Thing is any one who knows what a specialised S-works level bike is knows this is not a spesh s-works bike. It won't mean anything to anyone who doesn't know what an s-works is.
Still, it's pretty out of order, the disclaimer about people having emailed the seller and not being sure what the bike is isn't very fair and to say the components are good but then say you know nothing about bikes is also a cop out.
Good reason not to buy bikes on Ebay unless you know what you're doing.
It's easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission.
I've bought a new bike....ouch - result
Can I buy a new bike?...No - no result
Anyone recognise what it is, so we can enrich the seller's knowledge of bikes? (And of course so he can adjust the listing before the bidding becomes even more frenzied)
I recon they just found a frame, stuck the cheapest of cheap components they could get, coupled with what they had lieing around and put some S-Works stickers on it.
do i get the impression then that it wouldn't b worth swapping my tomac for it then, i mean they do say it rides nice and has good componetry. shame the pics dont match the discription
These are very well made bikes and are fairly expensive so grab a bargain
Apparently S-works bikes are a few thousand pounds new. I don't understand this as it is only a bike that you have to pedal after all but everyone to there own (maybe they go a few MPH faster than a normal bike which maybe makes them worth every penny? not)
/facepalm
I don't know what's worse - their deception, their inability to get their story straight...or the lack of basic literacy.
Apparently S-works bikes are a few thousand pounds new. I don't understand this as it is only a bike that you have to pedal after all but everyone to there own (maybe they go a few MPH faster than a normal bike which maybe makes them worth every penny? not)
Well on the basis of this particular S-Works, they have a point.
A number of people have said this is not a specialized S-works so I thought I would let everyone know. One person has said that they think it is a Scott but knowone seems to know for definite. So the bike is sold as is it is still a very good bike and will make someone a decent bike for many more years.
Yeah it's probably a Scott... Yeah last year's Genius I reckon...
A number of people have said this is not a specialized S-works so I thought I would let everyone know. One person has said that they think it is a Scott but knowone seems to know for definite. So the bike is sold as is it is still a very good bike and will make someone a decent bike for many more years.
what it mean is that since no one know for definite, he/she is not going to change the stickers on the bike and just sold it as it is (with the Specilized stickers)
You could see it working in a restaurant couldn't you. 'No-one can tell me what sort of meat this is, so I'm going to carry on calling it fillet steak and let the diners decide whether or not they should buy it'.
this remind me when i went to china few year ago, we were looking for some cheap DVD player and just before we pay for it the guy asked us "what brand would you want?" we replied "oh, can we have a Sony one, please?" then he take out a Sony logo sticker/patch and glue it on the front of the DVD player then said to us "extra $20, please?"
Ah but the stickers are the most important part of a bike for a lot of people. I remember a lot of Merlin cross country frames getting rebadged as azonics a few years ago.
Anyway I might bid! Its way better than my bikeas its got gears, suspension and even a front brake! And its alloy mines only made out of steel
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Nice welding on the frame though :shock:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34335188@N07/3336802663/
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You canny polish a t.urd....regardless if its had a respray.... :shock:
Still, it's pretty out of order, the disclaimer about people having emailed the seller and not being sure what the bike is isn't very fair and to say the components are good but then say you know nothing about bikes is also a cop out.
Good reason not to buy bikes on Ebay unless you know what you're doing.
I've bought a new bike....ouch - result
Can I buy a new bike?...No - no result
Lesson learned eh.
which stickers would you get and would you get them off e-bay ??
Putting that on my watch list
Cube Ltd Race
My bike
Now, be fair. The frame may well be light weight alloy. It's just there's such a lot of it ;-)
A useful tool...
I like the V-brake levers connected to the disc brakes too!
Spesh FSR XC Expert '08
The Shaker
Rhys
One less S Works will be stolen in Barnsley as the dumb censored chav will think they've got a bargain!
nuff said
:P
/facepalm
I don't know what's worse - their deception, their inability to get their story straight...or the lack of basic literacy.
The Professor
Cletus
Cube Ltd Race
Yeah it's probably a Scott... Yeah last year's Genius I reckon...
Cube Ltd Race
what it mean is that since no one know for definite, he/she is not going to change the stickers on the bike and just sold it as it is (with the Specilized stickers)
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Specialized Rockhopper Pro Disc 08
Pearson Hanzo
Airborne Zeppelin
A useful tool...
Anyway I might bid! Its way better than my bikeas its got gears, suspension and even a front brake! And its alloy mines only made out of steel