To all, I just remembered where I had seen this picture before:
http://www.vintagevelos.com/
Something seems wrong about this.
Derek Willburn
Long Beach, CA USA
> see interesting bike here..
>
>
http://ebay.com/
>
> this is an interesting example of an auction
> featuring an
> item about which it is almost impossible to tell
> much of
> anything. Potentially, it's a very cool bike. Or,
> it's
> just an average cool bike. Without better pics and
> a much
> more detailed description, who would know??
>
> I'm assuming the seller doesn't understand how
> important the
> details are. On the other hand, maybe he's leaving
> the
> details obscure on purpose.
>
> The reason I say this is that I bought a bike, a
> long time
> ago, when I was just getting back into all this
> stuff, for
> way too much money, that was deliberately
> mis-represented,
> or under-represented, by the seller (a well-known
> personality in the vintage-bike world, but not on
> this
> list). It was a total rip-off, as it turned out..to
> this
> day I wouldn't trust that guy as far as I could
> throw him...
> and I still wonder, to this day, if he really meant
> to be
> deceptive, or if he really thought he was being
> honest, or
> what.
>
> And that is why auctions like this one bug the hell
> out of
> me.
>
> It'd be worth asking some questions about that bike,
> if it's
> your size, though. it might be a keeper.
>
> Charles Andrews
> SoCal
>
> "our brains are wired to see connections
> and correlations, not coincidences and
> happenstance. Moreover, our brains are
> wired to believe that a correlation is also
> a cause. The same part of the brain that
> lets us learn what we need to know and
> find the things we need to stay alive is
> also the part of the brain that produces
> delusional thinking and conspiracy theories
>
> -- Temple Grandin
>
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