What a bike.

Thantos
Thantos Posts: 533
edited July 2007 in The Crudcatcher
Check this out.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/K2-Carbon-Fibre-M ... dZViewItem
Seems really cheap.[/url]

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  • fumps
    fumps Posts: 227
    My god

    :shock: :shock: :shock:

    It's cheaper than i thought it would be.....wonder why?
    Arrrghhh it's worse than i thought!!!!!
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Hmm, aren't those spinergy wheels, and they were like a grand alone weren't they?

    That's insane!
  • speshcp
    speshcp Posts: 3,746
    fumps wrote:
    My god

    :shock: :shock: :shock:

    It's cheaper than i thought it would be.....wonder why?

    Because although the seller has owned it for three years, it's a good deal older than that! :wink:

    If the K2 website is any guide, the carbon full-susser frame dates back to 1998-99.

    The fork looks like a RC-37, which again dates back to 1999.
    "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." (Albert Einstein)
  • WillGTJumper
    WillGTJumper Posts: 505
    mag wheels
    www.southwestbiking.tk

    Please join
  • mmm_pie
    mmm_pie Posts: 1,934
    The wheels look horribly fragile.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    The whels were also very noisy if I remember. They kinda acted like a soundboard, so any bumps and stuff seemed to be projected quite loudly, as noise!
  • rubber side up
    rubber side up Posts: 2,150
    not to mention the fact that if you were to crash and a limb went through the wheel you'd be carrying it home.
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  • John Stevenson
    John Stevenson Posts: 962
    Thirteen hundred quid?

    THIRTEEN HUNDRED QUID?!?!?!?!?!

    What is it about eBay that sends people insane?
    John Stevenson
  • ChrisLS
    ChrisLS Posts: 2,749
    ...all that carbon fibre on an off roader :?: emmm not convinced :roll:
    ...all the way...'til the wheels fall off and burn...
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    edited July 2007
    ChrisLS wrote:
    ...all that carbon fibre on an off roader :?: emmm not convinced :roll:
    Really? why not?
    Scott still make carbon frames I think.
    And GT used to make PLASTIC frames!!!
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  • ChrisLS
    ChrisLS Posts: 2,749
    ...it doesn't look right somehow and I think the wheels would "rumble" like on a road time trial bike...
    ...all the way...'til the wheels fall off and burn...
  • speshcp
    speshcp Posts: 3,746
    ChrisLS wrote:
    ...it doesn't look right somehow

    In all fainess, that K2's nine years old... I think reliable carbon monococque frames were still pretty new back then so it was probably over-engineered, hence the somewhat lardy looks.

    Try comparing it with this year's S-Works FSR for example...
    and I think the wheels would "rumble" like on a road time trial bike...

    Now... who remembers Tioga disc wheels? :twisted:

    They supposedly made an amazing noise...

    And were prone to disintegrate in a most spectacular fashion... :shock:
    "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." (Albert Einstein)
  • Andy
    Andy Posts: 8,207
    I don't like the fact that bike is as ugly as sin...
  • John Stevenson
    John Stevenson Posts: 962
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    And GT used to make PLASTIC frames!!!

    Sorta - they were carbon fiber in a thermoplastic matrix, unlike most composites used for bikes which are carbon in a matrix of thermosetting resin.

    Oh, and they broke, which is why GT don't make them any more.
    John Stevenson
  • mmm_pie
    mmm_pie Posts: 1,934
    I prefer metal for everything on a mountain bike. Carbon belongs on a road bike.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    nah, metal is no good, we should be using ROCK!
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  • speshcp
    speshcp Posts: 3,746
    mmm_pie wrote:
    I prefer metal for everything on a mountain bike. Carbon belongs on a road bike.

    So that's all the users of Pace forks told, then.

    ROFLMAO :lol:
    "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." (Albert Einstein)
  • DnPardoe
    DnPardoe Posts: 22
    He said in his response to questions about a buy it now price that he'd accept £750...bet he's well pleased with £1300+ then ! :shock:

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