• Anyone hear a bike parts store named sixbike

    From Catrike Ryder@Soloman@old.bikers.org to rec.bicycles.tech on Wed Apr 1 20:01:29 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.bicycles.tech


    www.Sixbike.com. out of St. Louis, Missouri.

    they seem to have parts at very low prices..

    Too good to be true.

    --
    C'est bon
    Soloman
    --- Synchronet 3.21f-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From AMuzi@am@yellowjersey.org to rec.bicycles.tech on Wed Apr 1 19:56:49 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.bicycles.tech

    On 4/1/2026 7:01 PM(31, Catrike Ryder wrote:

    www.Sixbike.com. out of St. Louis, Missouri.

    they seem to have parts at very low prices..

    Too good to be true.

    --
    C'est bon
    Soloman

    Yes, disarmingly or suspiciously low, and free freight on
    top of that which nets to well below dealer price for a few
    items I checked.

    Oddly, their address, 8601 Page Ave, St. Louis, Missouri
    63114, returns:

    https://www.chamberofcommerce.com/united-states/missouri/saint-louis/sandblasting-service/3886117-abrasive-sandblasting

    Search for "sixbike" in "St Louis MO" doesn't return any
    results at Chamber of Commerce. Or duckduckgo.

    So it may not be connected to a retail bike shop.
    It isn't according to Yelp:

    https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=bike+shops&find_loc=Saint+Louis%2C+MO+63114

    Another oddity is that the telephone number for Abrasive
    Sandblasting, (314) 428-6527, is also the number for
    Murphy's Cleaning at a different address:

    https://start.cortera.com/company/research/k2n2qwm2s/murphys-cleaning-inc/

    The contact for sixbike is:
    dt8827733@gmail.com

    so I searched the St Louis area code for that:
    (314) 882-7733

    With no result.

    One of the scam check sites:
    https://www.islegitsite.com/check/sixbike.com/

    is inconclusive, but notes:

    "The domain name was created 1 year ago.
    A shopping website created less than 4 months ago is too new
    and potentially suspicious.
    If a domain name is too "young" we may have not enough
    details to judge it.
    Online shops created just a few months ago may indicate
    higher risk."

    and also:

    " *The website may be located in a not risky country.
    This option checks if a web shop operator may be located in
    China."


    Whois data has been scrubbed:
    https://www.whois.com/whois/sixbike.com

    So, unclear all around.
    --
    Andrew Muzi
    am@yellowjersey.org
    Open every day since 1 April, 1971
    --- Synchronet 3.21f-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Jeff Liebermann@jeffl@cruzio.com to rec.bicycles.tech on Wed Apr 1 18:34:07 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.bicycles.tech

    On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 19:56:49 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

    On 4/1/2026 7:01 PM(31, Catrike Ryder wrote:

    www.Sixbike.com. out of St. Louis, Missouri.

    they seem to have parts at very low prices..

    Too good to be true.

    --
    C'est bon
    Soloman

    Yes, disarmingly or suspiciously low, and free freight on
    top of that which nets to well below dealer price for a few
    items I checked.

    Oddly, their address, 8601 Page Ave, St. Louis, Missouri
    63114, returns:

    https://www.chamberofcommerce.com/united-states/missouri/saint-louis/sandblasting-service/3886117-abrasive-sandblasting

    Search for "sixbike" in "St Louis MO" doesn't return any
    results at Chamber of Commerce. Or duckduckgo.

    So it may not be connected to a retail bike shop.
    It isn't according to Yelp:

    https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=bike+shops&find_loc=Saint+Louis%2C+MO+63114

    Another oddity is that the telephone number for Abrasive
    Sandblasting, (314) 428-6527, is also the number for
    Murphy's Cleaning at a different address:

    https://start.cortera.com/company/research/k2n2qwm2s/murphys-cleaning-inc/

    The contact for sixbike is:
    dt8827733@gmail.com

    so I searched the St Louis area code for that:
    (314) 882-7733

    With no result.

