06-20-2024, 04:05 AM
This relates to another bike. Ok, a bicycle. With our efforts to get healthy this year, Mrs. G mentioned a few days ago that we should get our bikes cleaned up and roadworthy and start pedalling again.
Our bicycles have been hanging from the ceiling in the garage from pulleys for the past several years. My Trek commuter bike was new in 2006, so I did some research to see what the new version of my bike is, and what technological improvements have been made in 18 years. Ok, disc brakes, lighter materials, stuff like that. And it's on sale for a thousand bucks.
Putting my El Cheapo hat on, I figured I could find one or two of those on FB Marketplace for a bit cheaper. Turns out I found plenty of them. Peculiar that there are several listings on Facebook and Offer-up for the same bike... 2022 Trek FX3, size medium, in Galactic Grey. All in the same region of Southern California, shown either as "Still in the factory box" or "Brand new, no miles". All for close to or at half of what they cost new. One listing says "I have ten of them new in the box."
Sound suspicious? I thought so. Did a little digging to see if a container of these bikes went missing somewhere in our area.
Perhaps... This article says that a container of them was lost in 2022, either at sea near the Port of L.A. or maybe sometime afterwards. The railroad that would have taken them away from the port is named.
https://www.bicycleretailer.com/industry...2C%202021.
Our bicycles have been hanging from the ceiling in the garage from pulleys for the past several years. My Trek commuter bike was new in 2006, so I did some research to see what the new version of my bike is, and what technological improvements have been made in 18 years. Ok, disc brakes, lighter materials, stuff like that. And it's on sale for a thousand bucks.
Putting my El Cheapo hat on, I figured I could find one or two of those on FB Marketplace for a bit cheaper. Turns out I found plenty of them. Peculiar that there are several listings on Facebook and Offer-up for the same bike... 2022 Trek FX3, size medium, in Galactic Grey. All in the same region of Southern California, shown either as "Still in the factory box" or "Brand new, no miles". All for close to or at half of what they cost new. One listing says "I have ten of them new in the box."
Sound suspicious? I thought so. Did a little digging to see if a container of these bikes went missing somewhere in our area.
Perhaps... This article says that a container of them was lost in 2022, either at sea near the Port of L.A. or maybe sometime afterwards. The railroad that would have taken them away from the port is named.
https://www.bicycleretailer.com/industry...2C%202021.