Worst Brooks Swift... EVER. + photos
07-19-07, 01:24 PM
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Worst Brooks Swift... EVER. + photos
Okay... So I accidentally won a Swift on ebay. I had just received a bonus pay check for some free lance work, was checking out bike components on ebay, came accross a Swift, casually entered my max bid, and then I went out of town and won the auction.
The saddle was listed as "new Brooks Swift Ti saddle, simply mounted and ridden for a short ride" and the photos presented a clean, unscathed saddle. However, upon arrival I noticed some peculiar things. The bolt was way overtightened and the leather was pulling off the rivets. Have a look and see if there's anything else that's screwed up with this "new" saddle.
The ebay merchant has yet to respond to my complaint....
Oh ebay.... Sometimes I don't think I could get a better burn riding fixed, on the street, with a 110" gear.
PHOTO 0: Looks nice, eh?
PHOTO 1: The nut and bolt... Doesn't that nut look like it's been cranked pretty far for a brooks that has only been taken on a "short ride"? The leather was probably mistreated with something like oil! Or maybe urine.
PHOTO 2: The "Brooks" signature on the back looks unoriginal. Yes no?
PHOTO 3: Overtightening... This is the back, left, underside. There is pretty large gap between the leather and the titanium.
PHOTO 4: Shouldn't there be a number branded in the center, underside of the saddle(white arrow)?
PHOTO 5:
PHOTO 6: They can't do it for the kids. seperation
PHOTO 7: Shouldn't the rail say Titanium? As it is the Swift Ti?
Another crappy rivet shot and the underside gap between leather and titanium, yet again.
I appreciate the help. As I said, wining the auction was entirely unintentional and now entirely unfortunate. I want to make the most of this .
The saddle was listed as "new Brooks Swift Ti saddle, simply mounted and ridden for a short ride" and the photos presented a clean, unscathed saddle. However, upon arrival I noticed some peculiar things. The bolt was way overtightened and the leather was pulling off the rivets. Have a look and see if there's anything else that's screwed up with this "new" saddle.
The ebay merchant has yet to respond to my complaint....
Oh ebay.... Sometimes I don't think I could get a better burn riding fixed, on the street, with a 110" gear.
PHOTO 0: Looks nice, eh?
PHOTO 1: The nut and bolt... Doesn't that nut look like it's been cranked pretty far for a brooks that has only been taken on a "short ride"? The leather was probably mistreated with something like oil! Or maybe urine.
PHOTO 2: The "Brooks" signature on the back looks unoriginal. Yes no?
PHOTO 3: Overtightening... This is the back, left, underside. There is pretty large gap between the leather and the titanium.
PHOTO 4: Shouldn't there be a number branded in the center, underside of the saddle(white arrow)?
PHOTO 5:
PHOTO 6: They can't do it for the kids. seperation
PHOTO 7: Shouldn't the rail say Titanium? As it is the Swift Ti?
Another crappy rivet shot and the underside gap between leather and titanium, yet again.
I appreciate the help. As I said, wining the auction was entirely unintentional and now entirely unfortunate. I want to make the most of this .
07-19-07, 01:29 PM
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what's that bump on the top right of the seat in the first pic?
you're going to ride it right?
just give it a few miles, everything will settle into place and everything will be ok.
you're going to ride it right?
just give it a few miles, everything will settle into place and everything will be ok.
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No stamp / branding
Stamped / Branded
Another Brooks with the different tag
Gently used, has the "gap
But I think you're correct with the over-softening, that bolts been extended.
Stamped / Branded
Another Brooks with the different tag
Gently used, has the "gap
But I think you're correct with the over-softening, that bolts been extended.
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dude, how much did you pay -- i mean, it sounds like you didn't enter much if you didnt care to win it -- ill take it off your hands for $20 if it's so terrible 
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He paid $139.50
https://cgi.ebay.com/New-brooks-Swift...QQcmdZViewItem
https://cgi.ebay.com/New-brooks-Swift...QQcmdZViewItem
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i had been awake for 48hrs, was trying an "auction sniper" website for the first time, and did not think the max bid/snipe actually processed. it was not listed in the snipes folder, so after a few double checks i let it go. then i left town and it slipped my mind. on my end, the snipe did not register so it was not a cause for concern.
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Well...... if it is advertised as product ABC and is a knock off, file a dispute with paypal.
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i had been awake for 48hrs, was trying an "auction sniper" website for the first time, and did not think the max bid/snipe actually processed. it was not listed in the snipes folder, so after a few double checks i let it go. then i left town and it slipped my mind. on my end, the snipe did not register so it was not a cause for concern.
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man, what is it with the damn fixed/singlespeed forum? everybody's got an attitude.
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Good luck with that one.............
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This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
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i will remove the rails and list it on ebay as a roman arm cuff, for people with massive forearms and minuscule wrists
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- but seriously, don't go on ebay, period...
- eScamBay is for entertainment purposes only...
- eScamBay is for entertainment purposes only...
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Being a well informed buyer can work wonders.
I've bid & bin'd lots of stuff, from batteries to bibs and have only felt let down once (and on a $10 item).
I've bid & bin'd lots of stuff, from batteries to bibs and have only felt let down once (and on a $10 item).
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This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
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Not for nothing, but...doesn't the picture on ebay show the saddle bolt tightened up?
