Ebay and auction watch: let us know if you see something

[buzzy-beans]

I think that @woodbutcher might like this one, but hurry as only a short amount of time left.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENTS-CL...662054?hash=item1ccc6b3426:g:5fAAAOSwGoRciNmN

 

[biggs682]

I think that @woodbutcher might like this one, but hurry as only a short amount of time left.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENTS-CL...662054?hash=item1ccc6b3426:g:5fAAAOSwGoRciNmN

Been watching that myself but just that bit small for me

 

[BalkanExpress]

I think that @woodbutcher might like this one, but hurry as only a short amount of time left.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENTS-CL...662054?hash=item1ccc6b3426:g:5fAAAOSwGoRciNmN

I’m a fan of mixing components, for example to get the most efficient parts for a certain budget, but it looks like a handful of random stuff was thrown at this frame!

 

[woodbutcher]

I’m a fan of mixing components, for example to get the most efficient parts for a certain budget, but it looks like a handful of random stuff was thrown at this frame!

I did see the listing but l dismissed the idea of bidding for it because of the big red letters saying "does not post to France"

 

[Kempstonian]

I'm surprised that it didn't get a bid. Maybe they will relist it at a lower price?

 

[nonowt]

Very puzzling C1980 Claud Butler frameset. TT style fastback seat cluster, single gear boss and flat campag corsa dropouts mixed with double fork lamp bosses, rear rack fixing holes and mudguard eyes. Perfect for fast midnight all weather audexing? 22" square with a 99p start.

2 nice 50's framesets in Doncaster: A rare Westland (£50 start) with what looks like original paint and a repainted lugless Claud (£14.50 start).

whatever this little campag loaded machine is, it looks like a bargain for £130 ono.

 

[biggs682]

Nice Claud There @nonowt

 

[Kempstonian]

Why is it always the same? The first Claud is too big for me and he's willing to post it, but the second one, which is my size, doesn't post?

Bummer.

 

[woodbutcher]

Why is it always the same? The first Claud is too big for me and he's willing to post it, but the second one, which is my size, doesn't post?

Bummer.

Ask the second seller why he won't post ,see if you can twist his arm or if that fails appeal to his sense of fair play to a fellow cyclist and in the last resort be mildly abusive....you won't get the bike but at that point you've nothing to loose

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

Ask the second seller why he won't post ,see if you can twist his arm or if that fails appeal to his sense of fair play to a fellow cyclist and in the last resort be mildly abusive....you won't get the bike but at that point you've nothing to loose

I wouldn't want the hassle of trying to box up a large awkward shaped object, then having a buyer complain it got damaged in transit either. Just too much bother all round. And if you are only buying a cheap bike, the carriage cost can turn a good bargain into a non-bargain pretty easily.
I've passed over loads of what I consider nice stuff at bargain prices because of the distance to the seller, but if you are patient, something will turn up close by. My last purchase came from someone round the corner from a building I sometimes visit at work. I just arranged a day when I was going there and slung the bike in the back of my van on the way home.

 

[Kempstonian]

Ask the second seller why he won't post ,see if you can twist his arm or if that fails appeal to his sense of fair play to a fellow cyclist and in the last resort be mildly abusive....you won't get the bike but at that point you've nothing to loose

Haha... well that's an option I suppose. I'm sure their local Halfords would give/sell them a box. The last frame I bought came in a box that previously held wheels I think.
Actually, now I look again, the top Claud is advertised as having a 22" seat tube, which would be ok. The length of the head tube makes me doubt that though. It looks more like a 23".

 

[palinurus]

Nice Alan 'cross bike, Watford (nothing to do with me)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-ALAN-bike/132996154886?hash=item1ef7304606:g:q9MAAOSww35cklKs

 

[netman]

Another Vitus up... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/223457475902

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

Actually, now I look again, the top Claud is advertised as having a 22" seat tube, which would be ok. The length of the head tube makes me doubt that though. It looks more like a 23".

Don't forget that the BB height and wheelbase will affect the head tube length for a given frame size. Higher BB = taller head tube. Shorter wheelbase = taller head tube. I've got two supposedly identically sized 700c wheel Raleigh frames, where one has a head tube a good inch taller than the other. There's a small difference in TT length and a substantial difference in BB height, but the seat tube length is identical on both! The frame with the tall head tube could easily be estimated to be over 24" when it isn't.

 

[fossala]

Don't forget that the BB height and wheelbase will affect the head tube length for a given frame size. Higher BB = taller head tube. Shorter wheelbase = taller head tube. I've got two supposedly identically sized 700c wheel Raleigh frames, where one has a head tube a good inch taller than the other. There's a small difference in TT length and a substantial difference in BB height, but the seat tube length is identical on both! The frame with the tall head tube could easily be estimated to be over 24" when it isn't.

Very much so, this is my 21" square BJ with a high BB

And my old 21" Longstaff trike with a low bottom bracket.