    One of the scam check sites:
    https://www.islegitsite.com/check/sixbike.com/

    is inconclusive, but notes:

    "The domain name was created 1 year ago.
    A shopping website created less than 4 months ago is too new
    and potentially suspicious.
    If a domain name is too "young" we may have not enough
    details to judge it.
    Online shops created just a few months ago may indicate
    higher risk."

    and also:

    " *The website may be located in a not risky country.
    This option checks if a web shop operator may be located in
    China."


    Whois data has been scrubbed:
    https://www.whois.com/whois/sixbike.com

    So, unclear all around.

    Very nicely researched. More:

    <https://www.scam-detector.com/validator/sixbike-com-review/>
    "36.3/100 or 36.3%"
    "Questionable. Controversial. Flagged."

    No reviews found. The domain is only 10 months old, which worries me.
    --
    Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com
    PO Box 272 http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
    Ben Lomond CA 95005-0272 AE6KS 831-336-2558

    --- Synchronet 3.21f-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Catrike Ryder@Soloman@old.bikers.org to rec.bicycles.tech on Thu Apr 2 05:18:14 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.bicycles.tech

    On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 19:56:49 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

    On 4/1/2026 7:01 PM(31, Catrike Ryder wrote:

    www.Sixbike.com. out of St. Louis, Missouri.

    they seem to have parts at very low prices..

    Too good to be true.

    --
    C'est bon
    Soloman

    Yes, disarmingly or suspiciously low, and free freight on
    top of that which nets to well below dealer price for a few
    items I checked.

    Oddly, their address, 8601 Page Ave, St. Louis, Missouri
    63114, returns:

    https://www.chamberofcommerce.com/united-states/missouri/saint-louis/sandblasting-service/3886117-abrasive-sandblasting

    Search for "sixbike" in "St Louis MO" doesn't return any
    results at Chamber of Commerce. Or duckduckgo.

    So it may not be connected to a retail bike shop.
    It isn't according to Yelp:

    https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=bike+shops&find_loc=Saint+Louis%2C+MO+63114

    Another oddity is that the telephone number for Abrasive
    Sandblasting, (314) 428-6527, is also the number for
    Murphy's Cleaning at a different address:

    https://start.cortera.com/company/research/k2n2qwm2s/murphys-cleaning-inc/

    The contact for sixbike is:
    dt8827733@gmail.com

    so I searched the St Louis area code for that:
    (314) 882-7733

    With no result.

    One of the scam check sites:
    https://www.islegitsite.com/check/sixbike.com/

    is inconclusive, but notes:

    "The domain name was created 1 year ago.
    A shopping website created less than 4 months ago is too new
    and potentially suspicious.
    If a domain name is too "young" we may have not enough
    details to judge it.
    Online shops created just a few months ago may indicate
    higher risk."

    and also:

    " *The website may be located in a not risky country.
    This option checks if a web shop operator may be located in
    China."


    Whois data has been scrubbed:
    https://www.whois.com/whois/sixbike.com

    So, unclear all around.

    Thanks.
    They also had items I could find nowhere else, at half the cost of
    what they were years ago when they were common. I'll write them off.

    --
    C'est bon
    Soloman
    --- Synchronet 3.21f-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Catrike Ryder@Soloman@old.bikers.org to rec.bicycles.tech on Thu Apr 2 05:22:20 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.bicycles.tech

    On Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:34:07 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
    wrote:

    On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 19:56:49 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

    On 4/1/2026 7:01 PM(31, Catrike Ryder wrote:

    www.Sixbike.com. out of St. Louis, Missouri.

    they seem to have parts at very low prices..

    Too good to be true.

    --
    C'est bon
    Soloman

    Yes, disarmingly or suspiciously low, and free freight on
    top of that which nets to well below dealer price for a few
    items I checked.

