Create fixies

ratcatcher247

lucky lucky me. i have just won x 2 create bikes on the new series of blockbusters (SKY TV May) and built them up. they look v v nice. any owners with views on theirs. never ridden one yet, could possibly sell them on. i already have 3 mtn bikes.

freezing77

http://www.lfgss.com/thread23593.html
They get very bad reviews by owners on LFGSS.

mar_k

I think i was one of the 1st people to get a Create Fixie with the flip flop wheel.
I only had it for about 6mths and sold it on for a profit, I paid £100 for mine from a warehouse in edmonton,
They had loads of them, I found the bike 'ok' for what it was.
It was rather heavy and a little too big for me but I did like it and it looked good.
Mine was metalic yellow with anodised purple seat post, brakes and levers,

SimonAH

To quote Mr Bontrager "you can have light, cheap and strong. Pick any two."

ratcatcher247

freezing77 wrote:

http://www.lfgss.com/thread23593.html
They get very bad reviews by owners on LFGSS.

yeah saw that. confirms it for me to have 1 ride and sell em on.

ratcatcher247

mar_k wrote:

I think i was one of the 1st people to get a Create Fixie with the flip flop wheel.
I only had it for about 6mths and sold it on for a profit, I paid £100 for mine from a warehouse in edmonton,
They had loads of them, I found the bike 'ok' for what it was.
It was rather heavy and a little too big for me but I did like it and it looked good.
Mine was metalic yellow with anodised purple seat post, brakes and levers,

i will be selling it on for a profit. looks like a tenner but i got them for nowt!

ratcatcher247

SimonAH wrote:

To quote Mr Bontrager "you can have light, cheap and strong. Pick any two."

to quote mr ratman. wanna buy a bike? cheers.

il_principe

Deathtraps.

UndercoverElephant

I think we're all missing the point here: There's a new series of Blockbusters and you were on it? Tell us more!

spasypaddy

haha you can buy a pallet of them for £200

EKE_38BPM

spasypaddy wrote:

haha you can buy a pallet of them for £200

Tell me where. There are a whole loads of idiots, erm, I mean potential customers, who need fleecing, erm, I mean new bikes.

spasypaddy

try the importers.

just like if you want to import carbon frames from china in bulk you can get them for £30 delivered per frame if you buy a pallet.

EKE_38BPM

How many bikes would you get on a pallet though? If you said container, I'd find the economies of scale easier to understand, but compared to a bike, even boxed up, pallets are pretty small.
Maybe 6 boxed bikes to a pallet? Using your £200/pallet price, that works out to a bike costing £33.33. Sell for £150. Nice little earner. Still a crap bike though.

spasypaddy

i dont know how many on a pallet but those are the figures ive been quoted.

mar_k

spasypaddy wrote:

try the importers.

just like if you want to import carbon frames from china in bulk you can get them for £30 delivered per frame if you buy a pallet.

mar_k

spasypaddy wrote:

try the importers.

just like if you want to import carbon frames from china in bulk you can get them for £30 delivered per frame if you buy a pallet.

What about import tax?

mar_k

ratcatcher247 wrote:

mar_k wrote:

I think i was one of the 1st people to get a Create Fixie with the flip flop wheel.
I only had it for about 6mths and sold it on for a profit, I paid £100 for mine from a warehouse in edmonton,
They had loads of them, I found the bike 'ok' for what it was.
It was rather heavy and a little too big for me but I did like it and it looked good.
Mine was metalic yellow with anodised purple seat post, brakes and levers,

i will be selling it on for a profit. looks like a tenner but i got them for nowt!

What colour bikes do you have and how much do you want for them?

spasypaddy

mar_k wrote:

spasypaddy wrote:

try the importers.

just like if you want to import carbon frames from china in bulk you can get them for £30 delivered per frame if you buy a pallet.

What about import tax?

well thats a cost that isnt factored in, but its probably less than a tenner a frame. so total cost will be around £40.

now think of the amounts that PX/Ribble are importing in.