He didn't bid against himself - he tried to (and did) find the reserve..... Greg Parker Ann Arbor, Michigan Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 21:06:31 -0500 From: Joe Bender-Zanoni <joebz@optonline.net> To: "Charles T. Young" <youngc@netreach.net>, Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Subject: Re: [CR]Snazzy Sanki Sprint
The fellow who repeatedly bid against himself to run it up to $99 must have been somehow preoccupied with the Crescent poster or such.
Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch, NJ
> Now here is an offering that exemplifies just how entertaining eBay can
be.
> A Japanese Sanki Sprint that appears to have been designed while someone
was
> staring at a Crescent catalog:
>
> http://ebay.com/
>
> Note the orange paint and the checkerboard graphics. Seems as though they
> have missed that quintessential element of Crescent geometry wherein the
> toeclip overlap is incredible. I like the innovative crimping of the
tubes;
> a precursor of Gilco, perhaps? That is one snazzy bike, no matter if is
> gaspipe and weighs better than 30 pounds.
>
> Charlie Young
> Honey Brook, PA