new second hand bike for crimbo - the saga continues............................

[steve]

fancied a new bike for chrimbo, this 2015 floval frame came up on ebay for 90 quids delivered so I bought it

[steve]

Whilst most bored I put some bits on it from my other 1998 floval, just so I could ride it on xmas day, to no avail!
fell foul of the integrated lower internal fork crown doofer thing...
that put paid to riding it on xmas morning
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bugger and damn, so I ordered a snafu headset  some cruiser handlebars  and a set of dxr brakes

[steve]

whilst looking on the interweb for bits and adding up what I wanted
renthal handling bars £70
s 'n' m tapered leg cruiser forks £120
integrated headset £20
groovy stem £60
waffle odi grips in white £15
brake set £50
magnesium platform pedals £50
hollow pin chain £35
profile elite race hubs £300
alienation rims £60
kenda tyers £60
totalling about £800 pounds, this push bike came up for sale for £350 on the ebay
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haro black out team cruiser, so the day after boxing day I met the guy closer to me and gave him £300 pounds for it
one closer inspection it had
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profile elite hubs, they are gold underneath too

total spend £390

[steve]

now to claw back some money on flogging the bits I didnee want
didn't like the crupi cranks, they came with clip pedals as spares, and a renthal chainring
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sold on ebay for £137
£390 - £137
£253

[steve]

the black seat looked a tad painful so that went on the bay too
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£25

£253-£25
=£228

[steve]

also came with a set of cliq cranks., they went too
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£45

£228 - £45
=£183

[steve]

came with a number plate 
on the bay it went
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£8 - it all adds up
£183-£8
£175.00

[steve]

the frame haro frame went on the bay but failed to sell on first hit, its at £72 quid now
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£175 -£72
£103

[steve]

so £103 quid, so far
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2015 floval - in my coulours black and silver
renthal cruiser bars
odi grips
proper stem
gusset headset
carbon spacers
cliq or s n m tapered race forks
avid brakes
alienation deviant front rim with profile elite hub
alienation runway rear with profile elite hub
box chain tugs
gold hollow pin chain
kenda conversion tyres
redline magnesium pedals
had the crnaks and ring seat and gold post

all I need now is for the frame to do a bit better, and get £100ish for 2 chainrings, a profile rear sprocket, the white éclat seat, the 27.2mm fireye seat post and the seat clamp

not tea bag........
certainly better spec than the 2005 floval  I had stolen in august

[steve]

p.s. you don't have to use photobucket to add pics, the site has its own uploadery thing
its quite easy

get your bits up fer sale
 

[pickle]

Looks cool that    bargain as well

[steve]

Did you ever sell your Mr. Pickle ?

[griff]

nice thread steve - I like to see a bit of frugality paying dividends, looks good and you didn't have to break the bank

[Mikku]

Good work!! I was following some of these auctions!!

the black seat looked a tad painful so that went on the bay too
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Actually those Spyders are surprisingly comfortable! I recently picked one up for my Crupi, with the intention of using it for races only, but will probably run with it permanently.

[steve]

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so the saga continues
the frame actually went for 75 pounds
=£100
chain ring £5
=£95
rear cog £12.50
£82.50
 
but, bloke never paid for cliq cranks - he actually hasn't paid for 11 items........... anyways

so plus £45
£127.50

so yesterday I went and oddly enough bought a complete HARO cruiser AGAIN!!!!!!
wanted the shimbondo dxr cranks
elevn chainring
elevn stem
elevn pivotal seat post
and the cult seat
dxr brakes
dmr v12's
-I also came with a 20'' pair of renthals, so they are going on my mid school pk ripper

whole bike £250 -couldn't refuse it
so
127.50
£250
£377.50

got to claw back £377.50
 

oh I spose I can sell myself the handle bars and grips for £65

[steve]

clawed back some money
haro cruiser wheels and tyres £101
haro cruiser mk2 frame and forks £75
avid brakes £10
cliq crnaks £30
pedals £29
bottom bracket £25

total clawed back £270
£377.50
-£270
total £107.50
 

[Mikku]

Some nice wheelin ‘n’ dealin!