Just missed out on this.....

[mikee]

@ loki

got that avalanche built yet ?

digging mine out tomorrow , built by tea time

 

[bren]

Just try buying hope brake parts off the bay... :?
Missed/outbid/plain forgot about 10 sets until inevitably, the bits showed up on here in good condition and at reasonable prices!
My current build has only a headset and gear cables bought via eBay. It's a nightmare. Stick to buying from here

 

[MisterGrizzly]

Evening Bren

I do when I can (much prefer to!) but it's finding the damn things isn't it sometimes... Damn that bay

 

[Loki]

i agree with loki
if you want a stumpy get a steel one

92/3/4 are imo the best

as for your question
not missed out on owt so far

95-96 with oversized prestige tubing and suspension corrected are the best IMO. Laterally stiff and vertically compliant...... :twisted:

 

[lewis1641]

if its on ebay and you definately want it, bid. then you can't forget. its not the best technique for securing the item at a low cost but its better than missing something. or use a snipe account. does it all for you.

 

[MisterGrizzly]

I'm with you there Lewis, it's different though when you make your mind up away from a pc!

 

[jax13]

i've never missed anything rare, expensive or boutique - just irritating stuff. a 'broken on the first ride' x-9 mech with perfectly good jockeys went for £3.50 POSTED!!! they would have been pretty cheap & handy spares. a bar & stem combo I really wanted that would have matched the seatpost on a build perfectly (same brand & model) went for £2.50! an lx wheelset I was eyeing up on a really bad listing went for about £12 and only about 8 miles away from home too. there are a couple of others but nothing important or critical to a build.

 

[Harryburgundy]

wouldn't worry about it mate
ride like a catalog bso

and 275 quid yer avin a larf

Nonsense...great frames that ride well above their price and better than the steel ones, but the build was only okay, you will find another

 

[MisterGrizzly]

wouldn't worry about it mate
ride like a catalog bso

and 275 quid yer avin a larf

Nonsense...great frames that ride well above their price and better than the steel ones, but the build was only okay, you will find another

 

[spike3]

I missed out on a lovely old school black Scott in my size, xt groupset would have been perfect for winter. Which one of you lot beat me to it?