How NOT to sell a crankset!!!!
07-19-15, 07:18 PM
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How NOT to sell a crankset!!!!
Here's the quote from the eBay ad: "You get everything shown including the lower tube. I cut the frame apart because it is too much too ship and was not the top of the line but the components were good. The Bottom Bracket bearings feel smooth. "
Duh, like this is going to make it easier to ship??
Here's the listing.
STRONGLIGHT PEUGEOT Complete CRANKSET 170MM 9/16 52 & 40, Bottom Bracket, Bike
Enjoy!
Duh, like this is going to make it easier to ship??
Here's the listing.
STRONGLIGHT PEUGEOT Complete CRANKSET 170MM 9/16 52 & 40, Bottom Bracket, Bike
Enjoy!
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Please don't confuse ebay "asking" prices with "selling" prices. Many sellers never get their ask price. some are far from it. Value is determined once an item actually SELLS. Its easy enough to check SOLD prices.
Please don't confuse ebay "asking" prices with "selling" prices. Many sellers never get their ask price. some are far from it. Value is determined once an item actually SELLS. Its easy enough to check SOLD prices.
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07-19-15, 07:45 PM
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The seller has 1183 positive feedbacks, so the seller must be doing something right. I think the issue is not having the proper crank removal tool. Should be disclosed and the threading is French.
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07-19-15, 08:00 PM
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Looks like a post-1982 crank, so a standard 22mm puller ought to have worked. French thread shouldn't be an issue in removing the cups. Seller was a little hasty with the hacksaw, IMO.
07-19-15, 08:02 PM
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You just dont see that everyday.
07-19-15, 08:06 PM
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And the seller lost what ever value he would have gotten out of the frame. 5 minutes at a co-op, or a couple of dollars at the LBS and that crank could have been removed for him.
07-19-15, 08:10 PM
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Kinda the typical junk yard approach. At least you'll be certain to all the parts. I'd actually feel more confident buying that way.
07-19-15, 09:04 PM
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Hate to see what happens when he gets a flat tire. He'd probably bring in the rear wheel with the stays and dropouts still attached to the wheel. "The quick releases weren't quick enough and I only need to press a button on my Sawzall to remove the wheel." Lol.
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if he invested in a sawzall what's a few bucks for some proper bb wrenches
07-19-15, 09:27 PM
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Last time I saw this approach it was a guy walking into the back door of the bike shop and offering a Campagnolo crank set with bottom bracket complete with about 6 inches of each tube and stay left attached.
He wanted $15. Red Hot it was.
He wanted $15. Red Hot it was.
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I got a swell deal on a 49D in the same condition. But that needed the Stronglight puller, so at least it makes sense.
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The bike was probably just chained to the bike rack...
And rather than trying to cut the hardened steel NY Lock... it was easier to chop up the frame to remove it.
Is he selling a headset too?
I think I have a French BB Shell that needs replaced on one of my bikes... perhaps I'll have to consider that one.
But, as others have said... I'm not too excited about 170's... perhaps if I make a kid's bike???
And rather than trying to cut the hardened steel NY Lock... it was easier to chop up the frame to remove it.
Is he selling a headset too?
I think I have a French BB Shell that needs replaced on one of my bikes... perhaps I'll have to consider that one.
But, as others have said... I'm not too excited about 170's... perhaps if I make a kid's bike???
07-20-15, 12:20 AM
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those cuts look too clean for a sawzall. very perpendicular and with no stutter marks: he didn't just hack that off a bike on a rack, he used a proper tool and maybe even a jig. seems way more effort than just pulling the cranks.
07-20-15, 12:33 AM
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Everyone here assumes he cut apart a decent frame. It's equally likely that the frame and fork had a run-in with a car bumper, so he opted to part it out via hacksaw.
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