Originally Posted by
triplebutted
The guy had a small tiny pix of a Red/White Ironman and when I called he said "oh, that's not the picture of the bike, it says "comp ta" on it. Why do they do that on CL?
Anway, I'm happy cause Centurion brings back memories for me.
My guess is that your bike was stolen recently, so he put up a pic of a very similar bike to hook someone like you (a centurion enthusiast) without the owner finding the ad, meeting him somewhere, and beating him for 20 minutes to half an hour.
It's standard procedure for bike thief flippers. I mean, you can't safely list the recently stolen bike, but you gotta sell it somehow, no?
-rob
ps-btw, very nice bike!