Stuff I would never buy used

[Too Tall]

http://cgi.ebay.com/2-Continental-Sprinter-Tubular-Tires-700-x-22-Sew-ups_W0QQitemZ320204558850QQihZ011QQcategoryZ42334Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

***? I'd sooner wear a set of Boston Drunks bibs. (no offense my brutha you know?).

Good grief.

[csm]

yeah no way.
nor would I buy used shorts.

[Dave B]

Are you guys thinking worse stuff too, but don't want to type it?

Cause I am some pretty nasty things I wouldn't want to buy used.

[csm]

well yeah but was trying to keep it around the cycling theme.

[Dave B]

well yeah but was trying to keep it around the cycling theme.


Ok as long as I am not alone! :D

[csm]

wandering outside the cycling realm would cause this thread to get locked.

[Dave B]

Word!

[roman meal]

water bottles

any kind of carbon thingy

basically anything is not good used except a regal saddle

but even then I wouldn't buy the regal with the alloy wishbone rails used.

[csm]

water bottles! never thought of that.
handlebar tape?

[roman meal]

cables

inner tubes

tires

rim strips

chamois butter

lip balm

ride journal diaries

clif blocks

[ShockTreatment]

Headsets and bottom brackets. Except King/Phil Wood, but these are rarely for sale used anyway.

Chains, cassettes

[sbornia]

clif blocks

Nasty even when brand new!

[Erik.Lazdins]

sandwiches.

[DarrenCT]

Nasty even when brand new!

those cliff blox are f'ing horrible

*** were they thinkin?

[Viper]

I would buy used bacon.

[roman meal]

OJ's bail bond

[BumbleBeeDave]

I would buy used bacon.

. . . "used" exactly how? :eek:

BBD

[Viper]

. . . "used" exactly how? :eek:

BBD

So long as the bag was re-sealed. I could understand the owner opening the bag of bacon for a snack attack, but realizing he/she needed some cash and could do so by selling said bacon.

[BumbleBeeDave]

So long as the bag was re-sealed. I could understand the owner opening the bag of bacon for a snack attack, but realizing he/she needed some cash and could do so by selling said bacon.

I thought you just might mean "used" as in already eaten and, well, uh, you know . . . Ick.

Just going on past experience with your posts . . . :D ;)

BBD

[Viper]

I thought you just might mean "used" as in already eaten and, well, uh, you know . . . Ick.

Just going on past experience with your posts . . . :D ;)

BBD

Make no mistake BBD. If we ever find ourselves on a group ride, pull over for brunch, eat waffles, bacon and you've got some leftover bacon on your plate, odds are before the waiter/waitress grabs your plate, I WILL snag said bacon.

"There are no rules when it comes to bacon, all men for themselves."

~Abraham Lincoln (or General George S. Patton, I forget).


:D

[roman meal]

So long as the bag was re-sealed. I could understand the owner opening the bag of bacon for a snack attack, but realizing he/she needed some cash and could do so by selling said bacon.


Jack Brunk is selling some hardly eaten bacon in the classifieds.

[ti_boi]

Jack Brunk is selling some hardly eaten bacon in the classifieds.

Is he upgrading already? Damn.

[BumbleBeeDave]

Make no mistake BBD. If we ever find ourselves on a group ride, pull over for brunch, eat waffles, bacon and you've got some leftover bacon on your plate, odds are before the waiter/waitress grabs your plate, I WILL snag said bacon.

"There are no rules when it comes to bacon, all men for themselves."

~Abraham Lincoln (or General George S. Patton, I forget).


:D

"There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to steal the maximum amount of bacon and/or bacon-related products from your unsuspecting fellow rider in the minimum amount of time."

- General George S. Viper Jr

[Viper]

Is he upgrading already? Damn.

Muscle carbon bacon, it's so hot right now.

[ti_boi]

Things that I would not buy used............pron mags.

[Viper]

"There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to steal the maximum amount of bacon and/or bacon-related products from your unsuspecting fellow rider in the minimum amount of time."

- General George S. Viper Jr

Damn. I'm giving away my non-patented ideas for bacon-flavored gel packs. Accel, Cytosport, you owe me. Ketchup with bacon bits? Heinz and John Kerry, you owe me.

[roman meal]

Things that I would not buy used............pron mags.


The pages tear when you peel them apart.

[shinomaster]

What about....

[ti_boi]

What about....


How about this....................

[DarrenCT]

im in love with paris...

[shinomaster]

im in love with paris...

Of course you are.

[Jeff N.]

Any Cannondale aluminum frame. ANY Zipp product...new OR used. GO CHARGERS! Jeff N.

[capybaras]

pit bull




(just kidding I love used pit bulls)

[Too Tall]

OK ok ok.

Used Scott Drop in handlebars.

[whitecda]

eh?

im in love with paris...


Not necessarily in that order......

[14max]

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[DarrenCT]

eh?




Not necessarily in that order......


thnx for the picture. u just made my day.