    Oddly, their address, 8601 Page Ave, St. Louis, Missouri
    63114, returns:
    https://www.chamberofcommerce.com/united-states/missouri/saint-louis/sandblasting-service/3886117-abrasive-sandblasting

    Search for "sixbike" in "St Louis MO" doesn't return any
    results at Chamber of Commerce. Or duckduckgo.

    So it may not be connected to a retail bike shop.
    It isn't according to Yelp:
    https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=bike+shops&find_loc=Saint+Louis%2C+MO+63114

    Another oddity is that the telephone number for Abrasive
    Sandblasting, (314) 428-6527, is also the number for
    Murphy's Cleaning at a different address:

    https://start.cortera.com/company/research/k2n2qwm2s/murphys-cleaning-inc/

    The contact for sixbike is:
    dt8827733@gmail.com

    so I searched the St Louis area code for that:
    (314) 882-7733

    With no result.

    One of the scam check sites:
    https://www.islegitsite.com/check/sixbike.com/

    is inconclusive, but notes:

    "The domain name was created 1 year ago.
    A shopping website created less than 4 months ago is too new
    and potentially suspicious.
    If a domain name is too "young" we may have not enough
    details to judge it.
    Online shops created just a few months ago may indicate
    higher risk."

    and also:

    " *The website may be located in a not risky country.
    This option checks if a web shop operator may be located in
    China."


    Whois data has been scrubbed:
    https://www.whois.com/whois/sixbike.com

    So, unclear all around.

    Very nicely researched. More:

    <https://www.scam-detector.com/validator/sixbike-com-review/>
    "36.3/100 or 36.3%"
    "Questionable. Controversial. Flagged."

    No reviews found. The domain is only 10 months old, which worries me.


    Country "IS" = Iceland. Yikes

    Thanks to you both.

    --
    C'est bon
    Soloman
    --- Synchronet 3.21f-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From AMuzi@am@yellowjersey.org to rec.bicycles.tech on Thu Apr 2 07:41:27 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.bicycles.tech

    On 4/2/2026 4:22 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
    On Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:34:07 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
    wrote:

    On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 19:56:49 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

    On 4/1/2026 7:01 PM(31, Catrike Ryder wrote:

    www.Sixbike.com. out of St. Louis, Missouri.

    they seem to have parts at very low prices..

    Too good to be true.

    --
    C'est bon
    Soloman

    Yes, disarmingly or suspiciously low, and free freight on
    top of that which nets to well below dealer price for a few
    items I checked.

    Oddly, their address, 8601 Page Ave, St. Louis, Missouri
    63114, returns:

    https://www.chamberofcommerce.com/united-states/missouri/saint-louis/sandblasting-service/3886117-abrasive-sandblasting

    Search for "sixbike" in "St Louis MO" doesn't return any
    results at Chamber of Commerce. Or duckduckgo.

    So it may not be connected to a retail bike shop.
    It isn't according to Yelp:

    https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=bike+shops&find_loc=Saint+Louis%2C+MO+63114

    Another oddity is that the telephone number for Abrasive
    Sandblasting, (314) 428-6527, is also the number for
    Murphy's Cleaning at a different address:

    https://start.cortera.com/company/research/k2n2qwm2s/murphys-cleaning-inc/ >>>
    The contact for sixbike is:
    dt8827733@gmail.com

    so I searched the St Louis area code for that:
    (314) 882-7733

    With no result.

    One of the scam check sites:
    https://www.islegitsite.com/check/sixbike.com/

    is inconclusive, but notes:

    "The domain name was created 1 year ago.
    A shopping website created less than 4 months ago is too new
    and potentially suspicious.
    If a domain name is too "young" we may have not enough
    details to judge it.
    Online shops created just a few months ago may indicate
    higher risk."

    and also:

    " *The website may be located in a not risky country.
    This option checks if a web shop operator may be located in
    China."


    Whois data has been scrubbed:
    https://www.whois.com/whois/sixbike.com

    So, unclear all around.

    Very nicely researched. More:

    <https://www.scam-detector.com/validator/sixbike-com-review/>
    "36.3/100 or 36.3%"
    "Questionable. Controversial. Flagged."

