People selling used saddles.

DKay
DKay Posts: 1,652
edited April 2014 in Road general
Does anyone else think it's amusing when people are trying to sell saddles with pretty severe scuffs and abrasions to them, then advertise them as marks where they've rested the bike against a wall? When really they're obviously a result of them either stacking it, or not clipping out in time.

I mean seriously, who rests their bike against a wall and then drags it along said wall while applying pressure? I rest my bike against fences and walls all the time and my saddle is unmarked. Makes me giggle.
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  • vertigo16
    vertigo16 Posts: 91
    People on the internet wouldn't lie though, would they?
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    DKay wrote:
    Does anyone else think it's amusing when people are trying to sell saddles with pretty severe scuffs and abrasions to them, then advertise them as marks where they've rested the bike against a wall? When really they're obviously a result of them either stacking it, or not clipping out in time.

    I mean seriously, who rests their bike against a wall and then drags it along said wall while applying pressure? I rest my bike against fences and walls all the time and my saddle is unmarked. Makes me giggle.

    Agreed. ...I think often these people don't look after their bikes at all, if they think they do that's only a fact in their tiny mind. It is amazing how poor the condition of a lot of s/h stuff is really, take rear mechs for instance, people often say 'really good condition' when photos show they are scratched to f***.
  • Joeblack
    Joeblack Posts: 829
    I suppose it comes down to someone's perception of 'good condition'
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  • southdownswolf
    southdownswolf Posts: 1,525
    I've never crashed my bike.

    I did once decide to lie down whilst riding my MTB down a slippery slope, unfortunately my seat developed a cut whilst I was getting comfy on the ground.
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  • DKay
    DKay Posts: 1,652
    mfin wrote:
    Agreed. ...I think often these people don't look after their bikes at all, if they think they do that's only a fact in their tiny mind. It is amazing how poor the condition of a lot of s/h stuff is really, take rear mechs for instance, people often say 'really good condition' when photos show they are scratched to f***.

    They probably got the scratches from 'resting against a wall'. :roll:
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  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    Anyone buy them just to sniff them?
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  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    SloppySchleckonds wrote:
    Anyone buy them just to sniff them?

    smiley-laughing025.gifsmiley-laughing025.gifsmiley-laughing025.gifsmiley-laughing025.gifsmiley-laughing025.gif

    I have got to write this one down before I forget it, 'buy them just to sniff them'!! :) !!!!!!
  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    Always lean from the rear wheel…..
    I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles
  • navrig2
    navrig2 Posts: 1,851
    Is this not the same as people selling used bibshorts ignoring the fact they will have had skidmarks on them?
  • buckmulligan
    buckmulligan Posts: 1,031
    Can't believe noone has posted a link to this thread yet:

    viewtopic.php?f=40046&t=12872137

    I know it starts with shoes, but it's about saddles too!
  • Wheelspinner
    Wheelspinner Posts: 6,703
    It's funny what people will buy though sometimes. I advertised a saddle, noting it had been damaged in a spectacular crash, scuffed and a big chunk out of the padding. Took pics of the shredded bits. Still sold it for a silly price I thought, but hey, took their money
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    DKay wrote:

    I mean seriously, who rests their bike against a wall and then drags it along said wall while applying pressure? I rest my bike against fences and walls all the time and my saddle is unmarked. Makes me giggle.

    This guy does ;-)

    You are obviously not a pro and are doing it all wrong.........
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YKC_hDg2Zg
  • DKay
    DKay Posts: 1,652
    mfin wrote:
    SloppySchleckonds wrote:
    Anyone buy them just to sniff them?

    smiley-laughing025.gifsmiley-laughing025.gifsmiley-laughing025.gifsmiley-laughing025.gifsmiley-laughing025.gif

    I have got to write this one down before I forget it, 'buy them just to sniff them'!! :) !!!!!!

    I believe a person who does this is called a 'snudger'.

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=snudger
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  • charlie_potatoes
    charlie_potatoes Posts: 1,921
    DKay wrote:
    SloppySchleckonds wrote:
    Anyone buy them just to sniff them?

    I believe a person who does this is called a 'snudger'.

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=snudger

    Everyday is a school day.
    Thanks DKay :lol:
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    DKay wrote:

    I believe a person who does this is called a 'snudger'.

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=snudger

    Might make the cafe stops a bit more interesting this summer :oops:
  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    One mans junk is another mans treasure...(quite literally) :shock:
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  • Joeblack
    Joeblack Posts: 829
    BuckMulligan wrote:
    Can't believe noone has posted a link to this thread yet:

    viewtopic.php?f=40046&t=12872137

    I know it starts with shoes, but it's about saddles too!

    Brilliant!!!
    One plays football, tennis or golf, one does not play at cycling
  • DKay
    DKay Posts: 1,652
    Charlie Potatoes wrote:
    DKay wrote:
    SloppySchleckonds wrote:
    Anyone buy them just to sniff them?

    I believe a person who does this is called a 'snudger'.

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=snudger

    Everyday is a school day.
    Thanks DKay :lol:

    You're welcome. I'm on Easter holiday, so suffering from teaching withdrawal.
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  • kev77
    kev77 Posts: 433
    Nothing a good brand baby wipe doesn't sort out

    ;-)
  • andy_wrx
    andy_wrx Posts: 3,396
    Why is everything on eBay 'used once' ?

    I saw some Look KeO cleats last week which the buyer said had been 'used once' - he must have used them for good day's Munro Bagging in the Cairngorms...
  • Doris Day
    Doris Day Posts: 83
    I don't get how people can buy second hand 'Bib shorts'
    They have had some ones sweaty bum in inside! It's as bad as buying second hand knickers.

    Eeewwww!
  • andy_wrx
    andy_wrx Posts: 3,396
    I reckon Doris Day's second hand knickers would sell for a decent price at a Hollywood memorabilia auction

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