JFS, did you just answer a question from about 3 or four weeks ago? The colluzzi ride??

you proposed to the Grand Final? Crikey :)

These look sus to you?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....MakeTrack=true
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....MakeTrack=true
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....MakeTrack=true

Congrats. But you gotta not think about things like what the ring cost, and how expensive kids are, that sort of stuff. Every time I saw a nice used 4 door Hilux 4wd, it reminded me of the 3 weeks we spent taking the kids to the US and Disneyland. ;)

Scams. All three. I'd bet money on it. Use the Ask Seller a Question to alert the owners of the compromised accounts.

well your right all of them have been taken down.
What were they?

I sent an email to my contact at ebay. After about 100 or so, they act pretty fast when I send them a sketchy auction. They were rare bikes with a history, but the scammer was greedy and tried it with 3 different accounts.

Congrats HDT!

I must warn you though that now is the time to buy your unobtanium dream bikes before the cycling budget comes under the control of "she who must be obeyed" :p

I am the owner of a set of very tired legs this arvo. Good thing I mowed the lawns and dug the garden yesterday. This morning's ride started out as the standard Sat morning 70-90km gallop with the boys, but ended up being a 130km epic over rolling hills. I had to stop at a bakery on the way home and scoff down a large quantity of sugary baked goods as my one banana I started with just wasn't cutting it.

hmm i think I saw one last night. But I barely looked at it because it was stupidly undervalued.

this is a very minor ebay thingy....

I once bought a new frame that I didn't like, and after riding it for a month I swaped it at a shop for another (MUCH CHEAPER!! :() frame. A few weeks later I saw the frame on Ebay, accompanied with such comments as, "this frame has never been completely built up and never ridden" :p

yeah ebay is pretty dodgy like that. Especially atm everything is a bit overpriced. I wouldnt call your experience minor though. The person who bought it got ripped off

Hit a pothole as 60kmh this morning and I knew straight away that the hidieous cracking sound from under my nose could mean only one thing: cracked carbon forks. 3" vertical split from the shoulder of the left blade. :eek:

went straight to the LBS who reckons $230 is a fair thing for some new ones. GACK!

Bluddy hell jock, lucky you didn't end up a 3" vertical split in you.

The last of those auctions finished this morning with 4 bids!! Then it disappeared.
I'd emailed eBay about it too.
This one:
Flecha's Fassa Bortolo Pinarello Dogma Team Bike
Current Price: AU $800.00

:rolleyes:

Congrats to HDT as well. 62vette is right... spend, and spend big. :D

"CRIKEY JALIKEY"

I recently got some 1"1/8 full-carbon Mizuno forks for about $200 from my LBS

do want full-carbon? Inch & 1/8? For the Gitane?

I was just waiting for the front end to collapse underneath me. Was on a downhill run, mass of cars tangling with each other 100m up the road and spreading out all over the place, not much room to move. Very much fun NOT.

nah stem is Al, so steerer has to be Al.

If I were to upgrade to full C forks I'd need C stem and bars too. That'd work out at roughly twice the price of a new bike. :D

Crikey, who told you that garbage? The same guy who told you that frames go soft with age?
Or is it an aesthetic preference?

LBS. I have to believe his wisdom, for I know nothing about carbon. I considered posing the question on Bikeforums, but it would have been too hard to sort through all the BS, flame wars, and conflicting arguments :lol:

nah, I'd be amazed if that were true. I've never heard it, and I reckon I could find a thousand pics of pro bikes on Cyclingnews with alu stems on carbon steerers. Also, many 'carbon' stems have alu ends on them

yer, pre empted that and dropped 5 of K on a Cannondale last year :) the Lemond is fine for giving me lactic acid up akuna at the moment :)

am putting away a couple of hundred a month into what i call " the bike fund " . luckily shes pretty cool with the biking and races and ive never had a bad word. hell, she normally comes 2!

She got a sister? :lol:

Hey HDT, did you propose on Friday...wasn't any strange effect of the full moon was it? ;)

But really, Congratulations are in order. Sounds like you have found a good one..

TREK must be using the same LBS...that must be why they used a fork with an aluminum steerer on George's bike in Paris Roubaix.:D

*Message may contain BS but no flame war intended. Conflicting arguments to follow.

Did you want me to see what I can find over here? I forgot who asked, but the Toupe in 143 is US$169. Specialized is one of the hardest to get any deals on, because of their dealer agreements.

Finally, for a dodgy auction, click on the "Email to a friend" and send it to rswebform@ebay.com. You can add the au if it's on ebayAU, but they usually take forever, and the auction will be over for days before any action gets taken.

ok guys, it's your big chance! :p This dude wants to know about Newcastle

http://www.cyclingforums.com/showthr...=1#post2704283