    No reviews found. The domain is only 10 months old, which worries me.


    Country "IS" = Iceland. Yikes

    Thanks to you both.

    --
    C'est bon
    Soloman

    Iceland is merely the domain registrar's location. Not
    different from a Godaddy or similar registration.
    --
    Andrew Muzi
    am@yellowjersey.org
    Open every day since 1 April, 1971
    --- Synchronet 3.21f-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From AMuzi@am@yellowjersey.org to rec.bicycles.tech on Thu Apr 2 07:43:13 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.bicycles.tech

    On 4/2/2026 7:41 AM, AMuzi wrote:
    On 4/2/2026 4:22 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
    On Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:34:07 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
    <jeffl@cruzio.com>
    wrote:

    On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 19:56:49 -0500, AMuzi
    <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

    On 4/1/2026 7:01 PM(31, Catrike Ryder wrote:

    www.Sixbike.com.-a out of St. Louis, Missouri.

    they seem to have parts at very low prices..

    Too good to be true.

    --
    C'est bon
    Soloman

    Yes, disarmingly or suspiciously low, and free freight on
    top of that which nets to well below dealer price for a few
    items I checked.

    Oddly, their address, 8601 Page Ave, St. Louis, Missouri
    63114,-a returns:

    https://www.chamberofcommerce.com/united-states/
    missouri/saint-louis/sandblasting-service/3886117-
    abrasive-sandblasting

    Search for "sixbike" in "St Louis MO" doesn't return any
    results at Chamber of Commerce.-a Or duckduckgo.

    So it may not be connected to a retail bike shop.
    It isn't according to Yelp:

    https://www.yelp.com/search?
    find_desc=bike+shops&find_loc=Saint+Louis%2C+MO+63114

    Another oddity is that the telephone number for Abrasive
    Sandblasting, (314) 428-6527, is also the number for
    Murphy's Cleaning at a different address:

    https://start.cortera.com/company/research/k2n2qwm2s/
    murphys-cleaning-inc/

    The contact for sixbike is:
    dt8827733@gmail.com

    so I searched the St Louis area code for that:
    (314) 882-7733

    With no result.

    One of the scam check sites:
    https://www.islegitsite.com/check/sixbike.com/

    is inconclusive, but notes:

    "The domain name was created 1 year ago.
    A shopping website created less than 4 months ago is too
    new
    and potentially suspicious.
    If a domain name is too "young" we may have not enough
    details to judge it.
    Online shops created just a few months ago may indicate
    higher risk."

    and also:

    "-a *The website may be located in a not risky country.
    This option checks if a web shop operator may be located in
    China."


    Whois data has been scrubbed:
    https://www.whois.com/whois/sixbike.com

    So, unclear all around.

    Very nicely researched.-a More:

    <https://www.scam-detector.com/validator/sixbike-com-
    review/>
    "36.3/100 or 36.3%"
    "Questionable. Controversial. Flagged."

    No reviews found.-a The domain is only 10 months old,
    which worries me.


    Country-a "IS" = Iceland.-a Yikes

    Thanks to you both.

    --
    C'est bon
    Soloman

    Iceland is merely the domain registrar's location.-a Not
    different from a Godaddy or similar registration.



    p.s. compare:

    https://www.whois.com/whois/yellowjersey.org

    with:

    https://www.whois.com/whois/sixbike.com
    --
    Andrew Muzi
    am@yellowjersey.org
    Open every day since 1 April, 1971
    --- Synchronet 3.21f-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Catrike Ryder@Soloman@old.bikers.org to rec.bicycles.tech on Thu Apr 2 09:33:49 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.bicycles.tech

    On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 07:41:27 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

    On 4/2/2026 4:22 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
    On Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:34:07 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
    wrote:

    On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 19:56:49 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

    On 4/1/2026 7:01 PM(31, Catrike Ryder wrote:

    www.Sixbike.com. out of St. Louis, Missouri.

    they seem to have parts at very low prices..

