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dont even know where to start with this:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PLANET-X-UNCLE-JOHN-CYCLOCROSS-BIKE-SIZE-LARGE-/162655835039?hash=item25df0b139f:g:iQAAAOSwXq5ZqTJZ


 
Posted : 07/09/2017 10:32 am
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Oh dear!


 
Posted : 07/09/2017 10:34 am
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Highest bidder 😉

I don't even mind it's in London.


 
Posted : 07/09/2017 10:34 am
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I shouldn't have looked.

It's just depressing to think that someone is so ignorant that they would try to foist such a thing on other people.

Part of me wants to laugh... in a cringey sort of way; the other part of me just feels angry.


 
Posted : 07/09/2017 10:35 am
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Listed twice.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PLANET-X-UNCLE-JOHN-CYCLOCROSS-BIKE-SIZE-LARGE/152686638701?

£499!


 
Posted : 07/09/2017 10:36 am
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To be fair, I think that's how planet-x knock them out, apart from the seatpost, that's probably aftermarket to make it fit.


 
Posted : 07/09/2017 10:40 am
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Good grief - are those fork lowers back to front ?


 
Posted : 07/09/2017 10:42 am
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Good grief - are those fork lowers back to front ?

Nah it's a Manitou I think - they put the arch thing on the back - owner has spun them around thinking it should be on the front - they might have a point, but in this case they're backwards.

(I hope that's what's happened).


 
Posted : 07/09/2017 10:49 am
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Clearly a Tomac fan ..... drop bars and manitous.


 
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Now I look again, top cup of the headset doesn't appear to be, erm well - fitted.


 
Posted : 07/09/2017 10:50 am
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The downtube decal says it all really.


 
Posted : 07/09/2017 10:50 am
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the seatpost, that's probably aftermarket to make it fit.

😆


 
Posted : 07/09/2017 10:50 am
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The downtube decal says it all really.

I like that sticker, I'm a secret clarkson fan...


 
Posted : 07/09/2017 11:09 am
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Chain is a bit slack.


 
Posted : 07/09/2017 11:13 am
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Nah it's a Manitou I think - they put the arch thing on the back - owner has spun them around thinking it should be on the front - they might have a point, but in this case they're backwards.

(I hope that's what's happened)

Yup, forks are on backwards. And on the wrong bike.


 
Posted : 07/09/2017 11:15 am
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That is tragic. I'm going to go home and hug my Uncle John (not a euphemism).

Somebody needs to set up a sanctuary for abused bikes like they do for donkeys and manky owls.


 
Posted : 07/09/2017 11:17 am
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is it not just someones turbo bike, so as long as its rear wheel turns its prob alright...

god forbid anyone try to use it outside of a turbo though....


 
Posted : 07/09/2017 11:19 am
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isn't just a collection of stolen parts put together to look like a bike?


 
Posted : 07/09/2017 11:25 am
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do you think it's just a project gone wrong?
or a collection of robbed parts thrown together?


 
Posted : 07/09/2017 11:36 am
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Must be a project, otherwise why would there be 2 identical bikes?


 
Posted : 07/09/2017 11:42 am
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I found this beauty last night.

[url= http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Raleigh-200-Special-DH-Racer-26-W-27-Spd-18-5-Aly-Frm-Very-Tall-New-Bits-/122684940217?hash=item1c90979fb9:g:kdwAAOSwX61ZKwmB ] Perfect for the taller rider[/url]

ps.
At the tour of Britain yesterday I also spotted a rider on one of [url= ]these[/url].


 
Posted : 07/09/2017 11:47 am
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Is that Raleigh one of Rentons old bikes?


 
Posted : 07/09/2017 11:59 am
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willyboy - theres a couple of folk in my town (Kirkcudbright) who use those cheap electric bikes to get to the pub (needless to say they're banned from driving), you see them outside the pub from lunchtime to after 8 pm every day of the week and they like to tell everyone the bikes cost £1000's


 
Posted : 07/09/2017 12:11 pm
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OP that is amazing. Seatpost and forks on backwards. Classic.


 
Posted : 07/09/2017 12:20 pm
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I've been looking for a frankenbike for a while. Just placed my bid.


 
Posted : 07/09/2017 12:31 pm
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I was looking at the price of second hand Pitches the other day and found this
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SPECIALIZED-Pitch-Comp-2009-Full-Suss-Suspension-XC-Bike-Mtb-Medium-Sram-Rock-Sh/192294343461?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20140122125356%26meid%3D7fcf0f1d750d4baa8aacafb3911c608e%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D6%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D152690003566&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851

I always thought I should have got a set of Fox 40's instead of 36's for mine 😀

First post btw, hello


 
Posted : 07/09/2017 12:45 pm
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I reckon that might be a canny buy for someone who is prepared to split it and sell as parts, (at a reasonable auction price obviously, not the £499 buy it now)


 
Posted : 07/09/2017 12:45 pm
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I always thought I should have got a set of Fox 40's instead of 36's for mine

Headtube snapping aside, it handled well enough with 7" forks that dual crowns (which are usually lower anyway) wouldn't be the worst addition to it for pedally DH tracks.

I reckon that might be a canny buy for someone who is prepared to split it and sell as parts, (at a reasonable auction price obviously, not the £499 buy it now)

Alloy frame with a track rear hub? Not with a bargepole!


 
Posted : 07/09/2017 12:53 pm
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Deffo no disc mounts on those hubs!


 
Posted : 07/09/2017 2:17 pm

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