musta been man. it's a beaut

Yo back up off that! (Assuming you're talking about the Pulse.) I called dibs, biatch.

Unfortunately, the auction won't be over for nearly 6 days...I'm sure dudes (or apparently one girl, if you trust the bidding history) are going to drive the price up out of my range. Booooo.

https://cgi.ebay.com/CAMPAGNOLO-ATLAN...QQcmdZViewItem

i love this rim - wish it was a set and had more holes.

Anyone feeling ambitious? Sheldon?

https://www.craigslist.org/sby/bik/97785120.html

Nice to look at even if you can't afford them.

Suntour Superbe Pro Track Pedals -- NOS
https://cgi.ebay.com/Suntour-Superbe-...QQcmdZViewItem

"collectors make me sick" -165

Who even said they wanted it? Although it is in my area. I could just set bidnapper.....

yeah if you want it why share the listing with everyone?

Hey, I was willing to pay up to forty bucks for those!

Yamaguchi

https://cgi.ebay.com/YAMAGUCHI-TRACK-...QQcmdZViewItem

Because it would've been found anyway. Obviously everyone here looks at eBay, and I'm sure someone else would've posted it very quickly if I hadn't. On the other hand, people around here do tend to respect The Dibs, amazingly enough (which is one reason why the SS/FG forum is awesome...most of the time), so that's why I called "dibs" on it when I posted it.

But hey, you want to go to war? I take you to war. I bury you cock-a-roaches.

(That's a joke, in case you didn't notice the tongue-in-cheekness of it all, because I'm sure someone is going to get riled up without a disclaimer. Touchy touchy.)

And now a fun Boston listing! Too bad it isn't my size...

'03 Country Road Bob (53 cm): https://boston.craigslist.org/bik/97741876.html

i know we're not supposed to "discuss" items- just post and drool- but i'm absolutely heartbroken over the san rensho i bought, and had to share. i didn't want to start a new thread, since i have a feeling one of the philly kids knows the woman who sold this to me...
https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN%3AIT&rd=1
it was advertized as "nothing that would impair the strength of the bike," "no rust," "great condition."
i unpacked and built it last night and was just heartbroken to see that both wheels don't sit straight. the frame has obviously been crashed, the fork and dropouts both bent. the fork's so bad that the tire rubs, and by the dirt built up, it's clear that this didn't just happen in shipping. Plus, it's clear that the previous owner didn't take care locking it up, since there are tons of little dents and dings on the bike that suggest a krypto chain and throwing the downtube over a rack carelessly. And it's clear from the photos on ebay that she avoided showing the rust spots/missing decals/bad chips on steatstays/bent fork. (You can tell the fork thing if you look real carefully, but the photo's taken such that it's hard to tell.) I have photos that look very different.

i don't know what to do. i emailed her, and said that i don't know what to do, but if y'all have suggestions, i'm open. i really want this bike, but i want it as advertized, not all f'ed up. it's sort of barely (and not real safely) rideable with the little fork/dropout problem. if it was anything else, i'd send it back and demand a refund. but i want one so badly... help? anyone?

chimbly - If she doesn't respond to you, denies things, etc., start up a claim (or whatever you want to call it) process with eBay:

https://pages.ebay.com/help/tp/inr-snad-process.html

It might take a while, but I feel like eBay would probably be on your side for this thing. Be sure to save all those photos from her posting so you can have them to present alongside your own. Not sure what else to suggest. IMO, better to have your money back than an f-ed up bike, even if it was one you really wanted.

can we call this the 'ultra jam'? that is awesome.

two new ones in minneapolis yesterday: Ciocc and Holdsworth

that MN ciocc is a "single speed" on CL, but a "track bike" on eBay.

those are some expensive parts for a conversion. wonder why the seller doesn't move those parts over to a track frame.

https://cgi.ebay.com/56cm-x-56cm-Legn...QQcmdZViewItem

Chimbly, I think you should try to get your money back. But if you really want to keep it try taking it to a framebuilder to see if it's fixable. The dropouts can be replaced pretty easily, but probably not with the fancy yohsi konno superends it came with. The fork sounds like a different story and would probably need to be replaced alltogether. Was it packed/shipped poorly? If you still have the box take some photos of it to show that the damage did not occur in shipping and that the seller misrepresented the item in the auction. "overall great shape!!" is what it was described as, and it's certainly not what you've got.

If you don't know of a framebuilder in the area there's a guy in Baltimore named Bruni who did a repair job for me a few years ago. Really nice guy and fair pricing as well.

there is the option of having her pay for the frame repairs.. the touch ups to the paint chips she hid and the trueing/repairing of the frame.
which might get you some of your 800 dollars back you know?

if you used paypal, you can file a complaint with them as well i think.

this seems like a smokin deal for a taller person and a 295 BIN...
https://cgi.ebay.com/Bridgestone-RB-1...QQcmdZViewItem

Yeah, i'm going to see if it's fixable. If it is, I'm asking her to pay for the frame repairs. If not, I'm returning the bike.

Oh, and I think I stripped the hub on the way to work just now. Or it may have been the lockring. Either way, I had to fred flinstone stop to not get dead.
this bike is a nightmare.

has she replied to your email? the first course of action would be to tell her that the item was not described as you recieved it and you would like to be refunded. i would NOT have ridden it. that could ruin your argument and give her all the leverage.