YETI curly DH Lawwill

[scant]

it was never intended to change gear!
loadsa DH bikes had double or triple chainsets in the kamikaze days, deaton used to run something like a massive 72/48. realistically thats an impossible front mech shift even "monkey" legendary yeti mechanic probably couldnt get to work!

i've seen this curly yeti bike in person & its very cool. that massive paragon chainring is fully engraved. theres lots of details you easily miss in the pictures. when yeti owner chris conroy takes 10mins to eye over a bike, & I'm sure hes seen more than a few yetis! you can be sure its something special

its cracked! big deal, this isnt being sold to do 90mph down ski runs anymore!

 

[ddidds]

we might have a discussion on the crack, and i might understand that out of pure passion for yeti bikes(they are truly amazing) you might pay that amount of money , i wouldn't as i will always stress about the fact that it is going to brake under my fat ass when showing off in the park.
on the other hand it is very difficult for me to believe that the picture on ebay showing the chain on the 2'nd cog and making that rear mech look as it is about to snap might be something alright. you sent me a picture with "curly"(the female original owner) and the rear mech does not , i repeat, does not, look like the one on ebay, actually it looks ok.

 

[pete_mcc]

i would never pay 4000 pounds for a bike with a crack in it no matter how historical or non historical it is! i understand it is a museum bike , but still it is a bike, and a bike is supposed to be ridden and definitely have no cracks!

I think I'd agree, £4000 for a bike like this is a shed load, broken or not!

Not really sure I think of this a museum bike, for one I can't think of a museum that would want or would pay for it. It'd have to be bought by a Yeti fan with far more money than sense, which begs the question 'Why is the auction not written in German?'

Personally I think there are very few true 'museum bikes' out there, loads of wall-hangers and garage queens with a cliche history, but very few truly historical museum bikes. A mark one breezer maybe as the first true MTB, or a Stumpy as a first mass produced MTB (both of which are in museums), but as far as I can see this is a very nice, snapped bike that once, very briefly held a record of little consequence to anyone born without an X-games 'radical' mentality.

Give me Boardmans Lotus, Simpsons last bike, any of Coppi's or Merckx's or at a push Tomac's drop bar C26 - now they're historical.

 

[beepbeep]

This is no longer a machine, it's an artwork.

Technically speaking it's pretty useless unless you live near a big snow-covered hill and have a deathwish. But as something to hang on the wall (been there http://www.yetifan.com/neilsLawwill4ws.jpg) it's beautiful.

Art is a funny old business, very subjective (and pricey.) This bike is worth how ever much someone will pay for it. As long as there were Yeti fans left in the world you'd probably get your money back when the time came to sell. Although personally speaking I don't think most Yeti fans have this kind of money (or understanding enough wives/GFs ) so it's overpriced at the moment and like pete_mcc wrote it's not strictly a historically important bike.

I'd be interesting if the seller ran it from 99p (with a high reserve) to see exactly how much it's worth in todays market.

 

[cchris2lou]

with a start at 0.99p , I think it will get to £1500 , but not much more .

 

[scant]

matt deffo wouldnt want to loose that much ££ on it.

 

[beepbeep]

with a start at 0.99p , I think it will get to £1500 , but not much more .

Yeah, that's how much I figured, maybe around £2000 if the right people saw the listing.

Perhaps he should split it...?

 

[scant]

with a start at 0.99p , I think it will get to £1500 , but not much more .

Perhaps he should split it...?

seattube split already remember

 

[pete_mcc]

Maybe we should start a 'the worlds most expensive breakable frame' thread, building up a frame out of tubes of bikes that always broke in one particular place?

So far:

Yeti seat tube/seat clamp
Manitou headtube
Fat Chance BB area/seat tube
Kirk Dropouts
Klein box crown forks

any more?

 

[elite504]

got to be a pinging bonded Vitus/ Alan frame on that list!