Ok that sounds not good.
At this point I avoid ebay US items. It's just not worth the trouble.
This hobby is supposed to be fun but when you have to write endless messages with sellers, eBay support and shipping companies just to get the money back you had to pay upfront because they failed to...
This used to work great but now I have an issue with two deliveries in a row.
In the past they used Pitney & Bowes to ship from the US to Germany.
It appears they have now switched to DHL e-commerce.
First problem was a jersey I bought fron ebay US in december via ebay international shipping...
Jauce and Buyee specialize in making Yahoo Japan Auctions and Yahoo JP Shopping and other japanese shopping platforms accessible from outside Japan.
I have been using them scince 2018 to ship to Germany.
I learned about them from collectors in the US back then. I don't think that they are a UK...
Today I learned ebay did not drop their fees for private UK sellers. They did for private EU sellers since March.
The Roberts looks cool. Would be my size but with shipping and customs to Germany I would also prefer just the frame and forks for a lower price.
@Gtpulse Yeah, that Xizang looks huge. 20" is already big and the titanium tubes are smaller. I think the bigger ovalized aluminium tubes of the Zaskar help with proportions on larger frames, especially on the later models.
I did a few more changes:
Added an anti-chainsuck-plate. My frame comes with mounting points and I just found a plate that matches pretty good. I like it.
Also there was the issue with the front derailleur only shifting two chainrings.
After some more testing I found out, that the left...
Yes, I plan on riding this bike a lot next season.
Over the last two years I got into tile hunting (veloviewer tiles).
I built this bike to have something that is fast on roads but I can still use on dirt roads. Because tile hunting is usually 80-90% small asphalt roads and the rest is dirt...
The build is heading for the home stretch.
We had some issues with the cable routing for the rear brake.
The company who did the powder coating did not protect the inside of the cable noodles. (is that the right word?)
With the added thickness of the powder the tube for the rear brake cable...