Simplex hubs anyone, get your bid in
09-15-09, 08:19 PM
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Simplex hubs anyone, get your bid in
Just over an hour to go in the auction. Get your bids in!
https://cgi.ebay.com/SIMPLEX-WHITE-QU...d=p3286.c0.m14
https://cgi.ebay.com/SIMPLEX-WHITE-QU...d=p3286.c0.m14
09-15-09, 08:27 PM
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Very pretty.
But I'll see you hubs and raise you a first-gen Campy pedal.
https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT
But I'll see you hubs and raise you a first-gen Campy pedal.
https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT
09-15-09, 08:37 PM
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Someone spent some time polishing those pedals, wow.
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09-15-09, 10:30 PM
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Hmmm.. I suspect it'a one of those "juy" components from the a few decades ago that mysteriously (to me) attracts such high bids. I love French stuff, but I could never figure out these overpriced components from Simplex. I still cant figure out why a derailleur like the Super LJ constantly attract such high prices too. Personally, I think French components are lovely, but nowhere near approaches the quality and performance and reliability of high line Japanese and Italian components.....yet I ride an all French bike??? I must be mad!
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09-15-09, 11:37 PM
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last time I sold some parts, I really considered polishing a couple of them. I just couldn't bring myself to do it though. Really wonder about collectors that buy highly polished parts when they never were highly polished from the factory.
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This whole matter is sickening, and a pet gripe: given the price that parts like Simplex or Campagnolo fetch, the kiddies over here in Europe have been tearing bikes apart for over 15 years now just to make a quick kill, the rest of the bike get's trashed. Think of it, you pay 15-25 euros for a beater or nice bike, you take a cutter to the spokes, a bit of metal polish and washing up liquid, and hey presto, 1200 + bucks. Because used simplex hubs don't just turn up in a drawer, you cut them out of a perfectly good wheelset, which comes from a perfectly good bike. Bike pillage.
09-16-09, 03:31 AM
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This whole matter is sickening, and a pet gripe: given the price that parts like Simplex or Campagnolo fetch, the kiddies over here in Europe have been tearing bikes apart for over 15 years now just to make a quick kill, the rest of the bike get's trashed. Think of it, you pay 15-25 euros for a beater or nice bike, you take a cutter to the spokes, a bit of metal polish and washing up liquid, and hey presto, 1200 + bucks. Because used simplex hubs don't just turn up in a drawer, you cut them out of a perfectly good wheelset, which comes from a perfectly good bike. Bike pillage.
