I emailed the seller shortly after the auction popped up to ask for details/photos of the underneath of the bottom bracket and have yet to get a reply. There seems to be some serious bidding on the bike though so maybe it is more than the scam it looks to be.
Tam Pham Huntington Beach, CA
On 12/23/06, c. andrews <chasds@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> 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