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HereNT
08-06-04, 02:45 PM
Another one on the block : http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=7298&item=3692606873&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

My size, too :|

MERTON
08-06-04, 02:48 PM
pfft. it's aluminum.
HereNT
08-06-04, 03:02 PM
pfft. it's aluminum.

So far, it's the only aluminum bike I've looked at that I've liked. Reminds me of the bike I have now, only newer and lighter.

And of course, more expensive...

glomarduck
08-06-04, 03:05 PM
Don't buy used aluminum.
fiksdforlife
08-06-04, 03:29 PM
what a dweeb, that guy. better that someone takes that bike off his hands-- how can you ride that just once? jeez. HereNT, looks like you need to do some more moonlighting projects . . . . btw, i sat on a pista concept complete bike while i shopping for mine, and indeed they are sweet.
HereNT
08-06-04, 03:53 PM
what a dweeb, that guy. better that someone takes that bike off his hands-- how can you ride that just once? jeez. HereNT, looks like you need to do some more moonlighting projects . . . . btw, i sat on a pista concept complete bike while i shopping for mine, and indeed they are sweet.

I dunno - I've just loved the look of that bike since someone posted it in the sticky photos thread. (on dial-up, not worth taking the time to find out who)

I'd do more moonlighting projects, but I usually get about 50 hours/wk now, and when I'm not at work I'm too lazy/unmotivated/drunk to really think about doing much web design... Kind of the opposite of most of the people I work with. They seem lazy at work, yet have big projects they do at home. Guess I'm a workaholic as well as an alcaholic... Pays the bills though.
PGZX3
08-06-04, 04:09 PM
how can you ride that just once? jeez.
more money than brains possibly????

I'm poor too. LOL!! I always thought I had a cheap hobby until I got into road bikes :lol:
amstr
08-06-04, 05:32 PM
That's what I thought when I saw this frame:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=22681&item=3691893623&rd=1
vr6ofpain
08-07-04, 12:58 AM
That's what I thought when I saw this frame:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=22681&item=3691893623&rd=1

that is sweet!
LazloHollyfeld
08-07-04, 04:30 PM
That Marinoni is nice!
jfmckenna
08-07-04, 05:22 PM
Maybe it's the $hity pictures but I'm not impressed ???
manboy
08-09-04, 09:56 AM
Pfft, whatever. I like my 80s Fuji more. Oh yeah, and I also like eating more.
joeprim
08-09-04, 09:59 AM
I wounder if it's stolen? Why would some one buy a new bike and then sell it on E-bay
Joe
SD Fixed
08-09-04, 11:52 AM
Nothing wrong with AL. Unless your a lightwieght (litteraly) and then it beats you to crap.

I still say AL is just as good as steel. Though, the new bike will be steel.
marked001
08-09-04, 11:58 AM
..why isnt it chrome?
dabern
08-09-04, 12:29 PM
I particularly like the text in the ad...heck, who wouldn't love to have "the HOTTEST bike in your city, country wherever you lay" WTF? So yeah, I think it's probably stolen. It isn't chrome because it's Bianchi's "real" track frame, the pista concept, which is sold as frameset only instead of the regular entry level pista. I prefer steel for my own track bike, too, but if I was a real trackie then I'd likely be on AL.