Second-hand dealer of note.....

[3wings]

Ronnie Frank - see https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/54884-pre-owned-road-and-mountain-bicycles/

 

This was an old forum thread that seems to have been shifted to the classifieds....

 

Anyway, this dude has a Specialized Roubaix S-Works for sale, my size, right price-range, problem is that he's an extremely difficult man to do business with (see my latest post).

 

Does anyone know him ?

 

Does anyone know the bike ?

[Chro Mo]

I have bought from him in the past - he's a real character! Good guy. Loves bikes, but hard to budge on pricing.

PM me if you want more details.

 

Cheers.

[3wings]

Thanks Chro Mo.

 

 

A few guys on the original thread said the same thing, although others gave him a really hard time for barging onto the forum with what Julius Malema might describe as a "white imperialist tendency" !

I tried to be patient with the guy in an attempt to discover whether or not this bike is as good as he says.

But there’s absolutely no need for insults or foul and abusive language however good he thinks the bike might be.

Edited April 2, 2012 by 3wings

[3wings]

Seems Ronnie has had a tough time of it recently - beginning to regret not having been blessed with the foresight to realise it.

The Roubaix has gone - guess I'll just have to keep looking.