Pacenti Pari-Moto 650 x 38B white gumwalls by Panaracer

just got these from Canada of all places.

Cycles Toussaint get them made

and I suppose Kirk Pacenti gets them made as well

since they've got his name on them

but then they've also got Panaracer's name on them

because they actually made them

pretty much just like they make a slightly wider, white 650B tyre

and another tyre the same width but black

for a different company based in Japan.

So they say 38mm wide but Vern Gauge says they're really 36mm wide.

Nevertheless they fit really well inside Gilles Berthoud's rather dumbly-sized
mudguards, being as they are 40mm wide.

So loving that really.

Stupid eBay sellers

we all know them

crappy phone pic

or too many studio photos

overpriced

incessant relisting of same item

or

a short hiatus

then relist as if it's a new one

sometimes

"on sale!"

or 

"free postage"

woohoo

here then are some of the worst I have come across

outed

for your reading pleasure

ok, so it's got internal cable routing

Ideale 92 saddle, Maxicar hubs, etc, etc

and it's in really clean condition

but $6000? I mean, come on

I could buy a new custom frame rando for that much

and besides

it's a frame for someone no taller than 5'1"

I know I'm right because in 6 months of relisting it hasn't sold

this guy is a classic

one of a number of serial offenders who should know better

because they seem to be ebay shop owners

nevertheless

crappy, non-drive side photo (one only)

non-matching tyres

and a warning the bike needs servicing

but at least he's offering free shipping... :/

but $13,000??? even for a fillet-brazed Routens, that's steep.

a mint condition Rene Herse as featured in this book

recently sold for only $9,000.

been listed for months

and 19 failed offers in its history

but 131 people are watching it

so I suppose probikesfrance is waiting for a moron with more money than sense

to click the buyitnow button

only problem is most of those dickheads buy carbon, not old classic bikes...

probikefrance delights in charging twice what anyone is ever likely to pay.

in fact he's always so exactly over the mark that by halving his prices you can

get a pretty clear idea of market value for any particular item.

new Gilles Berthoud saddle?

currently on sale here for $90

but at probikefrance you can have it for $216.00 with free postage

I could go on but I've got a bored headache already

one of my favourite ebay idiots

pb bikes (perhaps a distant relative?)

based in Portlandia

want a vintage plastic bidon

that will make all your smart waters 

taste like you're drinking

from a vintage kids' wading pool? 

it's New Old Stock though! 

so it's $150 + postage!

He does have some spectacular stuff, I'll give him that much

so much so you wonder where it all comes from.

I have a theory that he's actually a collector and doesn't want to sell anything at all

like those hoons with "for sale 0400 555 555" in the window of their hotted up Hyndai Excel

they just want you to ring them up so they can talk shit about cars, or score a root, or both.

With 98 pages of stuff, he's got plenty to keep you amused.

And now for the piece de—whaa? 

they're not there anymore?

looks like the "Budget Bicycle Center" has closed its eBay store altogether

pity

they had some of the best, over-priced re-listings on eBay

and the delicious irony of the name just meant their site was 

laugh-out-loud ridiculous from go to whoah.

Just goes to show you can fleece a punter in off the street

but people on the net have too much choice

and knowledge to be taken in that easily.

He's even got a thread all to himself on bikeforums. (pbbikes gets a mention too!)