nice deal on a V2 (not mine)

[Rich Westerman]

Just saw this on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3623892592&category=7298
Lots of extra goodies for not much dough. The hydraulic brakes might make me pause, though.

--
rich '01 V2/XL

"the West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion but rather by its
superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact, non-Westerners never
do." Samuel P. Huntington, Harvard Professor and author.

 

[Mlb]

"rich westerman" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3623892592&category= 7298

Wow, heck of a deal! Why the pause? Those are some of the best brakes available. High dollar too I
imagine. Wondering about the color?

 

[Rich Westerman]

> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3623892592&category= 7298
>
> Wow, heck of a deal! Why the pause? Those are some of the best brakes available. High dollar too I
> imagine. Wondering about the color?

nope, just that I've never had a bike with hydraulics and I've recently seen some cautionary posts
here regarding them. btw, is that a stock RANS color?

rich V2

 

[Joshua Goldberg]

Not a stock color...unless I missed seeing that color/

It says the bent was build up from a frameset.

Mark Power @ Power-On Cycling was selling NEW pre-2003 V2 Framesets for $850.00 a few months
ago...this may have been one of them. Even if it was a $850.00 frameset...the toys added to that V2
would easily put it over $1500.00 completed.
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"rich westerman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >
> > >
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3623892592&category=
> > > 7298
> >
> > Wow, heck of a deal! Why the pause? Those are some of the best brakes available. High dollar too
> > I imagine. Wondering about the color?
>
>
> nope, just that I've never had a bike with hydraulics and I've recently
seen
> some cautionary posts here regarding them. btw, is that a stock RANS color?
>
> rich V2

 

[Harryo]

"rich westerman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> nope, just that I've never had a bike with hydraulics and I've recently seen some cautionary posts
> here regarding them. btw, is that a stock RANS color?

I am not sure what the cautions are that you heard about hydraulic brakes but I will tell you that
the Magura Louise brakes, which I have used for the past 2 1/2 years, are the most trouble free,
best performing brakes that I have ever used. If you are referring to a line rupture, it just
doesn't happen and I would be willing to bet that it is less likely to happen than a cable failure.

Harry Jiles

 

[Skip]

"Joshua Goldberg" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Not a stock color...unless I missed seeing that color/
>
> It says the bent was build up from a frameset.
>
> Mark Power @ Power-On Cycling was selling NEW pre-2003 V2 Framesets for $850.00 a few months
> ago...this may have been one of them. Even if it was a $850.00 frameset...the toys added to that
> V2 would easily put it over $1500.00 completed.
> ***************************************

The bike was a steal at $950. Somebody got a real deal.

skip

 

[Mike Nelson]

"rich westerman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...

>"the West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion but rather by its
>superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact, non-Westerners never
>do." Samuel P. Huntington, Harvard Professor and author.

What a load of ****! Is this guy seriously trying to say "the West" is morally inferior to, what,
such peace-loving non-westerners as Pol Pot, Ghengis Khan, Momar Khadaffi, Emperor Hirohito, Kim
Jong-il, Yassar Arafat?

Is it now the norm to be a celebrated professor at a major university and be an absolute idiot?

M. Nelson

 

[Ken Kobayashi]

On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 21:24:19 -0500, MLB <[email protected]> wrote:
>"rich westerman" <[email protected]> wrote in
>news:[email protected]:
>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3623892592&category= 7298
>
>Wow, heck of a deal! Why the pause? Those are some of the best brakes available. High dollar too
>I imagine.

Hey, this is an auction. The price will go up from "great deal" to "reasonable" in no time. (And
sometimes higher...)

Anyway I've never seen a disc-brake equipped V2. If one wanted to do a similar modification, what's
the best method? Would one need to get the mounts brazed to the frame by a frame builder, or are
there other options?

Ken

Ken Kobayashi [email protected] http://solarwww.mtk.nao.ac.jp/kobayashi/personal/

 

[Bill B]

"rich westerman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> Lots of extra goodies for not much dough. The hydraulic brakes might make me pause, though.

Something to think about. Yes its a deal.Disks are nice But?? I have to throw this out to everyone.
Installing disk brake mounts can be very tricky. I would want to know who did the convert. I also
would want to personally inspect the mount job plus spin the wheels to check for rotor drag/caliper
alignment then take a ride. Since this bike has a custom paint job and the welding/braze mods I
would be cautious

 

[Joshua Goldberg]

I may be thinking of another bent I saw recently, but didn't the RANS V2 ebay description say that
the welder messed up the mounts??...I assume this meant either the seat or disc mounts since
everything else bolts on.
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"Bill B" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "rich westerman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > Lots of extra goodies for not much dough. The hydraulic brakes might
make
> > me pause, though.
>
> Something to think about. Yes its a deal.Disks are nice But?? I have to throw this out to
> everyone. Installing disk brake mounts can be very tricky. I would want to know who did the
> convert. I also would want to personally inspect the mount job plus spin the wheels to check for
> rotor drag/caliper alignment then take a ride. Since this bike has a custom paint job and the
> welding/braze mods I would be cautious