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's alright, I s'pose.
That bar angle, though....
And the less said about the garden the better.
This professional bike without Bradley's history is worth a small fortune
Well, that's a matter of opinion. I'd say it's only worth what someone else is willing to pay for it when sold
you'd have to be paul weller to pay that much
Well it is worth a small fortune - at least £10k by the looks of things.
Anyway it
so a good deal really.includes spare brake pads
Hmmm.
Dunno what I think about that; it's certainly got a value, and even to buy one would probably run you 5-6-7 grand, but the 'won in a competition, now I'm flogging it because I'll never use it' angle doesn't elicit much sympathy from me. Maybe don't enter?
Bit cheeky to have 2012 bike in the title and 2011 bike in the description.
So not a Tour winning bike, then.
GB
Bit cheeky to have 2012 bike in the title and 2011 bike in the description.
I have revised the listing today after I was contacted by Sky to inform me that it is not a 2011 bike but one of Bradley's 2012 Bikes.
Hmmm.Dunno what I think about that; it's certainly got a value, and even to buy one would probably run you 5-6-7 grand, but the 'won in a competition, now I'm flogging it because I'll never use it' angle doesn't elicit much sympathy from me. Maybe don't enter?
The fellas been getting a bit of stick about it apparently, not least from The Sky team
I'm not sure I'd feel too comfortable buying a seconhand bike, it's dirty, innit? 😕
May as well sell it to someone who'll appreciate it - not sure why he entered really but then I never enter any competitions anyway. Would be nice if some went to charidee though.
the only relationship it has to Wiggo is the sticker, . . and that's hardly a relationship?
Sky... express their and apparently social media's disappointment that I am selling it. Now I am sorry to disappoint but as an ordinary working man I cannot justify keeping such an expensive and special bike, however much I want to. Nor am I going to squeeze my 6ft1, 15 stone frame into tightly fitting Lycra and use it every now and again to keep fit
don't blame him for selling
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He won it and he's entitled to sell it. Not sure I'd keep it. If you got 5-6k for it that would keep me in bikes for a good few years. Better than sticking it the spare bedroom to gather dust.
I am debating asking if he'll split as I only need wheels 😉
Too bloody right, what a cheeky bastard! Hope it doesn't reach its reserve, greedy sod!
I don't blame him for selling it either - look forward to racing some in Richmond Park on it. 😀
i thought Wiggo rides a 60cm bike frame, 56 seems a little small for a 6ft 3er?
look forward to racing someone commuting on the Etape du Embankment [s]in Richmond Park[/s] on it.
😉
i thought Wiggo rides a 60cm bike frame, 56 seems a little small for a 6ft 3er?
Nah, small frame, massive stem innit.
Not too many folk would be able to comfortably ride it in stock guise I suspect!
Should have offered it to Alan Sugar, he'd stick it on his wall I'm sure.
mudshark - Member
Should have offered it to Alan Sugar, he'd stick it on his wall I'm sure.
Mr Sugar does indeed like his Pinarellos. He's a Campag man though.
When loading them in to the jet, he insists that his bikes are handled with almost more care than his guests!
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I know a chap who used to be his pilot! The Embraer is a proper pimpwagon! Super quiet, fast, high and very comfy.
I'd sell it as well and buy something similar which fit me. Whats the point of it sitting about? A museum piece?
[quote=CaptainFlashheart said]I know a chap who used to be his pilot!
Couldn't he have fitted a parachute and stepped outside for a ciggie ? 😉
The smart seller would be donating a percentage to a charity say of wiggo's choice.
Said pilot never did a jump in his life! I used to jump out of aeroplanes he flew, though. 🙂
Pilot in question also spoke very highly of Sugar, apparently he's a bit of a gent.
The smart seller would be donating a percentage to a charity say of wiggo's choice.
that was my thoughts, but then again i'm supposed to be saving for a house deposit and charity begins at home!
I'd have it and ride it like I stole it, 'tis what it's for..
[quote=CaptainFlashheart said]Said pilot never did a jump in his life!
But what an opportunity to pop his parachuting cherry though 🙂
No chance, he's afraid of heights! 🙂
i would love to have a go on it, but i dont think i would want to keep it.
i thought Wiggo rides a 60cm bike frame, 56 seems a little small for a 6ft 3er?
Pinarellos are sized differently than most, IIRC a 53 fitted me whereas I normally ride a 56 road bike.
that was my thoughts, but then again i'm supposed to be saving for a house deposit and charity begins at home!
There's a way of phrasing it though, and 'a proportion' could be 5% (say), rather than the blatant "I only entered the competition to make money" which is the case there!
Similar to Lapierre road bikes, my 5' 10 friend rides a 52.
i would love to have a go on it, but i dont think i would want to keep it.
I've had a 2010ish Team Sky Dogma with Di2 for a while.
I really, really didn't want to give it back.
As mudshark says Pinarello are sized different and recommend going down a couple of sizes.
A similar bargain here...
Looks absolutely gopping to me, although the saddle height doesn't help.
Don't see the problem with selling it myself-he won it fair and square, and to my mind is free to do with it as he pleases. If he gets 10k for it, then that is a serious amount of cash isn't it-not life changing, but would certainly make life more comfortable...
hasn't even got those daft rotors - if it has been wiggo's it's not exactly come straight out from under him
I'm out
I would sell it - not at a ten grand starting price though.
A one-quid-no-reserve gamble might just get people fighting for it and it might go all the way. It was free, after all.
Would donate a bit to charity too.
If it was Sagan's Terminator paint themed Dale perhaps...
did they remove Bradleys chainrings???
I got a mail from sky with a link to all the sell off bikes from 2011. Think they were 2k without wheels. Wheels were available on request
Can't blame the bloke for selling. While I'd love to own a bike like that (that fits) it would be way too much bike for me so I'd rather sell, but a nice bike for 2, 3, 4k and then trouser the rest.
if he was selling because it just didn't fit him I don't understand why he's set such a high reserve and starting price. I think he'd get more interest at a 99p starting no reserve.
oh wait, I get it now - he's after the money! ahhhhhh
I hope Brad goes round with a full bladder and a pair of bombers
oh wait, I get it now - he's after the money! ahhhhhh
So what if he is ?
It's his bike, so he can price it however he wants.
Great .lucky bloke I would sell it as well and hopefully make loads ,Give some to charity why ? If I won something worth loads I would sell it as well especially if it was something like a car and worth 10 grand +
So it didn't sell, I wonder how he decided it was worth whatever he set the reserve at - and what other options he has for selling it.
I won't pretend to understand the best way to optimise sales price on ebay, but I think it's a bit rich of sky to say they are disappointed he's selling it. They ran a comp in the times for publicity purposes and he won it - not the same as if they had donated it to an up and coming but down at heel athlete.
I entered a comp for a dacia duster this morning and if I win it I will certainly be looking to maximise the cash I get for it...
He won it, he is free to sell it I don't see a problem with that.
It's a bit like people complaining about the Olympic torch bearers putting the torches on Ebay afterwards because it's not 'in the spirit of the Olympics'...given the amount of corporate sponsorship and massive corporate circus around the whole thing it seems like it's exactly in the spirit of the Olympics to me.
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had a peak at the bids, bike withdrawn from sale reserve not met, only got bidded up to £10,300 only 5 bids.
(i would have taken 10k for cash 🙂 )