im no bike nut or fixed gear dude either, but quite a while ago i was browsing the internerd looking at bike frames i stumbled upon a beautiful khs Aero track bike instantly i fell in love with it because it has a curved seat tube. i decided i need to have one, lckily i found out that they are not very expensive bikes just hard to find. so i began my search, ebay, no luck craigslist, nothing. this went on for a couple of months until decided to expand my craigslist search out side of the bay area. alas i found the bike i was looking for being sold in boston. i immediately contacted the seller and asked if they would be willing to sell it to me and send it or if i could have a friend in the boston area pick it up. the seller wrote me back saying that he was ok with just shipping it to me. his asking price was 600 dollars plus and extra 50-70 for shipping i said i was good with that and asked if i should send the money to a friend or paypal him the money.....no answer. a couple weeks later he emails me asking if im still interested i say yes and again ask how i should pay him....no answer. at this point i assume he has sold the bike locally and is avoiding my emails. ohh well ill keep looking. about a week later im browsing ebay and what do you know the exact same bike that homie was selling on craigslist he now has on ebay with a starting price 100 dollars cheaper than what he was originally asking. sweet. im the winning bidder great i immediately paypal the money and he says hell be shipping the bike soon.. great. weeks later nothing. i email him no response....fuck! email him again...again nothing. weeks later he emails me with all sorts of apologies about how hes moving been really busy i say fine what ever just send the bike. weeks later, again nothing...fuck! at this pint i file a claim to get my money back, i also see another khs aero track frame on ebay and bid on that. a few weeks and a few emails later hes says he cant find a box to ship it in i tell him i dont give a shit and to send my bike. now ive won the second frame on ebay and the original frame shows up about 3 days before the second frame. great now i have 2 frames. ok the original bike has the following wrong with it huge dent in the downtube, scooterchain the chainring is shot the seatpost is seized, and so is the stem...wtf! anyway to make a long story short (semi short at least.) i email hime telling him he screwed me he says i got a good deal on the wheelset (i didnt care about the wheelset) about a week later he emails me saying that paypal took 200 dollars out of his account and deposited into my account because i filed a claim...i told him in one of the many emails i sent him that he needs to respond to paypals dispute and claims emails that paypal was sending him to make sure thus didnt happen he didnt to bad so sad. so the moral of the story. that old classic line.... buyer beware there are some shyster motherfucks out there. anyhow here a pic of the bike that i managed to put together out the the 2 frames... obviously using the non dented (although i took the dented one to a shop and they said it is rideable but still a bummer)
