Recent content by Russell

Just wheels to go now please folks 🙏

Therein lies the problem. The cycling community is totally apathetic. We sit around bemoaning the Police and blaming society and everyone else but when faced with a simple, free tool to help combat the sale of (and identify) stolen bikes, no one can be arsed to use it.

https://www.bikeregister.com/ How about we (this site) do our bit by insisting that all frame and bike sales on here list the serial number? It is free to use the site linked above to check if a bike is stolen. One of the pictures on every sale advert on this site should be a screen shot of...

Just looking for… Chainset Wheels Thanks everyone else who’s assisted with this 👍🏻

A number of years ago, my garage was broken into and two bikes stolen. Next morning, SOCO was in my garage, doing whatever they do. Police don’t chase ALL stolen bikes.

Yes you’re right, if there is an admin burden or the risk of minimal cost to the end user, it’s not worth the bother. Much better to do nothing.

The answer is to cut off demand. How many times when you (generic, any of us) have bought a second hand bike have you asked for the serial number or provenance? National register for bicycle serial numbers with eBay and others refusing to list bikes for sale without one and cross referencing...

If my hugely scientific experiment is any indicator, what will happen is I’ll ask it to find me a Zaskar and I will end up paying over the odds for a Pantera. Progress.

I dumped this pic into Chat GPT… And was delighted to find out that it is infact a Zaskar…. “Yes — that’s a GT Zaskar frame. A few details that give it away: The triple-triangle design (with the seat stays joining the top tube before the seat tube) is GT’s signature feature, and the Zaskar...

Last chance before eBay! Inevitably this will result in the frame being available on eBay at an inflated price (got to cover those fees) for the next five years whilst I stubbornly refuse to accept that prices are dropping back down to 2010/2015 levels and that I’m going to make a huge loss on...

Thanks but the pricing is too high for me. Especially when fees, shipping etc is taken into account.

Waiting for a front mech to arrive but be good to know, just in case 👍🏻

Bump.

As title. Full M900 group required, inc wheels. 28.6mm bottom pull front mech (I think). Thanks.