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Misc / Open / Can't see the wood for the trees!
« on: October 31, 2018, 08:39:12 AM »
You know how it goes....window shopping for the bits you don't need yet while you save your pennies for the stuff you do...
Well I fancy a mild cafe racer look for my F2, with dropped bars and a single seat. None of these parts came with the hike in a shape I would ever use, so I had a casual look on eBay to see what was about.
The world is full of 'CNC machined' alloy clip one retailing for £20! Cheap junk I hear you say....and I probably agree. Then you see the SAME cheap junk being sold for £50 by middle retailers... And again at quite steep priced by 'specialust' suppliers of Cafe Racer parts.
Once upon a time, price was a measure of quality. Now it seems everyone is buying in junk at rock bottom prices and jacking up prices... So how the hell do you find quality online now?
In my part of the world the local bike shop us a distant memory. I can go 10 miles and find a place that will 'book me in' for a service and charge £200 to adjust the chain and top up the oil but when I needed a clutch cable for a 10 year old bike, it was a special order job and would take a week.
Well I fancy a mild cafe racer look for my F2, with dropped bars and a single seat. None of these parts came with the hike in a shape I would ever use, so I had a casual look on eBay to see what was about.
The world is full of 'CNC machined' alloy clip one retailing for £20! Cheap junk I hear you say....and I probably agree. Then you see the SAME cheap junk being sold for £50 by middle retailers... And again at quite steep priced by 'specialust' suppliers of Cafe Racer parts.
Once upon a time, price was a measure of quality. Now it seems everyone is buying in junk at rock bottom prices and jacking up prices... So how the hell do you find quality online now?
In my part of the world the local bike shop us a distant memory. I can go 10 miles and find a place that will 'book me in' for a service and charge £200 to adjust the chain and top up the oil but when I needed a clutch cable for a 10 year old bike, it was a special order job and would take a week.