Just spotted this bike for sale locally on Marketplace. It’s got a 105 groupset, and it’s supposedly a Specialized. I can’t find any pics of bikes in Specialized’s archives that look quite like it. The way the seat tube bumps out in front of the wheel doesn’t seem to match anything I could find.
Thoughts? Ideas?
by willjohnston
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Specialized is a well-documented, major bike retailer. Their Venge is a popular model on the road. If you’re not able to find info on the bike, which I am not able to either, should be a telling sign.
The cheap Chinese components (crank and brakes) are also alarming
Fake… the Venge never had the seat post bulged into the main triangle like that, that’s a Cervélo S series rip off. Tarmacs never had a flat top tube either they’ve always been arched.
Logo font is off and there’s no model or fact carbon identifier as well – dead give away.