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

[midlife]

Lovely, shame about the lack of provenance

Yep, having his name on it doesn't mean it's one of his personal frames..


Shaun

 

[biggs682]

Yep, having his name on it doesn't mean it's one of his personal frames..


Shaun

and the same goes for the Barry Hoban as well

 

[DCLane]

Any idea which year/model this Peugeot is? It baffles me - a mix of Shimano 600 and newer 105, looks early 90's:

 

[mikeymustard]

and the same goes for the Barry Hoban as well

True, but there are plenty of examples of Barry Hoban branded bikes around, while the seller of the other bike claims it to be Hugh Porter's personal ride, and as such, probably unique. That's quite a leap of faith when the provenance is claimed to've been lost!

 

[biggs682]

Any idea which year/model this Peugeot is? It baffles me - a mix of Shimano 600 and newer 105, looks early 90's:

looks like a commette model or the death bike

 

[dim]

Specialized Transition TT Bike with Spare Wheels £425 Buy it Now

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Specializ...688677?hash=item2ef585e5e5:g:-NQAAOSwAuZX6owt

if I had a spare bit of cash, I would buy it and resell it on ebay for between £900 -£1200 ....
I've seen these sell for close to £2000

I have one with drop bars and a full Campy Chorus Groupset ..... these are very quick

 

[DCLane]

looks like a commette model or the death bike

Thanks - I've done some digging and it'll be the Galaxie version since it's Shimano equipped. And yes, the 'death bike'.

 

[Milkfloat]

Specialized Transition TT Bike with Spare Wheels £425 Buy it Now

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Specializ...688677?hash=item2ef585e5e5:g:-NQAAOSwAuZX6owt

if I had a spare bit of cash, I would buy it and resell it on ebay for between £900 -£1200 ....
I've seen these sell for close to £2000

I have one with drop bars and a full Campy Chorus Groupset ..... these are very quick

You would be incredibly lucky to resell for anything close to that. I would even say that it is overpriced compared to similar like http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Specialized-Transition-Comp-Road-and-Triathlon-Bike-/152209511161

 

[biggs682]

Specialized Transition TT Bike with Spare Wheels £425 Buy it Now

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Specializ...688677?hash=item2ef585e5e5:g:-NQAAOSwAuZX6owt

if I had a spare bit of cash, I would buy it and resell it on ebay for between £900 -£1200 ....
I've seen these sell for close to £2000

I have one with drop bars and a full Campy Chorus Groupset ..... these are very quick

its that time of year again

 

[dim]

You would be incredibly lucky to resell for anything close to that. I would even say that it is overpriced compared to similar like http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Specialized-Transition-Comp-Road-and-Triathlon-Bike-/152209511161

no .... check this: (these are ones that sold)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_f...&LH_Sold=1&_nkw=specialized+transition&_sop=3

 

[Spiderweb]

I know the seller is in Italy but the seller ships internationally and has excellent feedback.
Looks a lovely retro Italian bike with no reserve.
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=322316261067&globalID=EBAY-GB

 

[Spiderweb]

no .... check this: (these are ones that sold)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_f...&LH_Sold=1&_nkw=specialized+transition&_sop=3

A very nice Spesh Transition but this is an older Ally frame, the sold ones you have shown are newer model carbon frames.

 

[BalkanExpress]

Thanks - I've done some digging and it'll be the Galaxie version since it's Shimano equipped. And yes, the 'death bike'.

Yeah but, no one ever died did they? The recall was in the US and designed to prevent litigation "just in case"

I would guess 1988/89, as that was when I got my Comette

 

[Milkfloat]

no .... check this: (these are ones that sold)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_f...&LH_Sold=1&_nkw=specialized+transition&_sop=3

A big difference between the S-Works with decent kit and the Comp with a miss mash from the parts bins.

 

[rrarider]

I'd heard of death cleats but not a death bike till now. A quick Google search turned up this
http://www.neilslade.com/Papers/bikeofdeath.htm
which is funny.