Vulture purchase? Frame for me, bits for you?

fat bloke

I'm on the lookout for a nice frame in a 56. There are some lovely bikes on Donedeal with lovely groupsets - ultegra or dura ace, mechanical and Di2, and Sram etap.
Sellers generally want to sell builds in one go, and that's fair enough I'd be the same way myself selling. But in the current market there's surely someone else out there looking at the same ads thinking -"I'd love that groupset but I've no use for the 56 frame!".

Probably a difficult one to organise in real life but it could be great to join up pairs or trios of like-minded scavengers?

godtabh

Post something up.

I'd be interested in a few bits (di2 group sets/ wheels). Might be off interest

nicksnikita

godtabh wrote: »

Post something up.

I'd be interested in a few bits (di2 group sets/ wheels). Might be off interest

Likewise

Bambaata

Same!

fat bloke

I'll keep an eye out. I'm waiting to hear back on my bowman warranty.

Ditto if any of ye are eyeing up a groupset but have no interest in the size 56 frame to which it's attached!

fat bloke

https://www.donedeal.ie/bicycles-for-sale/sworks-venge-dura-ace/28199730

This is pretty sweet full dura ace di2!

Scott foil a heck of a lot cheaper, ultegra https://www.donedeal.ie/bicycles-for-sale/scott-foil-2019/27868830

Cheaper still!! https://www.donedeal.ie/bicycles-for-sale/argon-nitrogen-road-bike/27934387

Not mad on the colour but.. https://www.donedeal.ie/bicycles-for-sale/road-bike/28083507

https://www.donedeal.ie/bicycles-for-sale/specialized-s-works-tarmac-sl3/28200507
I like that s-works but the old sram red is probably a bit niche

nicksnikita

fat bloke wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/bicycles-for-sale/sworks-venge-dura-ace/28199730

This is pretty sweet full dura ace di2!

Scott foil a heck of a lot cheaper, ultegra https://www.donedeal.ie/bicycles-for-sale/scott-foil-2019/27868830

Cheaper still!! https://www.donedeal.ie/bicycles-for-sale/argon-nitrogen-road-bike/27934387

Not mad on the colour but.. https://www.donedeal.ie/bicycles-for-sale/road-bike/28083507

https://www.donedeal.ie/bicycles-for-sale/specialized-s-works-tarmac-sl3/28200507
I like that s-works but the old sram red is probably a bit niche

The SWorks with SRAM Red is probably the pick of them for me. I might get onto him for the size 54.. would the DA wheels be tubular though?

The others are grand as full packages but the wheels wouldn’t be attractive at them prices.

fat bloke

nicksnikita wrote: »

The SWorks with SRAM Red is probably the pick of them for me. I might get onto him for the size 54.. would the DA wheels be tubular though?

The others are grand as full packages but the wheels wouldn’t be attractive at them prices.

Yeah. It's hard to come up with a mathematical split that would please everyone. The reality I suppose however is that none of those bikes will sell at asking.

I'm pretty sure all the wheels that seller has are tubular. You might remember he had a website and warehouse in Sandyford, Kinetix Products or something. He was one of the first guys I ever saw selling ex-pro stuff. He had the HTC Columbia bikes - S-Works all. A load of CX stuff I can't remember what exactly, loads of TT bikes, and then those Bianchi's as well - he still has those in his other ads.

The wheels are all tubs though, the groupsets are nearly all electronic, which means the frames are electronic only. And whatever about frames shelf-life, electronics have a much shorter best-before-date. I wouldn't like to be trying to troubleshoot and source parts for a dicky 10 year old EPS groupset:(

nicksnikita

Old SRAM Red would still be epic on a lightweight build. But tubular is out of the question.

No, I never came across that guy! I'd imagine anything of that age with rim brakes is difficult to shift nowadays...

Plastik

I dunno FB. I think the only way to make something like this properly work is to just buy what you want and take the pain of moving stuff after yourself. Everything else is just too much faff. Never know, you might actually learn how to strip a bike and save yourself even more money in the long run!!!

fat bloke

Plastik wrote: »

I dunno FB. I think the only way to make something like this properly work is to just buy what you want and take the pain of moving stuff after yourself. Everything else is just too much faff. Never know, you might actually learn how to strip a bike and save yourself even more money in the long run!!!

Yeah I realise it's an unwieldy proposition alright. In a normal world I'd have my choice of frames of all sorts and prices. That's just not how things work at the minute unfortunately.

Tony04

Theres a nice scott foil team frame on one of the cycling for sale groups that might suit you?

fat bloke

Tony04 wrote: »

Theres a nice scott foil team frame on one of the cycling for sale groups that might suit you?

Where's that now? Is that Facebook?

Tony04

https://facebook.com/groups/cyclingbuyandsellireland/permalink/2960517577563344/?fs=2&focus_composer=0&ref=group_browse
Cracking deal he doesnt specify size but it should be a 54 or 56

Plastik

Nice looking Canyon Ultimate on Adverts. I think Canyon M frames are 56's?

https://www.adverts.ie/bike-frames/canyon-ultimate-cf-evo/23940486

nicksnikita

Plastik wrote: »

Nice looking Canyon Ultimate on Adverts. I think Canyon M frames are 56's?

https://www.adverts.ie/bike-frames/canyon-ultimate-cf-evo/23940486

Bit dear maybe