Somebody should buy this now!! (if it's legit)

[SIK SD]

I just can't help showing this, i wish i could buy it right now but i just bought a Yeti last week...Obviously i am not selling this but i hope someone gets it (or if it happens to be yours i hope you get it back):

Listed today on SD Craigs, WTF? $6500 bike:


http://sandiego.craigslist.org/ssd/spo/716054441.html

[stinkyrider]

My God, that is a smoking deal.

[bikeadict]

e-mail sent... lets see if this guy is legit...

[Rawhead]

awesome bike... i just can't stand the look of the raw carbon frame. Sweet deal either way. I say it's stolen.

[SIK SD]

Originally Posted by bikeadict

e-mail sent... lets see if this guy is legit...

Let us know what you find, i can't email the seller, i will wind up buying it.

[bikeadict]

oh well, its a scam, way too good to be true.

Below is the scammer's response to my e-mail

Originally Posted by scammer

Hi Andrew,

I want you to know that the bike is in perfect working conditions. Right now i am gone in Texas, but i hope that`s not going to be a problem because i can still handle the transaction. Before i went to Texas, i left the bike along with several other items in the custody of The Online Outpost because i wanted to sell them on eBay when i return, but something came up back home and i decided to sell them before i get back, but not on eBay, because i need to sell them faster.

So if you are still interested let me know because i can make the transaction immediately. Just let me know and i will explain all the details of the transaction...

Thanks,
Barry

[foofighter]

stolen from a shop or trailer i bet...that's the cynical side of me

[davidB]

Originally Posted by bikeadict

oh well, its a scam, way too good to be true.

Below is the scammer's response to my e-mail

go with it, see what his "details" are

[bikeadict]

Originally Posted by davidB

go with it, see what his "details" are

be my guest, I'm sure he'll e-mail you the same response. I don't have time to toy with such losers... time to go ride the bike!!

[jonv05]

Obvious Scam!

[Allrotor13b]

That bike gave me chub

[roguemoog]

I got the same scam response when replying to a Superlight post. I knew as soon as I got the first response it was a scam (simple google search) but I pretended to be interested until I got the 'agent' name that they ask to wire money to. But that's probably fake too, who knows...

[dirtmistress]

So does that mean the bike doesn't even exist?

Originally Posted by Allrotor13b

That bike gave me chub

TMI...

[singleminded]

I was ready to go pick it up today......but not in Texas

[station]

So my friend has this frame and it's not that light. You think carbon fiber would make a 2lb frame, nope. this thing is at least 4 lbs?

[mcinvale]

hahah, i have time to play with a scammer so i emailed him as well...

why would it be posted in "sporting goods" and not "bikes"? lol.

[mtnbikej]

Originally Posted by foofighter

stolen from a shop or trailer i bet...that's the cynical side of me

Not stolen......scammer does not even have the bike. Seller will ask for funds to be sent via Western Union and then disappear.....no bike actually exists. Pics and description were pulled from the web somewhere.

[Von-Diggity]

Most 5" travel full suspension frames are in the 6lb+ range. The Mojo is a 5lb 5.5 inch frame.

Originally Posted by station

So my friend has this frame and it's not that light. You think carbon fiber would make a 2lb frame, nope. this thing is at least 4 lbs?

[singleminded]

No.....website claims sub 6lbs for the non-sl mdl (probably just under 6) and 5 lbs for the sl

Originally Posted by station

So my friend has this frame and it's not that light. You think carbon fiber would make a 2lb frame, nope. this thing is at least 4 lbs?

[BFloFoxRider.]

Originally Posted by station

So my friend has this frame and it's not that light. You think carbon fiber would make a 2lb frame, nope. this thing is at least 4 lbs?

not sure about ibis, but many companies that make "carbon Fiber" stuff, actually wrap the carbon Fiber around a skinny aluminum tube