[Viper]

pit bull




(just kidding I love used pit bulls)


Look at what's happened just in the past few weeks:

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&um=1&tab=wn&q=officer+shoots+pit+bull

(we had the same story above in NY two weeks ago).

[SimonC]

Dragging this back on topic, why wouldn't the OP (or anyone else for that matter) buy lightly used tubulars? I picked some up from a clubmate because they were the same as the ones I'd brought new, hadn't had much use and were perhaps 30% of new cost.

I struggle with used shorts, though I've sold them in the past (washed, obviously). I'd buy used shoes though - I've got two nice pairs of Sidis that way.

I wouldn't want to buy anything 'structural' made of carbon secondhand. Heck, I'm not sure I'd buy anything structural and carbon brand new.

[WadePatton]

Used Brooks anyone?

[MarleyMon]

why just used aluminum or carbon?

"BKW: What tubing are you using with your lugs?

RS: It’s a version of Columbus’ Spirit called Spirit For Lugs. We call it PegoRichie. The oversized tubes I’d been using were less than friendly for brazing. I’d been using Dedacciai Zero tubing. Then I had a JRA [Just Riding Along] on a two-year-old frame. The seat tube broke nowhere near the heat affected zone; it cracked in half at the transition of a butt. Then I found out that Dario Pegoretti wasn’t using it for similar quality control reasons. We decided to team up with Columbus to make tubing for lugs. I feel much more secure than using any of that short butt stuff. The tubing is Niobium alloy. The goal was to make tubing that was 21st Century strong, oversized, light, resilient, and would enable a brazer to build a frame that was 3-3.5 lbs. I would probably have never switched brands, but I had a JRA and it happened to ME. The light went on when it happened to me, and Dario and I decided we needed to get away from the “tubing for industry” stuff."

[Viper]

I would never buy a used lightsaber.

[WadePatton]

I would never buy a used lightsaber.
hell, no--that's a good way to put an eye out! :no:

[97CSI]

Things that I would not buy used............pron mags.Believe that is spelled 'prawn', isn't it?

Used energy bars or drink. Although most dogs seem to go for the used energy bars.

[shinomaster]

I was just thinking the same thing. Any used aluminum frame for that matter...


Why not? I've been riding and racing on my " used" aluminum alloy frames for years. If those bike suddenly changed owners would they suddenly become unsafe?

[Too Tall]

Campagnolo

[BumbleBeeDave]

. . . BBD

[DarrenCT]

. . . BBD

but BBD its yellow??

how could u resist?

[BumbleBeeDave]

but BBD its yellow??

how could u resist?

I was driving.

BBD

[ti_boi]

This

[pdxmech13]

a dudes swimming trunks

and im not talking Borat here

[KeithS]

From the pig's perspective all bacon is used. Consumed by the second owner at least..

[BumpyintheBurgh]

Never buy used paint, even if it is 50% off.

[chrisroph]

chamois cream

[stevep]

. . . BBD


the ebay ad for the lambo.

" yellow lambo, needs some body work, runs good..has been well maintained mostly, very fast car... best not to text while driving ... says in italian in manual... therefore not my fault... best offer..."

[Too Tall]

Mommy, make it stop ACK!
http://cgi.ebay.com/Assorted-Vittoria-Continental-and-Tufo-Tubular-Tires_W0QQitemZ190194131026QQihZ009QQcategoryZ4233 4QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

No chit. Bidding already hit $46 for two Vittoria Rallys which are a bit better than gluing garden hose to your rims and prob. cost about $15 each, one Conti Giro a truck tyre in my HO AND it was prev. glued so who know what shape the base tape is in , one Tufo Elite with 1000 miles on it oh boy these are awful riding tyres even new.

PT Barnum is in full force. If you are bidding on this run away.

Please if you are going to ride the good stuff, keep it tight. Don't ride other peoples tyres...that's just not good.

xxoo, TT.

[14max]

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[RABikes2]

those cliff blox are f'ing horrible

*** were they thinkin?
You couldn't imagine how popular and well they sell in our bike shop, Darren. We reorder 5-10 boxes at a time on a regular schedule. There are the constant well-liked flavors, but dang, we ordered some nasty, nasty tasting flavors (Pina Colada, Cola, Margarita, ... to give a variety) a few times and it took the special customer to purchase those. :no:
Personally, I buy the Black Cherry (w/ caffeine). :D I can only handle so many Gu's on a long ride.
RA
I can think of numerous things, bike and unrelated bike, that are just unthinkable to buy used. Ohhh grosssssss.

[ClutchCargo]

Never buy a used helmet !

[tys]

Chains, Tubes, Cables, Bar tape, but I often re-cycle my OWN used stuff.
Most other cycling stuff is negotiable. I have no problem with used clothing, that's what washing machines (an occasionally sewing machines) are for.

tys

[Dekonick]

NEVER buy a used pacemaker. :)

[pjm]

:beer: never buy it used.