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 Apr 24 2012, 03:05 PM
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Group: Members Joined: 22-April 12 From: Cradley Heath  |
hi, been speaking to this guy on ebay whos told me the reserve price for his bike? its £200. could anyone tell me if thats a good price for it?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...3#ht_500wt_1133 |
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Apr 24 2012, 07:38 PM
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 Group: Members Joined: 2-October 05 From: england land of the blind, home of the subdued. |
looks alright to me ... and that lever will easily straighten with the help of a ring spanner
 let it run its course cos it may not reach its reserve and you may get a bargain, see what the bidding is like and hold off till the last 10 seconds (you know the game )
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Apr 25 2012, 07:11 AM
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Group: Members Joined: 22-April 12 From: Cradley Heath |
the guy says its a 2005 model and he bought it second hand from a shop, will an old bike like that still be good? it doesnt look bad no rust on chain or gears etc im just wondering now if im prepared to pay £200 for that am i better finding the little bit extra and buying what glynn_six suggested and getting a new GT - this one http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/products.php?plid=m1b0s2p3348 or will this specialized still be better as back in its day would have been alot more expensive than the GT??
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Apr 25 2012, 06:00 PM
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Group: Members Joined: 2-October 05 From: england land of the blind, home of the subdued. |
the specialized will prolly ride better than the GT but £200 or hopefully cheaper is as much as you should be paying IMO ... you gets what you pay for
good luck for a bargain tho 
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Apr 28 2012, 10:07 AM
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Thats a big frame, check that it's ok for your height and inside seam.
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Apr 30 2012, 05:47 PM
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Group: Members Joined: 22-April 12 From: Cradley Heath |
QUOTE(jes @ Apr 28 2012, 11:07 AM)  Thats a big frame, check that it's ok for your height and inside seam. im 6ft so anything up to 20" should be ok shouldn't it? |
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May 3 2012, 06:10 PM
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 Group: Members Joined: 12-October 05 From: Near Kettering, Northants |
Obviously I'm a bit late as the auction has ended, did you buy it?
I'm approximately 6ft 2. My bike is 21 inch and that's pretty big so that should be fine. It's really down to the length of your legs and torso really. My advice is to try the bike if you can, but size charts generally help as a rule of thumb Size chart link Hope this helps for future reference
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May 6 2012, 07:34 PM
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Group: Members Joined: 22-April 12 From: Cradley Heath |
QUOTE(Simo @ May 3 2012, 07:10 PM) Obviously I'm a bit late as the auction has ended, did you buy it? I'm approximately 6ft 2. My bike is 21 inch and that's pretty big so that should be fine. It's really down to the length of your legs and torso really. My advice is to try the bike if you can, but size charts generally help as a rule of thumb Size chart link Hope this helps for future reference no didnt get bike, we did verbally agree and he was going to deliver on saturday so I pulled out money and waited in but he never turned up wont answer emails and ended the auction early so guess he had another buyer. so back to square one amd on the hunt again. thanks for frame size info. am only looking at 19 / 20 inch frames so should be fine with either. cheers. |
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