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08-30-22, 12:14 PM
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Somebody trying to cut free a locked bike?
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08-30-22, 02:14 PM
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Buy now and save stress fighting the crowds when Christmas comes.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...4-5654fdc1fc80
Folk art bike frame table
$25 · In stock
Listed in Rogersville, TN
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...4-5654fdc1fc80
Folk art bike frame table
$25 · In stock
Listed in Rogersville, TN
- Condition
Used – good
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08-30-22, 02:26 PM
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Buy now and save stress fighting the crows when Christmas comes.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...4-5654fdc1fc80
Folk art bike frame table
$25 · In stock
Listed in Rogersville, TN
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...4-5654fdc1fc80
Folk art bike frame table
$25 · In stock
Listed in Rogersville, TN
- Condition
Used – good
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08-30-22, 08:55 PM
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^^^^^^ Taco-ed wheels....
(The one above reminds me too much of an ironing board; couldn't stand for anything like that in my house....)
(The one above reminds me too much of an ironing board; couldn't stand for anything like that in my house....)
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08-31-22, 07:27 PM
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Oh yeah. Should I bite? 
condition: like new
part type: pedals
Fresh anodized cages and bodies
New decals.
Og. Cages with stamped suntour screws.
Some bad mama jamas here boy.
Suntour xc2 pedals 24k gold plated - $500 (Fields landing)
condition: like new
part type: pedals
Fresh anodized cages and bodies
New decals.
Og. Cages with stamped suntour screws.
Some bad mama jamas here boy.
09-01-22, 07:58 PM
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Rant of the day!
How can you tell Fall is coming?
Every year like clockwork ,the used Brooks saddles appear and soon they flood the market. Every seller says the saddle either was rode just once, just mounted but never ridden or just never ridden. The only truthful part of the ad is when the seller says they didn't like it. Almost all of them are obviously lying.
Here's a typical example:
posted 7hrs ago in Flagstaff Az
https://flagstaff.craigslist.org/bop...528698647.htmlBrooks Saddle B17 Unused - $99 (Flagstaff) AZ
Unused you say? What are those marks on the rails?
The trick to buying a used Brooks is to accept that a lot of people hear the stories of the magical qualities of Brooks products. They buy the saddles and a) don't realize that the break in period involves more riding than they will do do in their lives and b) don't realize that leather has to be treated with respect (requires Proofhide, can't leave out in the rain, occasionally wipe down, don't drop bike on the saddle, don't rest bike upside down on the saddle and don't let the saddle slide along a brick or concrete wall).
In a few months there will be lots more, actual good examples, some in the original boxes and they will be much cheaper as the snow flies. I just wait patiently like a vulture and every year I see three or four - usually B17 but often Pros for under $50, with Proofhide and wrench.
How can you tell Fall is coming?
Every year like clockwork ,the used Brooks saddles appear and soon they flood the market. Every seller says the saddle either was rode just once, just mounted but never ridden or just never ridden. The only truthful part of the ad is when the seller says they didn't like it. Almost all of them are obviously lying.
Here's a typical example:
posted 7hrs ago in Flagstaff Az
https://flagstaff.craigslist.org/bop...528698647.html
Brooks Saddle B17 Unused - $99 (Flagstaff) AZ
Unused
Seriously? Did the seller just slide down a flight of concrete steps using the boxed saddle as a sled?
Unused you say? What are those marks on the rails?
The trick to buying a used Brooks is to accept that a lot of people hear the stories of the magical qualities of Brooks products. They buy the saddles and a) don't realize that the break in period involves more riding than they will do do in their lives and b) don't realize that leather has to be treated with respect (requires Proofhide, can't leave out in the rain, occasionally wipe down, don't drop bike on the saddle, don't rest bike upside down on the saddle and don't let the saddle slide along a brick or concrete wall).
In a few months there will be lots more, actual good examples, some in the original boxes and they will be much cheaper as the snow flies. I just wait patiently like a vulture and every year I see three or four - usually B17 but often Pros for under $50, with Proofhide and wrench.
09-02-22, 10:53 AM
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Bike with invisible motor? . . . Can not say for certain
09-02-22, 12:47 PM
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09-02-22, 04:16 PM
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^^^^^^ Certified organic (or certifyable, anyway.....)
09-02-22, 07:51 PM
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09-05-22, 05:50 PM
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This Raleigh showed up in the local ads yesterday for $1800. Maybe he's a zero off?? 
https://classifieds.ksl.com/listing/69282699
https://classifieds.ksl.com/listing/69282699
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09-06-22, 07:17 AM
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This Raleigh showed up in the local ads yesterday for $1800. Maybe he's a zero off??
https://classifieds.ksl.com/listing/69282699
https://classifieds.ksl.com/listing/69282699
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This Raleigh showed up in the local ads yesterday for $1800. Maybe he's a zero off??
https://classifieds.ksl.com/listing/69282699
https://classifieds.ksl.com/listing/69282699
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09-06-22, 05:57 PM
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The ad text is way calmer than the bike would have me expect. Weird grab bag of other stuff stapled onto the patriotic theme like 420, a skull (I guess all the founding fathers had skulls).
Trek 800 retromod - $250 (Cedar, MN)
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/a...530394975.html
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09-06-22, 06:13 PM
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Thought I could do something with it . . . I was wrong!
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^^^^^ WW bonus points for PFIF (photographer's feet in frame) - he missed the double bonus, however, by not wearing sandals / flip-flops.
09-10-22, 11:02 AM
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