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01-18-24, 08:34 PM
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"One of these kids is doing his own thing."
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01-19-24, 08:56 AM
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Are you talking mismatched left crank?
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01-19-24, 11:23 AM
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Not only are they mismatched, I think they're not directly 180 degrees offset. Maybe it's just how my brain is interpreting the image.
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01-19-24, 12:15 PM
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Can't un-see it, now that you pointed it out, but assuming it is a lens/brain thing? If the crank is square taper would it not have to be off by 90°, not just a few degrees?
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01-19-24, 12:22 PM
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I think you're right. Another picture in the same add appears to show them oriented as they should be. Something about using a wide angle lens or something must have distorted it.
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01-19-24, 01:37 PM
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Could be off by 45 if the cranks have different square hole orientations, diagonal or square to the crank length.
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01-20-24, 08:57 AM
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Zunow fork for sale! (It's chrome so it'd go with any Zunow missing a road fork!)
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01-20-24, 12:16 PM
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Was $200 for the last few days, the $600 is wacky but the real wacky part takes a second to set in - "one of these kids is doing his own thing"
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01-20-24, 12:24 PM
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I don't see it either, I've had bikes with bent forks that had no frame damage. It's also possible this was was the donor for another bike with a bent fork and they threw this fork in it to resell it.
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01-20-24, 12:39 PM
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Yeah, you can find a MUCH better one for less than $40 LOL. I do kind of miss my poor man's gravel bike World Sport, I "almost" wish I'd kept it. Original purchase price was $25.
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01-21-24, 03:10 PM
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01-22-24, 10:16 AM
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And it's only $250!!
Could you guess what happens if you enter even a small pothole....???!!
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Posted 16hrs ago in LA
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Could you guess what happens if you enter even a small pothole....???!!
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01-24-24, 10:28 AM
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I have noticed people adding videos to ads. I tend to skip over them, as they are usually shaky, and don't show much. On this one, I finally realized I had never turned on the sound! Gives a much better idea who the seller is.
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01-24-24, 08:00 PM
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I thought it was a Lo-Pro wannabe.......
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01-29-24, 02:02 PM
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Mildly wacky...1st problem. The writer of the ad calls it a Eurosport 5 three times. Yet in the picture provided it clearly says Eurotour 5 on the frame. 2nd problem. How is it were saving $500+ just because the seller overpaid a couple of years ago?
https://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/bik...712288574.html
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01-29-24, 08:06 PM
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Mildly wacky...1st problem. The writer of the ad calls it a Eurosport 5 three times. Yet in the picture provided it clearly says Eurotour 5 on the frame. 2nd problem. How is it were saving $500+ just because the seller overpaid a couple of years ago?
https://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/bik...712288574.html
https://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/bik...712288574.html
What a sucker this seller is/was.
01-30-24, 10:40 AM
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01-30-24, 08:34 PM
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I think you are supposed to cut the lock?
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used. Norco Storm 4.1 24 inch for details - $100 (fremont / union city / newark)
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01-30-24, 08:39 PM
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Had to go back and make sure what they were selling. Sometimes the NORCO ad's are not bike related.
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02-01-24, 10:42 PM
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lol I love the $7.95 sticker price on the bottom
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Death trap!
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CA$100
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2024 Snowblower tandem
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Shoot me an offer I have videos of it running with two people. RUNS GOOD fun silly project I threw together need it out of my yard now shoot me an offer. Any questions
02-04-24, 11:41 AM
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Standard issue reverse forks...when one is not enough.
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02-04-24, 01:07 PM
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That's makes this collection at $50 a real bargin and the Bianchi bottles are true classics from the early to mid '80s
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