Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - ridiculous markup?

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Miiike
10-04-07, 11:27 AM
i apologize if this was already mentioned, but the Sparton eBay frames are going for $350 at http://www.kingkog.com/kogshop/
(just scroll down a scoshe)

were these not $175 on eBay?

trons
10-04-07, 11:32 AM
it happens
Aeroplane
10-04-07, 11:47 AM
The price of convenience and not having to deal with not-very-good-at-english speaker.

crushkilldstroy
10-04-07, 12:11 PM
It's called business.
linux_author
10-04-07, 12:34 PM
It's called business.

- junque? or more properly, basura?
time bandit
10-04-07, 12:40 PM
wow, they are still on ebay for less than 2. I cant believe they sell any of those.
IROeunuch
10-04-07, 12:41 PM
if you were a self-conscious teenager who wanted a hipster to smile at you, you'd happily fork over $175 extra of your parents money
time bandit
10-04-07, 12:42 PM
oh, well, i spoke too soon. i never saw the pink ones on ebay and kingkog says they sold out first. figures....
tinydr
10-04-07, 12:48 PM
they also appear to be selling Campy BMX cranks (to be fair, with a king headset) for $300. Those Campy cranks used to be pretty cheap.
666pack
10-04-07, 12:54 PM
that mark up is a lot like how some bfssfg members sold their group buy frames on ebay for over three hundred doll hairs.
octopus magic
10-04-07, 01:03 PM
I'm going to start buying up early 90's Scott aero bars (the big one piece things). Those are totally going to be the next hot trend in handlebar trends.
carleton
10-04-07, 01:11 PM
Free Market Economy. Nothing wrong with that.

The price will come down if nobody buys them at the current price. That's sort of how it works.
Aeroplane
10-04-07, 01:13 PM
they also appear to be selling Campy BMX cranks (to be fair, with a king headset) for $300. Those Campy cranks used to be pretty cheap.
Yeah, like 20 years ago. Good luck finding them for less than $150 now.
tinydr
10-04-07, 01:23 PM
fair enough, I suppose I haven't been in the market for a set in 12 or so...
blickblocks
10-04-07, 01:41 PM
I'm going to start buying up early 90's Scott aero bars (the big one piece things). Those are totally going to be the next hot trend in handlebar trends.

I found this ebay store specializing in NOS stuff, and they had the weirdest aerobars I've ever seen. It's like they're tinker toys, and you have to build them yourself.
V-Rock
10-04-07, 02:11 PM
wow, how about that packaging?
na975
10-04-07, 02:21 PM
Affinity cycles did the same thing, started out at $350 and Bam! now $450.
dutret
10-04-07, 02:39 PM
I'm going to start buying up early 90's Scott aero bars (the big one piece things). Those are totally going to be the next hot trend in handlebar trends.

I sure hope so.
octopus magic
10-04-07, 03:34 PM
I sure hope so.

Good enough for Greg Lemond in 1990, good enough for YOU!

I mean if all these "aero trends" are catching on with wheels ie heds, zipps, aero spokes, it's only a matter of time before aero bars make their market and we see bullhorns get their time trial attachments.
vpower
10-04-07, 06:30 PM
I'm going to start buying up early 90's Scott aero bars (the big one piece things). Those are totally going to be the next hot trend in handlebar trends.

oddly enough, I have 3 pairs of these, I chopped a pair into some ugly goofball bullhorns and they were really fun until I moved into the city.

now they sit in the basement.