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10-04-07 | 11:27 AM

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ridiculous markup?

i apologize if this was already mentioned, but the Sparton eBay frames are going for $350 at https://www.kingkog.com/kogshop/
(just scroll down a scoshe)

were these not $175 on eBay?

10-04-07 | 11:32 AM

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it happens

10-04-07 | 11:47 AM

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The price of convenience and not having to deal with not-very-good-at-english speaker.

10-04-07 | 12:11 PM

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It's called business.

10-04-07 | 12:34 PM

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It's called business.

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10-04-07 | 12:40 PM

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wow, they are still on ebay for less than 2. I cant believe they sell any of those.

10-04-07 | 12:41 PM

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if you were a self-conscious teenager who wanted a hipster to smile at you, you'd happily fork over $175 extra of your parents money

10-04-07 | 12:42 PM

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oh, well, i spoke too soon. i never saw the pink ones on ebay and kingkog says they sold out first. figures....

10-04-07 | 12:48 PM

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they also appear to be selling Campy BMX cranks (to be fair, with a king headset) for $300. Those Campy cranks used to be pretty cheap.

10-04-07 | 12:54 PM

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that mark up is a lot like how some bfssfg members sold their group buy frames on ebay for over three hundred doll hairs.

10-04-07 | 01:03 PM

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I'm going to start buying up early 90's Scott aero bars (the big one piece things). Those are totally going to be the next hot trend in handlebar trends.

10-04-07 | 01:11 PM

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Free Market Economy. Nothing wrong with that.

The price will come down if nobody buys them at the current price. That's sort of how it works.

10-04-07 | 01:13 PM

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they also appear to be selling Campy BMX cranks (to be fair, with a king headset) for $300. Those Campy cranks used to be pretty cheap.

Yeah, like 20 years ago. Good luck finding them for less than $150 now.

10-04-07 | 01:23 PM

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fair enough, I suppose I haven't been in the market for a set in 12 or so...

10-04-07 | 01:41 PM

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I'm going to start buying up early 90's Scott aero bars (the big one piece things). Those are totally going to be the next hot trend in handlebar trends.

I found this ebay store specializing in NOS stuff, and they had the weirdest aerobars I've ever seen. It's like they're tinker toys, and you have to build them yourself.

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10-04-07 | 02:11 PM

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wow, how about that packaging?

10-04-07 | 02:21 PM

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Affinity cycles did the same thing, started out at $350 and Bam! now $450.

10-04-07 | 02:39 PM

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I'm going to start buying up early 90's Scott aero bars (the big one piece things). Those are totally going to be the next hot trend in handlebar trends.

I sure hope so.

10-04-07 | 03:34 PM

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I sure hope so.

Good enough for Greg Lemond in 1990, good enough for YOU!

I mean if all these "aero trends" are catching on with wheels ie heds, zipps, aero spokes, it's only a matter of time before aero bars make their market and we see bullhorns get their time trial attachments.

10-04-07 | 06:30 PM

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Quote:

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I'm going to start buying up early 90's Scott aero bars (the big one piece things). Those are totally going to be the next hot trend in handlebar trends.

oddly enough, I have 3 pairs of these, I chopped a pair into some ugly goofball bullhorns and they were really fun until I moved into the city.

now they sit in the basement.