Look what's back on the market...

The Big Cheese
The Big Cheese Posts: 8,650
edited May 2010 in The Crudcatcher
Wonder how many people have had it since bigbenj... (STILL cannot believe he sold it [the heathen] .. too small or too big - that was a keeper)

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=102075

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  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,136
    like i said...
    and in all honesty I don't find it that comfortable.
    Santa Cruz Butcher
  • The Big Cheese
    The Big Cheese Posts: 8,650
    bigbenj_08 wrote:
    like i said...
    and in all honesty I don't find it that comfortable.

    Sod comfort... was a one-off. And a very pimped one at that :(
  • The Big Cheese
    The Big Cheese Posts: 8,650
    bigbenj_08 wrote:
    like i said...
    and in all honesty I don't find it that comfortable.

    How long dod it take you to find that quote from the archives? :lol:
  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,136
    Tis not the point.... I'd rather have the P7 over the zaskar hands down.

    And it wasn't one off... if just had purple bits!
    Santa Cruz Butcher
  • jay12
    jay12 Posts: 6,126
    bigbenj_08 wrote:
    like i said...
    and in all honesty I don't find it that comfortable.
    you should have just sold the frame and kept all the other parts as the purple hope stuff is as sexy as cheesey's marin
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  • The Big Cheese
    The Big Cheese Posts: 8,650
    bigbenj_08 wrote:
    Tis not the point.... I'd rather have the P7 over the zaskar hands down.

    And it wasn't one off... if just had purple bits!

    One-off as it was 'famously' cherry-picked and/compinents hand-picked by Doddy etc... and the frames were in a Ltd run..... the featurette article on it etc and you won it more importantly, I always end up winning booze at raffles.. nowt that fancy!!!

    Anyway, twas your ride, was up to you what you *did* with it.

    I just stated the I can't believe you did ;)

    Just checking all the photos out, stunning!!!!
  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,136
    Honestly.. if it rode as well as it looks i'd of never sold it :(
    But it didn't so I did lol.
    Santa Cruz Butcher
  • Raymondavalon
    Raymondavalon Posts: 5,346
    Damn.. pity those photo's weren't up two weeks back, I coulda used them in the "Macro Photo Game" that was on the go.

    Lovely bike though, that one is mint. As for the purple alloy, well that reminds me of radio controlled truck hop up parts.
    They should have left them in polished natural alloy with a clearcoat to protect them from the elements.
    The Bouncer
    The Shaker
  • Andy B
    Andy B Posts: 8,115
    The reason for the purple ano parts was a nod to the purple anodised parts craze of 20 odd years ago, same with the yellow forks, a nod to the Judy (IIRC) forks of the time
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    the bloke wants 2 grand for it? surely he wouldnt get anywhere near that?
  • stumpyjon
    stumpyjon Posts: 3,983
    Dunno, it has pretty decent spec and it looks in mint condition, plus you have the history behind and he's advertising it on retrobike. At least it isn't just rusting away somewhere. Personally I think Ben did right in selling it complete. It would have been a bit wrong to break it up for parts.
    It's easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission.

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  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,136
    stumpyjon
    Totally agree... its nice to see it being used rather than just hanging on my wall!
    Santa Cruz Butcher

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