Random Questions Thread

senderos_949 said:
Ok. The sellers replied and apparently they didn't properly clean the fork before sending pix :cautious:
They sent new pix of the stanchion after cleaning and it looks clean. Wasn't planning on pursuing because of potential serious scratch issue but now seeing if I can close the deal. Thanks for all the great input!
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Hah! It was a great drill. My brain has a hernia now, thanks!!!!!!!! :p:D

Congrats in advance on NBD. :thumbsup:
 
senderos_949 said:
Ok. The sellers replied and apparently they didn't properly clean the fork before sending pix :cautious:
They sent new pix of the stanchion after cleaning and it looks clean. Wasn't planning on pursuing because of potential serious scratch issue but now seeing if I can close the deal. Thanks for all the great input!
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To wrap this up - someone else bought the Ripley while I was still emailing for additional info - prob should've pulled the trigger earlier:sick:

Part of that additional info was that the shop had rented it 63 times at $100 a day so that's a cool $6300 plus selling it used for $4000.
Guessing original price of a Ripley with XT/fox factory would've been around $6200 (current price is $6700) so it paid for itself in rentals and the rest is gravy (subtracting shop maintenance costs).
 
senderos_949 said:
To wrap this up - someone else bought the Ripley while I was still emailing for additional info - prob should've pulled the trigger earlier:sick:

Part of that additional info was that the shop had rented it 63 times at $100 a day so that's a cool $6300 plus selling it used for $4000.
Guessing original price of a Ripley with XT/fox factory would've been around $6200 (current price is $6700) so it paid for itself in rentals and the rest is gravy (subtracting shop maintenance costs).
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Try and look on the bright side. You may have just dodged a bullet. $4,000 seems like a lot of money for something that has been ridden that much a lot of different people. Just my opinion of course.
 
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UPSed said:
Try and look on the bright side. You may have just dodged a bullet. $4,000 seems like a lot of money for something that has been ridden that much a lot of different people. Just my opinion of course.
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I bet you most (80%???) were just people riding around green trails and paths on a whim. Another 15% probably put it through it's paces and rode it as intended. The remaining 5% were dumb-asses tossing it off a cliff or into a swimming pool sort of jabronis.
 
Danmtchl said:
We bought a few demo bikes a few years ago and they were in horrible shape, I think they just put them in the box straight after the last ride. Me, personally I’d never buy a demo bike, because as mentioned above you don’t know what someone put it through. Especially that last 20 percent.
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To add, just the abuse alone they take being transported to demo events.
 
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I rent bikes while on travel. I bring a 15mm wrench and my own SPD's. Terribly expensive but that is what I do. Crashed a few rental bikes, terribly painful but that is also what I do. I ride at sunset on the rental bikes just like here at home, except the trails are new to me and normally covered in trees so the pucker factor grows as the light dims, not at all like at home.
Happy trails where ever you are
 
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