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03-15-21, 08:45 PM
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03-15-21, 10:23 PM
Bikes are okay, I guess.
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The result of bad wheelying skills.
03-16-21, 03:07 AM
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03-16-21, 05:52 AM
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03-16-21, 07:48 AM
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03-16-21, 08:33 AM
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I love the ads where the picture has cactus growing behind the bike and the address says Boston. And if you switch over to another city you see the same ad with a different address.
03-16-21, 11:31 AM
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03-16-21, 11:52 AM
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03-16-21, 01:48 PM
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I had no idea that Peugeot and Hetchins collaborated on anything
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03-16-21, 04:02 PM
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I clicked through expecting to see ~$90 for a pair of NOS folding bead MTB Tires. Then I had to collect my jaw from the floor!
03-17-21, 06:00 PM
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03-17-21, 11:42 PM
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(I'm sorry, but I had to do it.)
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03-18-21, 11:40 AM
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Not bike, or wacky, but had me chuckle...
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/zip...293289581.html
© craigslist - Map data © OpenStreetMap(google map)
condition: good
make / manufacturer: Igneous rock/ Creator
model name / number: N/A
size / dimensions: 20" X 20" X 20"
Two large size boulders for adoption to good home.
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/zip...293289581.html
landscaping Boulders (concord / pleasant hill / martinez)
image 2 of 2© craigslist - Map data © OpenStreetMap(google map)
condition: good
make / manufacturer: Igneous rock/ Creator
model name / number: N/A
size / dimensions: 20" X 20" X 20"
Two large size boulders for adoption to good home.
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03-18-21, 03:30 PM
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03-18-21, 05:36 PM
Bikes are okay, I guess.
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Not bike, or wacky, but had me chuckle...
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/zip...293289581.html
© craigslist - Map data © OpenStreetMap(google map)
condition: good
make / manufacturer: Igneous rock/ Creator
model name / number: N/A
size / dimensions: 20" X 20" X 20"
Two large size boulders for adoption to good home.
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/zip...293289581.html
landscaping Boulders (concord / pleasant hill / martinez)
image 2 of 2© craigslist - Map data © OpenStreetMap(google map)
condition: good
make / manufacturer: Igneous rock/ Creator
model name / number: N/A
size / dimensions: 20" X 20" X 20"
Two large size boulders for adoption to good home.
03-18-21, 07:01 PM
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It's not that someone is selling rocks is funny, it's the composition of the ad. We buy rocks on craigslist. We met a guy who owns his own quarry. It was fun to visit.
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03-19-21, 07:03 AM
Bikes are okay, I guess.
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I understood that, but was letting people know that rocks on CL are generally not a laughing matter. There were folks lined up to pick from this guy's pile.
03-19-21, 08:13 AM
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Not bike, or wacky, but had me chuckle...
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/zip...293289581.html
© craigslist - Map data © OpenStreetMap(google map)
condition: good
make / manufacturer: Igneous rock/ Creator
model name / number: N/A
size / dimensions: 20" X 20" X 20"
Two large size boulders for adoption to good home.
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/zip...293289581.html
landscaping Boulders (concord / pleasant hill / martinez)
image 2 of 2© craigslist - Map data © OpenStreetMap(google map)
condition: good
make / manufacturer: Igneous rock/ Creator
model name / number: N/A
size / dimensions: 20" X 20" X 20"
Two large size boulders for adoption to good home.
Best, Ben
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03-19-21, 10:33 AM
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Yes, I was referring to the genesis of its manufacture. I use stones in my landscape so understand their worth. I would have picked them up except for the fact that picking them up would be the issue. Granite that size is well north of 200#.
03-19-21, 01:55 PM
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Caution Squirrel Crossing...
03-19-21, 09:33 PM
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"The Wacky World of Craigslist and eBay Ads" a great thread to check if you're ever bored. I just wonder what it would be like to actually meet some of these sellers and see their states of mind.
I like this ad. No one who has any respect for their bikes would place one like this, especially not for a sales ad. Tempted to ask seller if he drinks paint
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...5522255434877?
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I like this ad. No one who has any respect for their bikes would place one like this, especially not for a sales ad. Tempted to ask seller if he drinks paint
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...5522255434877?
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03-19-21, 11:53 PM
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03-20-21, 12:50 PM
Bikes are okay, I guess.
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Obviously bent, but the fix was to bend it worse in order to make it rideable. Front wheel and fork blades got pushed back and needed to be fixed, so the whole shebang was pushed forward somehow, bending the fork blades above the damaged area and bending the fork blades forward just below the fork crown, thereby placing the front axle about where it should be for normal riding. As a mechanic with a modest history of half-assery behind me, I gotta admire that fix.
03-20-21, 07:49 PM
Bikes are okay, I guess.
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Nice enough machine at a decent price but check out those wheels and those cantilever brakes.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...28210194509680
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...28210194509680