    Too good to be true.

    --
    C'est bon
    Soloman

    Yes, disarmingly or suspiciously low, and free freight on
    top of that which nets to well below dealer price for a few
    items I checked.

    Oddly, their address, 8601 Page Ave, St. Louis, Missouri
    63114, returns:

    https://www.chamberofcommerce.com/united-states/missouri/saint-louis/sandblasting-service/3886117-abrasive-sandblasting

    Search for "sixbike" in "St Louis MO" doesn't return any
    results at Chamber of Commerce. Or duckduckgo.

    So it may not be connected to a retail bike shop.
    It isn't according to Yelp:

    https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=bike+shops&find_loc=Saint+Louis%2C+MO+63114

    Another oddity is that the telephone number for Abrasive
    Sandblasting, (314) 428-6527, is also the number for
    Murphy's Cleaning at a different address:

    https://start.cortera.com/company/research/k2n2qwm2s/murphys-cleaning-inc/ >>>>
    The contact for sixbike is:
    dt8827733@gmail.com

    so I searched the St Louis area code for that:
    (314) 882-7733

    With no result.

    One of the scam check sites:
    https://www.islegitsite.com/check/sixbike.com/

    is inconclusive, but notes:

    "The domain name was created 1 year ago.
    A shopping website created less than 4 months ago is too new
    and potentially suspicious.
    If a domain name is too "young" we may have not enough
    details to judge it.
    Online shops created just a few months ago may indicate
    higher risk."

    and also:

    " *The website may be located in a not risky country.
    This option checks if a web shop operator may be located in
    China."


    Whois data has been scrubbed:
    https://www.whois.com/whois/sixbike.com

    So, unclear all around.

    Very nicely researched. More:

    <https://www.scam-detector.com/validator/sixbike-com-review/>
    "36.3/100 or 36.3%"
    "Questionable. Controversial. Flagged."

    No reviews found. The domain is only 10 months old, which worries me.


    Country "IS" = Iceland. Yikes

    Thanks to you both.

    --
    C'est bon
    Soloman

    Iceland is merely the domain registrar's location. Not
    different from a Godaddy or similar registration.

    I was looking to replace this:

    https://www.sixbike.com/product/catrike-arkel-pannier-bags-for-expedition/

    ..and then I noticed they had them for the 700, also. I haven't seen
    the 700 model available for years.

    It seems too good to be true. I also read somewhere that Iceland is
    known for skam websites.

    I see Catrike sells them for two other models for $250.

    Hostel Shoppe has similar price for a Pocket version.

    --
    C'est bon
    Soloman
    --- Synchronet 3.21f-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From AMuzi@am@yellowjersey.org to rec.bicycles.tech on Fri Apr 3 15:54:53 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.bicycles.tech

    On 4/2/2026 8:33 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
    On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 07:41:27 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

    On 4/2/2026 4:22 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
    On Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:34:07 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
    wrote:

    On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 19:56:49 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

    On 4/1/2026 7:01 PM(31, Catrike Ryder wrote:

    www.Sixbike.com. out of St. Louis, Missouri.

    they seem to have parts at very low prices..

    Too good to be true.

    --
    C'est bon
    Soloman

    Yes, disarmingly or suspiciously low, and free freight on
    top of that which nets to well below dealer price for a few
    items I checked.

    Oddly, their address, 8601 Page Ave, St. Louis, Missouri
    63114, returns:

    https://www.chamberofcommerce.com/united-states/missouri/saint-louis/sandblasting-service/3886117-abrasive-sandblasting

    Search for "sixbike" in "St Louis MO" doesn't return any
    results at Chamber of Commerce. Or duckduckgo.

    So it may not be connected to a retail bike shop.
    It isn't according to Yelp:

    https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=bike+shops&find_loc=Saint+Louis%2C+MO+63114

    Another oddity is that the telephone number for Abrasive
    Sandblasting, (314) 428-6527, is also the number for
    Murphy's Cleaning at a different address:

    https://start.cortera.com/company/research/k2n2qwm2s/murphys-cleaning-inc/

    The contact for sixbike is:
    dt8827733@gmail.com

    so I searched the St Louis area code for that:
    (314) 882-7733

    With no result.

