 CFM-2 (carbon tubes with alloy lugs and dropouts) that looks very much like it, but the guy's pix could definitely be better.
Giant Mountain / Commuter Bike - carbon fiber frame - Giant Bicycle - $99 (millbrae)
Those painted wheels and skewers though.
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/bik...780694608.html
Those painted wheels and skewers though.
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/bik...780694608.html
Last edited by thumpism; 12-27-18 at 08:13 PM.
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Bro...EAAOSwNp1bvnop
"Brooks Professional. Vintage in genuine leather for your antique restoration. Great for your retro bike like Colnago, Cinelli, Eddy Merckx, Guerciotti, Bob Jackson, and Masi. Genuine English leather. This will make an excellent gift. Why pay more. Please check my eBay site for other items on auction. If you have ANY questions, please e-mail and ask. Serious bidders only. Zero feedback bidders, e-mail first before bidding. All items are listed to the best of my knowledge. Item is sold 'As Is' and no refunds. All winners please provide detailed shipping address. Buyer pays $15.00 for ground shipping within the continental U.S."
Make an excellent gift my azz
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"Brooks Professional. Vintage in genuine leather for your antique restoration. Great for your retro bike like Colnago, Cinelli, Eddy Merckx, Guerciotti, Bob Jackson, and Masi. Genuine English leather. This will make an excellent gift. Why pay more. Please check my eBay site for other items on auction. If you have ANY questions, please e-mail and ask. Serious bidders only. Zero feedback bidders, e-mail first before bidding. All items are listed to the best of my knowledge. Item is sold 'As Is' and no refunds. All winners please provide detailed shipping address. Buyer pays $15.00 for ground shipping within the continental U.S."
Make an excellent gift my azz
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This has to take some prize. And in true wacky fashion, it's not quite in focus...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/113494907763
https://www.ebay.com/itm/113494907763
If it had been Presta, the Purists would have a fit!!
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Bikes are okay, I guess.
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Ah, but it probably is carbon as the seller claims and therefore not wacky as you opined.
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^^^^ I give it a WW "honorable mention", just because the photos and text are both bad enough to make you think it's not CF. WW bonus points for no drive side pics and photographer shadow in frame (oh, and "25 inch tires").
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"Needs nothing."
... except some cable cutters. what the ..??
https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/b...774919847.html
... except some cable cutters. what the ..??
https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/b...774919847.html
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"Needs nothing."
... except some cable cutters. what the ..??
https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/b...774919847.html
... except some cable cutters. what the ..??
https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/b...774919847.html
Might as well start long.
It does make one wonder about the stem. Perhaps it has a foot long stem, and the seller simply pushed it down into the fork for the photo-op.
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This has been up on Craigslist for far too long. Someone please buy it!!!
Super heavy duty Master bicycle handcuffs - $30 (Eugene)
Super heavy duty Master bicycle handcuffs - $30 (Eugene)
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That said, looks like the front cable should be routed behind the handlebar, given the forward reach of the stem.
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SUHWEET! $1,100 for a Japanese Bianchi with a crashy fork? What are we waiting for?!
Vintage Edoardo Bianchi Bicycle - $1100
Vintage Edoardo Bianchi Bicycle - $1100
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This has to take some prize. And in true wacky fashion, it's not quite in focus...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/113494907763
https://www.ebay.com/itm/113494907763
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In other news - nothing like a basic bike shop Schwinn and a Kent for $400:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2-bikes-for...temCondition=4
-Kurt