Weird eBay ad

It looks real enough, I've compared it to my wife's 2yr old
Bianci megapro lite alloy; it looks like he's genuine.

I guess celeste isn't everyone's colour. Although if colour
was that important why not buy a different model?

Maybe it makes the bike less stealable -- looks unique and
cheap all at the same time!

Regards, Mark

Zog The Undeniable said:

I can't believe this: who'd buy a brand new bike then
immediately strip the frame and do a home spray job on it?
How do we even know it's a Bianchi?

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Zog The Undeniable said:

I can't believe this: who'd buy a brand new bike then
immediately strip the frame and do a home spray job on it?
How do we even know it's a Bianchi?

Not uncommon in London to disguise a nice bike that
way to reduce the chances of it being stolen when
locked up outside.

Tony

Quoted message said:

I can't believe this: who'd buy a brand new bike then
immediately strip the frame and do a home spray job on it?

...ride it just twice, then store it in the garage and sell
it a year later at a huge loss?

Quoted message said:

How do we even know it's a Bianchi?

I'd ask to see some receipts before buying it - a) to prove
it's a Bianchi, and b) to prove it's not stolen. Although
even then the frame might be a ringer with the components
from the Bianchi stuck on it.

d.

Zog The Undeniable said:

I can't believe this: who'd buy a brand new bike then
immediately strip the frame and do a home spray job on it?
How do we even know it's a Bianchi?

I can quite believe it. I'm a quite keen cyclist, and built
up a new MTB last year, but only used it 3 times, as I'd
completely lost interest in MTB racing. It has been used a
lot so far this year though. It is common in motorcyle sales
as well, people with more money than sense go out and buy a
new bike, add on panniers, locks and assorted other bits,
ride 1000 miles (or less) in a year, then sell it the
following year for half of what they paid. Alan.

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Doki said:

Surely if the seller had any sense, he'd get a can of
thinners and wipe off the spraypaint? I assume he didn't
get the frame back to bare metal to spray
it...

Ever tried to remove dried paint with thinners?

Tony

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Doki said:

Surely if the seller had any sense, he'd get a can of
thinners and wipe

off

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the spraypaint? I assume he didn't get the frame back to
bare metal to

spray

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it...

Ever tried to remove dried paint with thinners?

Even if it worked it would only take the original
paint with it.

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Quoted message said:

Doki said:

Surely if the seller had any sense, he'd get a can of
thinners and wipe off the spraypaint? I assume he didn't
get the frame back to bare metal to spray it...

Ever tried to remove dried paint with thinners?

Even if it worked it would only take the original paint
with it.

Bike frames generally have the paint baked on, so they
should be pretty immune to solvents.

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Mason said:

Quoted message said:

Ever tried to remove dried paint with thinners?

Even if it worked it would only take the original paint
with it.

Not neccesarily. If the base coat was stove enamelled
then thinners will not touch it. If the spray has been
applied badly (ie no surface prep) then it should come
off fairly easily.

..d

Zog The Undeniable said:

I can't believe this: who'd buy a brand new bike then
immediately strip the frame and do a home spray job on it?
How do we even know it's a Bianchi?

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That's nothing compared to some of the weird [censored] in
eBayland :-)

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How do we even know it's a Bianchi?

Compare it to another example of the same model and size.
The overall shape, tubes, welds, details are unlikely to be
precisely the same with any other bike. However, I would
worry about what the paint was covering up. Could be some
damage under there. The components alone are worth quite a
bit anyway.

~PB

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I can't believe this: who'd buy a brand new bike then
immediately strip the frame and do a home spray job
on it?

...ride it just twice, then store it in the garage and
sell it a year

later

Quoted message said:

at a huge loss?

Quoted message said:

How do we even know it's a Bianchi?

I'd ask to see some receipts before buying it - a) to
prove it's a

Bianchi,

Quoted message said:

and b) to prove it's not stolen. Although even then the
frame might be a ringer with the components from the
Bianchi stuck on it.

d.

It certainly looks iffy,the bit i can't get my head round it
is he probably spent more time stripping ,painting and
reassembling it rather than going on a new bike.

Weird.