    One of the scam check sites:
    https://www.islegitsite.com/check/sixbike.com/

    is inconclusive, but notes:

    "The domain name was created 1 year ago.
    A shopping website created less than 4 months ago is too new
    and potentially suspicious.
    If a domain name is too "young" we may have not enough
    details to judge it.
    Online shops created just a few months ago may indicate
    higher risk."

    and also:

    " *The website may be located in a not risky country.
    This option checks if a web shop operator may be located in
    China."


    Whois data has been scrubbed:
    https://www.whois.com/whois/sixbike.com

    So, unclear all around.

    Very nicely researched. More:

    <https://www.scam-detector.com/validator/sixbike-com-review/>
    "36.3/100 or 36.3%"
    "Questionable. Controversial. Flagged."

    No reviews found. The domain is only 10 months old, which worries me.


    Country "IS" = Iceland. Yikes

    Thanks to you both.

    --
    C'est bon
    Soloman

    Iceland is merely the domain registrar's location. Not
    different from a Godaddy or similar registration.

    I was looking to replace this:

    https://www.sixbike.com/product/catrike-arkel-pannier-bags-for-expedition/

    ..and then I noticed they had them for the 700, also. I haven't seen
    the 700 model available for years.

    It seems too good to be true. I also read somewhere that Iceland is
    known for skam websites.

    I see Catrike sells them for two other models for $250.

    Hostel Shoppe has similar price for a Pocket version.

    --
    C'est bon
    Soloman


    Regarding Brooks saddles, here's another very suspicious
    website:

    https://www.perennial-bike.com/product/brooks-b-66/

    showing many products well below dealer cost or even cost of
    manufacture.

    More about that:

    https://www.whois.com/whois/perennial-bike.com
    --
    Andrew Muzi
    am@yellowjersey.org
    Open every day since 1 April, 1971
    --- Synchronet 3.21f-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Catrike Ryder@Soloman@old.bikers.org to rec.bicycles.tech on Fri Apr 3 18:26:20 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.bicycles.tech

    On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 15:54:53 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

    On 4/2/2026 8:33 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
    On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 07:41:27 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

    On 4/2/2026 4:22 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
    On Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:34:07 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> >>>> wrote:

    On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 19:56:49 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote: >>>>>
    On 4/1/2026 7:01 PM(31, Catrike Ryder wrote:

    www.Sixbike.com. out of St. Louis, Missouri.

    they seem to have parts at very low prices..

    Too good to be true.

    --
    C'est bon
    Soloman

    Yes, disarmingly or suspiciously low, and free freight on
    top of that which nets to well below dealer price for a few
    items I checked.

    Oddly, their address, 8601 Page Ave, St. Louis, Missouri
    63114, returns:

    https://www.chamberofcommerce.com/united-states/missouri/saint-louis/sandblasting-service/3886117-abrasive-sandblasting

    Search for "sixbike" in "St Louis MO" doesn't return any
    results at Chamber of Commerce. Or duckduckgo.

    So it may not be connected to a retail bike shop.
    It isn't according to Yelp:

    https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=bike+shops&find_loc=Saint+Louis%2C+MO+63114

    Another oddity is that the telephone number for Abrasive
    Sandblasting, (314) 428-6527, is also the number for
    Murphy's Cleaning at a different address:

    https://start.cortera.com/company/research/k2n2qwm2s/murphys-cleaning-inc/

    The contact for sixbike is:
    dt8827733@gmail.com

    so I searched the St Louis area code for that:
    (314) 882-7733

    With no result.

