FS: 59cm Bleriot

[Kris]

My Bleriot is just not getting ridden enough and the poor guy is
hanging on a hook all day. I am the original owner and purchased
directly from QBP when I worked at a shop. I am only selling to
finance the purchase of a Salsa Fargo.

I am the original owner and it's in great condition. It has the usual
nicks but no significant scratches. The Honjo fenders have some
dings, but still look great! There's some wear on the head badge as
well.

Build;
59 cm Bleriot frame and fork
Shimano 600 headset
Nitto Randonneur bar
Nitto Technomic 110 stem
Shimano R600 50/34 cranks
Shimano Ultegra FD
Shimano 105 RD
Shimano Dura Ace bar end shifters
Tektro R556 side pull calipers
Cane Creek brake levers
Shimano LX/Velocity Synergy wheel set
Nifty Swifty Tires
Honjo Fenders
Campagnolo Athena seatpost

No pedals, saddle or cassette (which was used on my main road bike)

$1300 + shipping - pics available for those interested. I'm in
Asheville, NC if someone local is interested.

[Seth Vidal]

Dude, someone buy this. You're fracking killing me.

Seth (Is Durham considered local?) Vidal

[colin p. cummings]

What a deal. somebody gonna be happy when they get this.

[Kris]

The bike is still available. I have posted on my local craigslist
sites. I would really like to not use eBay.

Kris

On Mar 28, 9:12 am, "colin p. cummings" <colinthehip...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> > Asheville, NC if someone local is interested.- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -

[David Spranger]

I forwarded your craigslist ad to a friend in Charlotte who has been talking about getting a Rivendell for ages. Your bike is his size.

[Kris]

Still available and it's presence on eBay is unfortunately becoming
imminent.

On Mar 29, 9:42 am, Kris <kkjellqu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The bike is still available. I have posted on my local craigslist
> sites.  I would really like to not use eBay.
>
> Kris
>
> On Mar 28, 9:12 am, "colin p. cummings" <colinthehip...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > What a deal.  somebody gonna be happy when they get this.
>
> > On Mar 27, 7:06 pm, Kris <kkjellqu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>

> > > MyBleriotis just not getting ridden enough and the poor guy is

> > > hanging on a hook all day.  I am the original owner and purchased
> > > directly from QBP when I worked at a shop.  I am only selling to
> > > finance the purchase of a Salsa Fargo.
>
> > > I am the original owner and it's in great condition.  It has the usual
> > > nicks but no significant scratches.  The Honjo fenders have some
> > > dings, but still look great!  There's some wear on the head badge as
> > > well.
>
> > > Build;

> > > 59 cmBleriotframe and fork

> > > Shimano 600 headset
> > > Nitto Randonneur bar
> > > Nitto Technomic 110 stem
> > > Shimano R600 50/34 cranks
> > > Shimano Ultegra FD
> > > Shimano 105 RD
> > > Shimano Dura Ace bar end shifters
> > > Tektro R556 side pull calipers
> > > Cane Creek brake levers
> > > Shimano LX/Velocity Synergy wheel set
> > > Nifty Swifty Tires
> > > Honjo Fenders
> > > Campagnolo Athena seatpost
>
> > > No pedals, saddle or cassette (which was used on my main road bike)
>
> > > $1300 + shipping - pics available for those interested.  I'm in
> > > Asheville, NC if someone local is interested.- Hide quoted text -
>

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[Brewster Fong]

This seems like a very fair price for anyone looking for this type of bike! In contrast, there's a guy on SFCL selling a 61cm bleriot for $2K!

 

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/bik/2932077264.html

 

Good Luck with that one!

[islaysteve]

Well, if you need this size, I guess it's a somewhat fair price, considering the workstand, etc.  If you need a workstand.  And the wheels, etc.  I'm just being a little cynical about the 61cm, but if you want that size.... Makes me feel a bit better about what I paid for my 51 Bleriot frame. But I'm ok with that.  Cheers, Steve

[Kris]

2 out of 3 interested parties have backed out....finances and size.
The third is thinking. The Bleriot is still available and will
finally be on eBay in the next 48 hrs if nobody is interested. Sorry
for the multiple posts, but I really dislike using eBay for various
reasons.

