bronwyn-davidson@utulsa.edu Posted February 3, 2021 Share I am in the market looking for a new bike. I have been on marketplace on Facebook discussing a bike for sale. He stated that the bike comes with a shimano group set, so in my message I asked which shimano group set. The seller sent a few messages not knowing what o had asked and eventually I find out it is 105.I then started to ask his reason for selling. Response “ I got three of the road bike and I'm tall the frame is not my size” This I thought strange because why would you buy a bike that is not your size? Anyway I questioned further. Asking him where he bought it to get a history of the bike. Response “ One of my friend is the one buy it for he stay in edernvil is a white guy, He buy it for me as a gift“I asked if I could speak to his friend about the condition of the bike, whereby he replied saying the bike is still new, and he doesn’t have the contact details of the friend as he lost his phone and the friend moved to KZN (I would imagine he could contact him on FB??) I then replied thanking him for taking my questions, but I feel the history of the bike is a bit suspicious, and that the price of R5k seems quite low for a brand new Raleigh RC6000 with shimano 105 components. To this he got defensive and replied “ I can't sell something which is stolen broe” I just seem to have a gut feeling that this bike may be stolen, and feel I may need to report it, however if it isn’t stolen and maybe just a person that doesn’t know too much about bikes. I don’t want to offend anybody but if it was my bike that was stolen I would appreciate someone reporting it. Any advice? Edit: I’m not so much curious of the price, but the fact that he states it’s new but it’s a RC6000 model. Edited February 3, 2021 by bronwyn-davidson@utulsa.edu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadenceblur Posted February 3, 2021 Share A brand new Raleigh? Didn't know they were still manufacturing? The story sounds dodge though. Long Wheel Base 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gummibear Posted February 3, 2021 Share Post a link to the advert, Long Wheel Base 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronwyn-davidson@utulsa.edu Posted February 4, 2021 Share https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1497036710488547/?referralSurface=messenger_lightspeed_banner&referralCode=messenger_banner&_rdr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostSixFour Posted February 4, 2021 Share That bike might've been brand new in 2006. 9SPD components, and you don't know what the carbon looks like in terms of fatigue and cracking.. I think it's priced right. Story still dodge though. Wannabe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirt De Vil Posted February 4, 2021 Share Maybe a carbon fork, the rest of the bike seems Aluminum. Over priced in my opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Looks fine, except the location of Midrand and the photo next to a CA numberplate. Reg Lizard, MDJ, CatzSpace "frail" and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oomkool Posted February 4, 2021 Share Fishy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bundu Ric Posted February 4, 2021 Share Looks fine, except the location of Midrand and the photo next to a CA numberplate. This ^^^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blokeonabike Posted February 4, 2021 Share Maybe see if you can get more pictures? Ask for specific angles or components. If he can't provide the pictures he most likely doesn't have the bike and is trying to scam you. TNT1, CatzSpace "frail" and TheoG 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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