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Damage or Theft? 2020 Emonda ALR 5 Listed on eBay

Old 08-05-21, 07:34 AM
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It wasn’t crashed. That frame damage was the result of clipless pedals and the overwhelming stopping force of disc brakes. In this case, it’s proper to call them disc breaks. You’re slipping, BF. This place used to be better.
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Originally Posted by AdkMtnMonster
It wasn’t crashed. That frame damage was the result of clipless pedals and the overwhelming stopping force of disc brakes. In this case, it’s proper to call them disc breaks. You’re slipping, BF. This place used to be better.
Fortunately the bike is aluminum and not CF. If it were the latter, it might have exploded and not merely cracked.
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Old 08-05-21, 09:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Reflector Guy
Fortunately the bike is aluminum and not CF. If it were the latter, it might have exploded and not merely cracked.
*asploded*
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Old 08-05-21, 09:42 AM
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I can't participate in your poll. There is no choice for how ridiculous it is to have to ask others for their opinon. <grin>

If you think it's stolen, then report it to the police at the sellers indicated location. And also report it to eBay.

You don't need to go by what essentially will be mob opinion that many times has cost innocent people their lives or means of living.


My apologies, I'll get off my soap box now.
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Old 08-05-21, 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Skaughtto
https://www.ebay.com/itm/353583070606

Looks to me like a situation where a bike lock was stronger than a frame... correct me if I'm wrong or let me know how it should be reported.
The second picture appears to show that the frame is not completely separated at the downtube.
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Old 08-05-21, 10:50 AM
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To me it has been crashed. The tube has not been cut, you can even see a dent along the crack and it is not a cut but a break. Besides, why would anyone cut the bike and not the lock?
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Old 08-06-21, 04:34 AM
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Originally Posted by topflightpro
The sellers description makes a lot of sense, though seems to leave out a lot of details.

There probably was a dent in the downtube from the bike falling over on to something. Aluminum does not like to be dented, and if the dent is strong enough, it can crack and tear. So this all lines up with what the seller is saying.

But I think he is leaving out that the bike was probably crashed pretty hard straight on. That crash is what ultimately caused the downtube to tear like it did and to bend the top tube like it did. Carbon forks are amazingly strong, but I'll bet that one would fail an ultrasound inspection, and I'd bet the front wheel is far from true.
Crashed, broke the frame in that fashion, but the original rim and fork remained in good enough shape retain.
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Old 08-09-21, 10:25 AM
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The damage to the frame looks like crash damage.
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Old 08-09-21, 11:21 AM
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Basically getting a 105 gruppo for $750. Not worth it. That is a lower end Trek bike. The AL series are fairly cheap. And fragile. TREK makes that bike very light, and it shows it in crashes.
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Old 08-09-21, 11:36 AM
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Doesn’t look like a tool cut to me, looks torn.
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Old 08-09-21, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
Damage from theft.
Agreed. damaged during theft or attempted theft
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Old 08-09-21, 06:59 PM
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Regarding potential stolen bikes for sale

If the victim of a stolen bike has not reported via a post on Bike Index, in my opinion they don't care about it's recovery. It's fairly easy to post on the site, and one would think that if
they cared much at all, they'd go through the research on how to report a stolen bike and would find this site. That's my reasoning. I have personally helped return three bikes to their owners via Bike Index.
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Old 08-09-21, 07:31 PM
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Who steals a bike, damages the frame to this level, then sells the whole bike when the only identifying part is the frame?

Just sell the stolen components.

And the downtube clearly isn't fully separated.
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Old 08-11-21, 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
Damage from theft.
Originally Posted by trailrnr
Agreed. damaged during theft or attempted theft
Just curious, what are you seeing that could possibly lead to that conclusion? Andre the Giant stealing bikes by bending the frame tube until it breaks?
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Old 08-11-21, 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by fishboat
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I must be missing something.

That said..by all means call the cops.

Cop: "..is this your bike?"
OP: "..ah..no"
Cop: "..do you know who's bike this is?"
OP: "..ah..no"
Cop: "..do you have any knowledge that this bike has been involved in a crime?"
OP: "..ah..well.. no"
Cop: "..why did you call us?"
OP: "..well..cuz it looks like it's been crashed or possibly stolen or damaged in an attempt to steal it..and it's on ebay!"
Cop: (crickets..blank stare)
LOL ah-effin-men!!! Some are goddamn overzealous about reporting on things based solely on conjectures. What a great way to drain police resources while they play Sherlock Holmes!
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Old 08-11-21, 11:28 AM
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current running poll shows 10 people voted damange, 3 voted theft
damn the 3 who voted theft are the types that go on "neighborhood" forum and make posts like "Suspicious kids around swimming pool", "coyotes loose", "loud noise last night", etc

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Old 08-11-21, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by aclinjury
the types that go on "neighborhood" forum and make posts like "coyotes loose"
Nobody around here worries about coyotes when there are lions roaming around the neighborhood.
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Old 08-11-21, 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by teejaywhy
Just curious, what are you seeing that could possibly lead to that conclusion? Andre the Giant stealing bikes by bending the frame tube until it breaks?
Trying to pry off a lock. And Andre died in ‘93.
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Old 08-11-21, 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by aclinjury
current running poll shows 10 people voted damange, 3 voted theft
damn the 3 who voted theft are the types that go on "neighborhood" forum and make posts like "Suspicious kids around swimming pool", "coyotes loose", "loud noise last night", etc

While I didn’t vote, I think it could be damage from theft, and I’m hardly one of the people you describe. No coyotes or pools in my neighborhood, and hearing gunfire in the big city doesn’t phase me. Hell. I’m not even on a neighborhood forum, and I love to hear coyotes while out on tour.

Thanks for playing. We have some nice parting gifts waiting back stage for you.
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Old 08-13-21, 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
trying to pry off a lock.
lolz
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Old 08-13-21, 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by teejaywhy
lolz
What's so funny? It can be done. BITD, when frames were pretty much all steel, a friend of mine's dad owned a LBS very close to a major university. From time to time people would come in trying to sell him bikes. There was often tell tale frame damage caused by a Kryptonite being pried off, likely with a metal object. He would never buy such frames. I can see some idiot trying to pry a lock off a carbon frame and breaking it.
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
What's so funny? It can be done. BITD, when frames were pretty much all steel, a friend of mine's dad owned a LBS very close to a major university. From time to time people would come in trying to sell him bikes. There was often tell tale frame damage caused by a Kryptonite being pried off, likely with a metal object. He would never buy such frames. I can see some idiot trying to pry a lock off a carbon frame and breaking it.
Damaged, OK. Bent to the point of breaking, I don't think so. (Carbon, a different story obviously)
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