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08-14-11, 09:05 AM
#3901
Vello Kombi, baby
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I sent him an email...
Hi,
I saw your ad on Craigslist and I want this bike. Unfortunately I can not afford $2000 so I am offering $1950. Is this OK with you?
Can you please send me more pictures? I would like to see what the inside of the tubes look like and a picture of each chain link would be great.
I will be in your area on Monday so I can pick up the bike then. Can you put it in a Wal-Mart bag for me so I can take it on the buss?
Many Thanks
Billy Bianchi
Hi,
I saw your ad on Craigslist and I want this bike. Unfortunately I can not afford $2000 so I am offering $1950. Is this OK with you?
Can you please send me more pictures? I would like to see what the inside of the tubes look like and a picture of each chain link would be great.
I will be in your area on Monday so I can pick up the bike then. Can you put it in a Wal-Mart bag for me so I can take it on the buss?
Many Thanks
Billy Bianchi
Okay, here's mine:
Sir: I implore you, do not sell this Bianchi for the ridiculously low price you have listed. I have reason to believe that you in fact have found the fabled Lost Bianchi of Coppi. It was last seen in North Africa, being carried off by a swarm of malarial mosquitos. For a long time it has been presumed lost and likely destroyed, as mosquitos are notoriously hard on bicycles.
Whatever you do, please do not sell this bicycle until I and my team of graduate assistants have flown out to make some key measurements and observations. The fate of several dissertations hangs in the balance.
Sincerly,
Irving Julius Quackenbush
Virginia Tech department of Epistemological Anthropology and Kinesthetic Propulsion
Whatever you do, please do not sell this bicycle until I and my team of graduate assistants have flown out to make some key measurements and observations. The fate of several dissertations hangs in the balance.
Sincerly,
Irving Julius Quackenbush
Virginia Tech department of Epistemological Anthropology and Kinesthetic Propulsion
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08-14-11, 09:28 AM
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"I suspect toeclips and shoes with slotted cleats would work as well or better at standing up to the rigors of fixed gear freestyle riding, but Van's doesn't make a shoe that can accommodate slotted cleats."
and who does make slotted cleats and shoes today (Dromarti is all that springs to mind)? and how are you going to wear leather or plastic soled shoes in a pub that has a sticky-slippry floor?
and who does make slotted cleats and shoes today (Dromarti is all that springs to mind)? and how are you going to wear leather or plastic soled shoes in a pub that has a sticky-slippry floor?
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08-14-11, 10:17 AM
#3903
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Hey, that wood grain paint job took a lot of work, and I can imagine paying $400 for just the paint job. I suspect it's an ordinary cheap frame, but I don't think the price is out of line.
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08-14-11, 11:00 AM
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"graffietti di normale utilizzo" translates as "scratches from normal use". Judging from the photo, I'm not sure I'd classify this bike as one that was used normally ...
I'll give him this though: It sure as hell got my attention when I was browsing!
https://www.kijiji.it/annunci/bicicle...-dirt/18391426
08-15-11, 02:20 AM
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08-15-11, 12:11 PM
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This makes my head hurt: https://memphis.craigslist.org/bik/2459369269.html.
08-15-11, 01:07 PM
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This makes my head hurt: https://memphis.craigslist.org/bik/2459369269.html.
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08-15-11, 02:30 PM
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08-15-11, 02:48 PM
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08-15-11, 03:04 PM
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Ooops!
