Check Out This Fork!
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Check Out This Fork!
Some dude is selling this on Raleigh CL. He wants $100 for it, but thats not the kicker. CHECK OUT THAT FORK!!! He's been called on it by the local CL police and some others who are trying to get that thing off the road, but he keeps relisting.
He's a flipper who usually sells some pretty nice looking bikes for higher than average prices. I'm OK with that, but that fork, yeesh!
WHile we're at it, check out the stem.
I almost forgot. It's a Magna.
He's a flipper who usually sells some pretty nice looking bikes for higher than average prices. I'm OK with that, but that fork, yeesh!
WHile we're at it, check out the stem. I almost forgot. It's a Magna.

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#3
reverse bend, what did he do, over-correct a normal bent fork?
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1980 Mclean/Silk Hope Sport Touring
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1976 Fuji Feather track
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I wonder if it's a roof rack/garage entry related injury. I don't remember seeing pictures of one which didn't involve carbon or aluminum so I can't tell. Either that or someone fell down a mountain backwards. Wow. And is the seatpost bent as well or is that a trick of the background? Regardless, the guy needs a thump upside the head for trying to sell that.
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From: South of Raleigh, North of New Hill, East of Harris Lake, NC
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I wonder if it's a roof rack/garage entry related injury. I don't remember seeing pictures of one which didn't involve carbon or aluminum so I can't tell. Either that or someone fell down a mountain backwards. Wow. And is the seatpost bent as well or is that a trick of the background? Regardless, the guy needs a thump upside the head for trying to sell that.
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This is what happens when a 400 pound gorilla is doing handstands on the handlebars...
Gee.
(I agree with the landing gear assessment... this looks like someone took a jump with it and landed on the back side of the front wheel while the rear was in the air... I'd bet that the rider looked as good after that fact as this fork looks now and I suspect that the wheel was taco'd)
Gee.
(I agree with the landing gear assessment... this looks like someone took a jump with it and landed on the back side of the front wheel while the rear was in the air... I'd bet that the rider looked as good after that fact as this fork looks now and I suspect that the wheel was taco'd)
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plus that stem, I doubt it is a technomic.
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"I've consulted my sources and I'm pretty sure your derailleur does not exist"
1989 Schwinn Paramount OS
1980 Mclean/Silk Hope Sport Touring
1983 Bianchi pista
1976 Fuji Feather track
1979 raleigh track
"I've consulted my sources and I'm pretty sure your derailleur does not exist"
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perhaps this is a limited edition 'American Chopper' version
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I know him. He's a pretty nice guy, and the labor involved in his flips is generally a lot more than I put into bikes that aren't for me.
I've given him a lot of parts over the last couple of years, and he's always offered to pay, but he's a good way for me to get rid of chrome 27's, turkey brake levers, etc. I've seen a couple of the bikes/frames back up on CL, but in a lot better condition than when I had them...
He negotiates, and overcharges because he gets low-balled on every bike.
UNC-Chapel Hill is covered in bikes he sells to college students for $100 or so.
The CL getapo has really been on him lately, complaining about his prices. I know he has 30 hours in a Panasonic women's bike I gave him, plus cables, pads, tires, sold for $160 after listing for $200....
When the bike coop went under, I turned to him, and always enjoy meeting him, getting rid of parts I have absolutely no use for... almost all his bikes are landfill/yard sale bikes. I figure he nets $50-$75 per bike, probably $5/hour, certainly no more than $10/hour.
They're not in landfills, and more power to him. That fork, though is one messed up item.
I've given him a lot of parts over the last couple of years, and he's always offered to pay, but he's a good way for me to get rid of chrome 27's, turkey brake levers, etc. I've seen a couple of the bikes/frames back up on CL, but in a lot better condition than when I had them...
He negotiates, and overcharges because he gets low-balled on every bike.
UNC-Chapel Hill is covered in bikes he sells to college students for $100 or so.
The CL getapo has really been on him lately, complaining about his prices. I know he has 30 hours in a Panasonic women's bike I gave him, plus cables, pads, tires, sold for $160 after listing for $200....
When the bike coop went under, I turned to him, and always enjoy meeting him, getting rid of parts I have absolutely no use for... almost all his bikes are landfill/yard sale bikes. I figure he nets $50-$75 per bike, probably $5/hour, certainly no more than $10/hour.
They're not in landfills, and more power to him. That fork, though is one messed up item.