On Mar 29, 9:42 am, Kris <kkjellqu...@gmail.com> wrote:

> The bike is still available. I have posted on my local craigslist
> sites.  I would really like to not use eBay.
>
> Kris
>
> On Mar 28, 9:12 am, "colin p. cummings" <colinthehip...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > What a deal.  somebody gonna be happy when they get this.
>
> > On Mar 27, 7:06 pm, Kris <kkjellqu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>

> > > MyBleriotis just not getting ridden enough and the poor guy is

> > > hanging on a hook all day.  I am the original owner and purchased
> > > directly from QBP when I worked at a shop.  I am only selling to
> > > finance the purchase of a Salsa Fargo.
>
> > > I am the original owner and it's in great condition.  It has the usual
> > > nicks but no significant scratches.  The Honjo fenders have some
> > > dings, but still look great!  There's some wear on the head badge as
> > > well.
>
> > > Build;

> > > 59 cmBleriotframe and fork

> > > Shimano 600 headset
> > > Nitto Randonneur bar
> > > Nitto Technomic 110 stem
> > > Shimano R600 50/34 cranks
> > > Shimano Ultegra FD
> > > Shimano 105 RD
> > > Shimano Dura Ace bar end shifters
> > > Tektro R556 side pull calipers
> > > Cane Creek brake levers
> > > Shimano LX/Velocity Synergy wheel set
> > > Nifty Swifty Tires
> > > Honjo Fenders
> > > Campagnolo Athena seatpost
>
> > > No pedals, saddle or cassette (which was used on my main road bike)
>
> > > $1300 + shipping - pics available for those interested.  I'm in
> > > Asheville, NC if someone local is interested.- Hide quoted text -
>

> > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -

[Kris]

Still available...thanks to an individual who appears to have flaked out the bike is now boxed and ready to ship.

 

$1300 + shipping.

[pam]

I'd buy it if it was my size. I'm short. I have a 47 cm Betty.

[PATRICK MOORE]

Yanking this thread violently in my own direction: RANT: about people
who, when they see a FS post, immediately scream, "OH! I wannit! I
wannit!!!" And then, after you patient answer questions and send
photos, disappear into the neant.

I don't mind people backing out. I've done it myself a few times. What
I mind is the rudeness that doesn't bother to ask, "I've changed my
mind -- do you mind?" and simply slinks off into the outer darkness
without another word. The few times I've backed out, I always ask if
the seller will permit me to do so and I append an offer to follow
through with the purchase if the seller insists. My request to change
my mind has not been turned down and the sellers all have seemed
willing to let me back out. I do this only rarely; usually, even when
I have second thoughts I go through with the promise to pay and
purchase.

Note: I believe that backing out of a commitment to buy even after
asking and being granted permission is at least slightly flakey, so I
am guilty thus far of flakiness myself, but just disappearing is not
excusable.

This does not happen only on the RBW list, of course, it's all over,
but it is damn'd rude!

Rant over; back to your regular programming.

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 5:56 AM, Kris <kkjel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Still available...thanks to an individual who appears to have flaked out the
> bike is now boxed and ready to ship.
>
> $1300 + shipping.
>

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A billion stars go spinning through the night
Blazing high above your head;
But in you is the Presence that will be
When all the stars are dead.

Ranier Maria Rilke, Buddha in Glory

[Kris]

I've had 4 people who seemed genuinely interested;

 

1. read the RBW sizing bits, learned it wouldn't fit and let me know right away

2. couldn't come up with the funds and politely backed out

3. partner was attacked by a pit bull (!!) and had to back out for $$ and obvious reasons

 

all of the above are perfectly reasonable

 

4. agreed to pay set price, all set to end eBay auction, was "away from computer" and would pay in a few hours.....THEN NOTHING...vanished into thin air!!  I even spent an hour boxing the bike!  Now I'll have to rebuild it to sell local....UGH!!! 

 

You could write back and say...."ya know I actually think the bike is ugly and 650b sucks" and I wouldn't care, but just write the stinking email!!  I don't know how people act like this....w/ gmail, Google+, FB, etc it's pretty easy to find them.

 

//end my rant

[Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery]

Believe it or not, there are a lot of flakes who are into bikes in the world. My fave was a guy who called several times to talk to me for a combined maybe 2+ hours about a Bleriot. I somehow let the word "Quickbeam" out of my mouth, and that got him to asking questions about that model. His questions carried the implication that he was going to buy a Bleriot from me. Anyway, after all that, maybe 2 weeks later, he called to thank me for my patience in answering his hundreds of neurotic questions, but informed me delightedly that he'd purchased it cheaper from one of the internet bike shops who was selling the Bleriot just over cost back in those days. Not to worry, he vowed to buy fenders from me. The conversation was ended, um, hastily. If it had happened in person rather than on the phone, I think I would have run him out the door with some forceful language and perhaps a kick in the pants. After that, I considered instituting a consulting fee, creditable toward whatever bike purchase may result, when I sensed the conversation was dragging on with no purchase in sight. But it seems bad form to ask for money just for talking to a customer...unless you're a lawyer or medical type.

[William]

I have a very close friend that has that exact and deplorable shopping style.  In his mind, retail establishments that choose to employ experts are offering free expertise.  He happily accepts that free expertise in the form of advice and answers to however many questions they are willing to answer.  After he is done collecting all the free information he can, only then does he begin looking for the best price.  If the best price is back at the place with the expert employees, fine.  If it's a mailorder or webstore with no employees outside of shipping, so be it.  When I learned that about him, I honestly wanted to punch him squarely in the face.  

[Kris]

The Bleriot has been sold.