Recent content by Twozaskars

I’m sure someone was asking for one just the other day? Edit: @mior

Respect to the seller for not peeling the stickers off and calling it a Zaskar.

I’d go with that option, but seriously there would have been nothing to worry about. No matter what they say about no returns it’s part of eBay t+c’s that sellers are forced to agree to. Once you have dropped it at the post office (and they scan it and give you a receipt) it’s done.

Fell short of his expectations, anybody here win it?

What he said, very useful tool.

EBay always side with the buyer in my experience, just open an item not as described, use the label provided, DO NOT use your own for any reason. EBay will honour their money back guarantee even if it costs them £££.

The rear hub is for the early hope brakes where it sat on the axle with a brace to the canti/V mount. A bit like this (rubbish) pic shows

I see the cranks went for £200 in the end.

I had forgot that was there, I just moved onto the old American Adventure site so that’s probably my closest now.

This might sound strange but where are the frame numbers? I’ve got a Taiga and cannot see a number anywhere.

Schwalbe Fat Albert tyres. No thanks.

It was amazing how people used to bin cases, handbags, coats etc without even checking them first. As you say, sofas almost always gave some treasure even if it was just a few copper coins. We had one of those massive Bells whisky bottles by the telly and sometimes filled it in a fortnight.

My local tip is in Ilkeston, Derbyshire and when I was a kid my dad used to run it on behalf of a family that had a few locally (Dunkirk, Hucknall, Langar, and Ilkeston) Selling stuff was perfectly normal and pretty much covered the wages, £5 here, 10 there, whatever really. Regular people used...

I’d not even noticed that.

So I take it this was for sale recently then @bikeworkshop?