No I don't buy everything I watch on the flea. Some things fall through the cracks, and some stuff I just let slide. The quality of my judgement though, and the true value of what I haul in versus what I let pass, is up for debate. John Boehner, "Tan-In-A-Can" style, blame riddled, myopic debate. These three either slid, or will.
The fabled Mantis Pro Floater for example. This one sold for $585, which is a pretty good buy for a bike with all the goodies this one has...IRD brakes, Kingsbury/American Classic Ti post, AC cranks, early logo-less King headset, M900 XTR bits and a Ringle freewheel hubset. Too bad these frames are so brittle and prone to cracking that they are practically perforated...
This SDG only sold for $10.49. I forgot it was even out there on the flea, and it closed at like 3am, and for a pittance, so apparently most everyone else forgot about it too. The porno-gone-wrong, red tint, camera filter doesn't help.
And this one is from the WTF files. A titanium road bar, mitered and welded at all the typical turns and drops instead of mandrel bent and swagged. You'd have to be puffing the chiba big time to buy into this logic. Can those angles be comfortable at all? Meh! (still on the flea for sale though, so smoke up, Johnny!)
1 comment:
Them bars 'R' loopy...
Post a Comment