I Stalked A SuperCourse
 

Is it wrong to stalk a dilapidated old Raleigh Super Course, wait for it's owner to approach, buy it and give him a ride home 20 miles out of your way? :innocent:

:lol: If it works, why not?

No way is it wrong. How can it be wrong if it turned out so right.
Nice score.

Sounds like a normal day to me.

A man's got to do what a man's got to do.

^ You must lead a charmed life bibliobob !

(Great snag, R0ckh0und !)

I just mean the obsessive part. I was late to dinner tonight because I went out of my way to pick up some tires and a new saddle.

Nice score Rockhound. Clean her up and take some photos for us!

I have to admit I felt a little bit guilty after buying this guys transportation home.............however, the cones in both wheels are extremely loose, BB is loose, seatpost has no binder bolt and the front brake was rubbing hard. The owner said he paid $15 for it and had just replaced the front tube. When I was driving him home he took a key off his keyring and handed it to me.......said it was the key for the lock. He did seem delighted to get rid of the old bike and it's many issues. It is my size, the paint is in terrible shape but with a good scrubbing and some personal touches it should make for a great "beater" bike.

This belongs under a "You might be a C&V'er if " thread... It sounds like the punch line to a joke.

Not wrong at all. I stalked my Fuji for weeks before finally seeing the owner outside his house and having an opportunity to talk with him.

Haha, I'd be worried about how the dude would react. Chance is you caught him off guard, which might be good for negotiations. But then you gave him 20 miles to mull it over. Which sounds like quite the commute given the described state of the bike.

Wonder how the 600EX rear dérailleur made it on there.

I stocked a homeless man for 2 days to get my Lotus.... it's not even anything special I just liked how it looked.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2705/...dbcc8be1_b.jpg

I keep 20 euros in my pcoket at all times for situations like this.

There's a vagrant here in Toronto who rides a nice old Bianchi Campione D'Italia in the awesome Electric Rose colour but, since it ain't my size, I haven't bugged him about it.

After thinking about it, you aren't the first BFer that I have heard of doing this. I won't out him, but I would do it for the right keeper.

I'd be more than a little bit worried that he'd murder me in the car.

I can't tell a vagrant from a hipster...