WRONG BIKE FRAME IN TRASH (WEST ROGERS AVE, APPLETON)
THE PERSON WHO PICKED UP A BIKE FRAME SUNDAY ON WEST ROGERS AVE IN APPLETON, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL ME, I PUT THE WRONG BIKE FRAME TO THE TRASH I HAVE ONE TO REPLACE AS LONG AS I GET IT BACK FOR MY SON HE'S MAD AT ME 428-0222
WRONG BIKE FRAME IN TRASH (WEST ROGERS AVE, APPLETON)
THE PERSON WHO PICKED UP A BIKE FRAME SUNDAY ON WEST ROGERS AVE IN APPLETON, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL ME, I PUT THE WRONG BIKE FRAME TO THE TRASH I HAVE ONE TO REPLACE AS LONG AS I GET IT BACK FOR MY SON HE'S MAD AT ME 428-0222
08-15-11, 04:52 PM
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He quoted the owner of a bike shop in San Pedro, CA. The problem is, I know the shop and the owner, who happens to have been in business since this dumb kid's father in elementary school, and there is no way in hell he would have given such appraisal. So I called up the owner and he denied having appraised the bike, of course. Then the kid goes on to say the appraisal was really $1,000 and in a private message to me tells me that Bianchi Girl gave him that appraisal. For those of us that know and respect BG's encyclopedic knowledge of Bianchis there is no question that this guy's full of it. Now a neighborhood kid has expressed interest in the bike and I'll be taking him to see it on Tuesday. But the kid has much better sense and has made an offer 1/10th of the asking price and now they're haggling the details. Will probably sell for $250 to $300 my guess. I recommended the lower price of course.
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If that kid gets it for $200-$300 like you said? that'd be totally hysterical.......
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08-15-11, 05:03 PM
#3912
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This makes my head hurt: https://memphis.craigslist.org/bik/2459369269.html.
Explains it all: https://memphisbargainbicycles.com
WOW steel semiApe hangers and tubulars what a combo!
if it was $300 I would buy it just to put it out of our misery!
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08-15-11, 08:33 PM
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Campagnolo Nuovo/SR crank arms. Note that it's just the arms, and the seller clearly states "there are tiny cracks where the spiders meet the arms (last 3 pictures)."
Yet...with 30 minutes remaining...45 bids and $81.00!
https://cgi.ebay.com/Campagnolo-Super...64845911567975
Yet...with 30 minutes remaining...45 bids and $81.00!
https://cgi.ebay.com/Campagnolo-Super...64845911567975
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08-16-11, 03:08 AM
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Ooops!
WRONG BIKE FRAME IN TRASH (WEST ROGERS AVE, APPLETON)
THE PERSON WHO PICKED UP A BIKE FRAME SUNDAY ON WEST ROGERS AVE IN APPLETON, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL ME, I PUT THE WRONG BIKE FRAME TO THE TRASH I HAVE ONE TO REPLACE AS LONG AS I GET IT BACK FOR MY SON HE'S MAD AT ME 428-0222
WRONG BIKE FRAME IN TRASH (WEST ROGERS AVE, APPLETON)
THE PERSON WHO PICKED UP A BIKE FRAME SUNDAY ON WEST ROGERS AVE IN APPLETON, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL ME, I PUT THE WRONG BIKE FRAME TO THE TRASH I HAVE ONE TO REPLACE AS LONG AS I GET IT BACK FOR MY SON HE'S MAD AT ME 428-0222
08-16-11, 03:23 AM
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I can just imagine if there was internet in the late 70s what people in this forum would say about those crazy hippies from california who were putting motorcycle brakes on beach cruisers
08-17-11, 06:42 AM
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https://cleveland.craigslist.org/bik/2516876005.html
I saw "105" and I was like "OOH!" Then I opened it up and was like "oh."
I saw "105" and I was like "OOH!" Then I opened it up and was like "oh."
08-17-11, 06:46 AM
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https://cleveland.craigslist.org/bik/2516876005.html
I saw "105" and I was like "OOH!" Then I opened it up and was like "oh."
I saw "105" and I was like "OOH!" Then I opened it up and was like "oh."
08-17-11, 08:00 AM
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This makes my head hurt: https://memphis.craigslist.org/bik/2459369269.html.
08-19-11, 09:43 AM
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It didn't sell at $100, makes sense to bump the price a little.
Raleigh Grand Prix Racing USA - $300 (Fresno)
Raleigh Grand Prix Racing USA - $300 (Fresno)
08-19-11, 10:03 AM
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It didn't sell at $100, makes sense to bump the price a little.
Raleigh Grand Prix Racing USA - $300 (Fresno)
Raleigh Grand Prix Racing USA - $300 (Fresno)
08-19-11, 06:11 PM
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https://maine.craigslist.org/bik/2555803525.html
$700 Raleigh Grand Prix with cow hide seat which is called a "sattle".
$700 Raleigh Grand Prix with cow hide seat which is called a "sattle".
