fixies on ebay

jollybean

anyone got any opinions on these yokes

http://cgi.ebay.ie/Fixed-gear-Single-Spd-Track-Bike-wheels-flip-flop-White_W0QQitemZ300270449496QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item300270449496&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1301%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

just as a commuter bike kinda thing....that won't get nicked....

blorg

Difficult to tell really as to what quality might be like, seems to be all no-name components on an anonymous steel frame. Could be OK, could be awful. At least on a fixie there is less to go wrong.

Gearing is a bit on the easy side (44-18), you might be spinning out too easily.

Price-wise, I got my own fixie (Giant Bowery) for basically the same price (£225+20 shipping) in a sale. This is a bottom-of-the-range bike but I guess you have some slight hope that the thing is going to be OK coming from a large mass-market producer like Giant (and it indeed is OK, other than the lockring coming off.)

Chips Lovell

Yes, hard to say when the manufacturer/model of the parts isn't listed.

Still, it's very cheap. I know blorg got a great price on his Bowery, but you rarely see fixies for that price.

Caroline_ie

Look at the feedback left by others really ...

flickerx

I reckon they're OK. If "mountain bikes" can be sold by Dunnes Stores for around a hundred euro, then eventually at some point you'll probably have fixies coming down a lot more in price - and why not, they've got less components, they are outrageously over priced at the moment (marketing). You may not get a quality bike, but you'll get a bike.

studiorat

Here's the company... http://stores.channeladvisor.com/fellia/ Trade enquiries only...
A group buy maybe???


Same seller different bike... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Single-Speed-road-track-bike-imported-from-USA-Matt_W0QQitemZ300270449514QQihZ020QQcategoryZ33503QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262

Chips Lovell

Would anyone else be willing to bet that if you bought one of these, dolled up a little with some stickers and a more flowery description and stuck it on gumtree, that you could sell it for more than you paid for it?

TinyExplosions

el tonto wrote: »

Would anyone else be willing to bet that if you bought one of these, dolled up a little with some stickers and a more flowery description and stuck it on gumtree, that you could sell it for more than you paid for it?

Pretty much a certainty

Get it, strip the paint, little bit of polish and double the price

niceonetom

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Pretty much a certainty

Get it, strip the paint, little bit of polish and double the price

feeling evil?

TinyExplosions

niceonetom wrote: »

feeling evil?

Now I like your thinking there Sir... we could make a fortune!

fish-head

Those bikes are total trash and will probably kill you if you ride them for any extended period of time. They might as well be made of cheddar.

Chips Lovell

fish-head wrote: »

Those bikes are total trash and will probably kill you if you ride them for any extended period of time. They might as well be made of cheddar.

Where did you hear that? Or have you ridden one?

Harrybelafonte

el tonto wrote: »

Where did you hear that? Or have you ridden one?

Check out the fixed gear specific forums. They come under a lot of criticism. Cheap mayerials used

fish-head

el tonto wrote: »

Where did you hear that? Or have you ridden one?

I've seen one in town, and have heard various horror stories in fixed specific forums. That being said, most bikes for that money are trash.

It's really no different to the "Brand New 27 Gears Bike! €120!" you'd get from Halfords etc, except you only have one crappy gear to deal with instead of 27.

blorg

You missed this one

Mucco

fish-head wrote: »

Those bikes are total trash and will probably kill you if you ride them for any extended period of time. They might as well be made of cheddar.

Yeah, they're generally considered to be ****e on London FGSS. Advertised for £150 on gumtree, and even then, overpriced.

M