Best Deals on Paceline

[barnabyjones]

I guess this could go in the classifieds but then it would have to be sticky. Anyway, I think an archive of the awesomeness of Paceline should be on the front page. A little context, I came here for two reasons: pandemic info (way back in March) and because a kid at my gym was into bikes and claimed that he would find things for pennies on the dollar on this place called Paceline. I mean this kid worked minimum wage but rode a $10k bike. Let's honor the generosity of of our fellow forumites for posterity!

Today's best deal:

https://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=265663

[joosttx]

anything that I sell.

[barnabyjones]

Best deal for a little guy.

$5700 frame with tax
$6000 wheels
$2500 groupset
$800 odds and ends

Only ridden to church on Sundays, once a month.

$5400 out the door

https://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=261997

[C40_guy]

Originally Posted by barnabyjones

Best deal for a little guy.

Hey, I resemble that remark!

One of the benefits of being vertically challenged is that I'm not tempted by every bike that comes along...

If I rode a 54 or 55 or 56, I'd have to be a lot more firm in my resolve.

That peg is exactly my size.

Shiyte!

[barnabyjones]

I'm not very tall myself, by Dutch standards. And I was the shortest kid in class until 9th grade, boys and girls included. I'd trade an adulthood of average heightness for that Peg deal.

[cgolvin]

I don't know how I missed this when it was originally posted.
I'm on record as saying the only way I'd part with my Duende is if a Respo in my size came along … and there it was. Oh well.
(I love Mesonperso but I think I still prefer my Ethnic.)
Congrats to the lucky new owner.

[XXtwindad]

Ever since Clean39 began relentlessly flogging steel bike with steel forks as the conduit to "Cycling Nirvana" I've been smitten with that combination. These look great and seem like a killer deal:

https://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=265373

https://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=264798

https://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=265482

Also, there should be fee or a commission attached to any steel bike frame/fork combo. Either Dan gets a small commission from the sale, or he has to chip in for the purchase of the the frameset.

Seems fair to me.

[JoB]

That Engin looks amazing and thankfully doesn't fit me.

[prototoast]

I prefer a market-based approach to this. I would call the "best deals" the ones that are sold within the hour. At the very least, they'd have to be sold within the day to be under consideration.

[zennmotion]

Originally Posted by joosttx

anything that I sell.

+1, the Rapha vest I bought has been pretty much everyday wear through the bay area "winter", and because Rapha calls it a "brevet gillet" (which I believe is French for "vest" that also comes with a French Middle School Diploma, or maybe it just means a "brief jacket" with the arms cut off, or something) so you know it's good--- and expensive. The prison stripe design was appropriate for joosttx's highway robbery price.

[pdmtong]

Originally Posted by joosttx

anything that I sell.

$50 for the feedback stand. That was philanthropic no doubt. We coulda met at the Joinery for beers and dirty fries but I could not motivate despite the patina.

[paredown]

I think I did well with the Time VRS from VirtualElvis--I admired it both times it traded hands before--this time I was on the fence and then he made me an offer I couldn't refuse.

With a beer budget, I have to follow the trend about ten years on.

(It sits partially built--I'm waiting on a parts order....)

[gbcoupe]

The deal on my Giordana is so good, folks don't want to see it go away!

[VTCaraco]

Originally Posted by paredown

I think I did well with the Time VRS from VirtualElvis--

That one gets my vote for the deal of the year, to-date.
I was looking at it and hemming and hawing on whether the size was right and whether I needed another bike and then the price that he offered....

[d_douglas]

I still gripe about the Crumpton sold by Nick about 6months ago. I have been looking for one, and coincidentally that day, I was slammed with back to back meetings. Virtual meetings. Ones that weren’t as important as a Crumpton!

Anyways, by the time I logged in around 3pm, it had been sold, and with the painful reminder from a few people as they wrote “paging ddouglas’ !

$3500 is not pennies for a ‘used’ frame, but it was half price and essentially new.

Tears in my coffee this AM just thinking about it...