bent? optical illusion?

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roscowgo · #1 Post by **roscowgo** » Fri May 12, 2006 3:52 am

ebaybike

Is it just me or does the back tire on that thing not ....quite...straight.

Pic im looking at is very last one on the bottom right, a read shot.

-Holiday · #2 Post by **-Holiday** » Fri May 12, 2006 3:54 am

its definatly not centered. not sure if that is normal or not though

CNF2002 · #3 Post by **CNF2002** » Fri May 12, 2006 4:10 am

Ouch. Question the seller about it. So obvious, Im sure others have, suspicious that its not addressed on the page in a Q&A. Probably crashed harder than presented.

earwig · #4 Post by **earwig** » Fri May 12, 2006 4:19 am

It doesn't look right... but... notice the amount of space between the plastic in the back and where the blinker (the amber part) begins. so... my point is that the picture wasn't taken from a completly centered position so it could just be the picture

or... you could be right and it might really be that F'ed up! Probably best to see it in person before you bid.

roscowgo · #5 Post by **roscowgo** » Fri May 12, 2006 4:24 am

Oh i'm not going to bid, just my daily ebay droolathon.

It looks to me like its leaned a degree to starboard, and torked just a touch to the right along the horizontal too.

DivideOverflow · #6 Post by **DivideOverflow** » Fri May 12, 2006 4:32 am

earwig wrote:It doesn't look right... but... notice the amount of space between the plastic in the back and where the blinker (the amber part) begins. so... my point is that the picture wasn't taken from a completly centered position so it could just be the picture or... you could be right and it might really be that F'ed up! Probably best to see it in person before you bid.

Yeah, but note the side with less space is on the left... so it would appear that the tire would be more to the right if it was actually center!! It looks like he moved the camera more left so it would look more like it was in the middle.

I'm never going to buy a bike on e-bay... there is just too much risk. Hell, it isn't much more expensive to get a used bike from a shop! Especially with the prices I have seen on ebay these days.

rodzbike · #7 Post by **rodzbike** » Fri May 12, 2006 4:34 am

It's off just enough to make me shy away from it as fast as possible.

earwig · #8 Post by **earwig** » Fri May 12, 2006 4:35 am

You're right, I'm going to ask the seller

camthepyro · #9 Post by **camthepyro** » Fri May 12, 2006 7:36 am

My bike kinda looks like that, but that's when it's on the kickstand, not centerstand, so maybe it's not. Wow, my post was pointless...

skinnyjoint · #10 Post by **skinnyjoint** » Fri May 12, 2006 8:17 am

wierd....