MTB Q? Specialized Hardrock Pro
 

Does anyone know if this is a good bike?

http://www.cyclesurgery.com/ProductD...uctID/1023279/

Been offered a brand new one in the box for £300.

Cheers
MJB

I would buy it immediately if it's straight ;)

Hmmm anyone watching Crimewatch right now.....!!!!

Stolen Specialized mountain bikes in flatpacks stolen...!!!!

If you have been offered one call 0500 600 600 £8000 reward available...

Seems to me you been offered one....!!!!

Appeal 6 - Stolen Mountain Bikes

On the night of Sunday 30th November/Monday 1st December 2003, 213 high spec mountain bikes were stolen from a warehouse on the Willow Lane Industrial Estate, Mitcham, Surrey. The total value was around £250,000 (each one worth about £2,000). There were 7 different models stolen. They were all made by the company Specialized.

The thieves stole a Terence Conran lorry from the Conran Shop Limited, Merton Park Estate, London SW19 earlier that day. They used this to transport the bikes. There are only four such vans in the country. The van was found abandoned later on the Monday in Purley, Croydon.


On Thursday night/Friday morning 5th/6th February there was a further theft of bikes from the same industrial estate. The bikes were not as high spec. 88 bikes worth around £400 each were stolen. The two thefts may or may not be linked. The gut feeling of the police and the company is that they probably are.


All the bikes from both thefts were stolen in boxes, flat packed. They are relatively easy to assemble so they look OK, but it is a skilled job to assemble them so they work properly. They may be being sold at markets etc in boxes or assembled. It’s unlikely they’ll be bought by dealers because most of the specialized dealers are recognised bike shops.


The bikes all have frame numbers on the chassis and there is a list available of the numbers of all the stolen bikes. If anybody is unsure or wants more information they can contact Specialized Direct on 020 8391 3500, or email sales@specializeduk.com. There is an £8,000 reward.


The most unusual of the seven models are:
The Stumpjumper expert FSR - worth £1,800. 92 were stolen.
The Stumpjumper Pro - worth £1,900. 11 stolen.
The Stumpjumper Blue - worth £1,200. 5 stolen.
The Hardrock Pro - worth £500. 21 stolen.

NO NO NO its not dodgy! Woman i work with, her son had his stolen out the shed. He has just got the replacement on insurance and wants to sell it as he wants a car.

Guess i best buy it, cheers workshy :D

LOL what are the chances of someone saying I`ve been offered a cheap mountain bike when 1 hour later they are plastered on crimewatch???

:D:D:D

You couldn't have picked better a moment :D :)

Has he got any more? ;)

Seriously it’s not dodgy! She told me ages ago she had her shed broken into and this bike going missing, she has only just got the replacement.

Sounds like a hardened criminal to me, shop her to the Bill, do it now!

Hell, don't let my son see this, we just (well, 6 mths ago) paid a fair bit more for the lower model...

Surely you don't believe *that*:eek:

UB:D