    One of the scam check sites:
    https://www.islegitsite.com/check/sixbike.com/

    is inconclusive, but notes:

    "The domain name was created 1 year ago.
    A shopping website created less than 4 months ago is too new
    and potentially suspicious.
    If a domain name is too "young" we may have not enough
    details to judge it.
    Online shops created just a few months ago may indicate
    higher risk."

    and also:

    " *The website may be located in a not risky country.
    This option checks if a web shop operator may be located in
    China."


    Whois data has been scrubbed:
    https://www.whois.com/whois/sixbike.com

    So, unclear all around.

    Very nicely researched. More:

    <https://www.scam-detector.com/validator/sixbike-com-review/>
    "36.3/100 or 36.3%"
    "Questionable. Controversial. Flagged."

    No reviews found. The domain is only 10 months old, which worries me. >>>>

    Country "IS" = Iceland. Yikes

    Thanks to you both.

    --
    C'est bon
    Soloman

    Iceland is merely the domain registrar's location. Not
    different from a Godaddy or similar registration.

    I was looking to replace this:

    https://www.sixbike.com/product/catrike-arkel-pannier-bags-for-expedition/ >>
    ..and then I noticed they had them for the 700, also. I haven't seen
    the 700 model available for years.

    It seems too good to be true. I also read somewhere that Iceland is
    known for skam websites.

    I see Catrike sells them for two other models for $250.

    Hostel Shoppe has similar price for a Pocket version.

    --
    C'est bon
    Soloman


    Regarding Brooks saddles, here's another very suspicious
    website:

    https://www.perennial-bike.com/product/brooks-b-66/

    showing many products well below dealer cost or even cost of
    manufacture.

    More about that:

    https://www.whois.com/whois/perennial-bike.com

    Here's a real deal from that site...

    https://www.perennial-bike.com/product/3t-strada-team-carbon-road-bike-sram-red-axs-xl/

    I put 5 of them in the shopping cart and they were ready to take my
    payment.

    --
    C'est bon
    Soloman
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  • From Catrike Ryder@Soloman@old.bikers.org to rec.bicycles.tech on Fri Apr 3 20:16:48 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.bicycles.tech

    On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 15:54:53 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

    On 4/2/2026 8:33 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
    On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 07:41:27 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

    On 4/2/2026 4:22 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
    On Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:34:07 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> >>>> wrote:

    On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 19:56:49 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote: >>>>>
    On 4/1/2026 7:01 PM(31, Catrike Ryder wrote:

    www.Sixbike.com. out of St. Louis, Missouri.

    they seem to have parts at very low prices..

    Too good to be true.

    --
    C'est bon
    Soloman

    Yes, disarmingly or suspiciously low, and free freight on
    top of that which nets to well below dealer price for a few
    items I checked.

    Oddly, their address, 8601 Page Ave, St. Louis, Missouri
    63114, returns:

    https://www.chamberofcommerce.com/united-states/missouri/saint-louis/sandblasting-service/3886117-abrasive-sandblasting

    Search for "sixbike" in "St Louis MO" doesn't return any
    results at Chamber of Commerce. Or duckduckgo.

    So it may not be connected to a retail bike shop.
    It isn't according to Yelp:

    https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=bike+shops&find_loc=Saint+Louis%2C+MO+63114

    Another oddity is that the telephone number for Abrasive
    Sandblasting, (314) 428-6527, is also the number for
    Murphy's Cleaning at a different address:

    https://start.cortera.com/company/research/k2n2qwm2s/murphys-cleaning-inc/

    The contact for sixbike is:
    dt8827733@gmail.com

    so I searched the St Louis area code for that:
    (314) 882-7733

    With no result.

    One of the scam check sites:
    https://www.islegitsite.com/check/sixbike.com/

    is inconclusive, but notes:

    "The domain name was created 1 year ago.
    A shopping website created less than 4 months ago is too new
    and potentially suspicious.
    If a domain name is too "young" we may have not enough
    details to judge it.
    Online shops created just a few months ago may indicate
    higher risk."

    and also:

    " *The website may be located in a not risky country.
    This option checks if a web shop operator may be located in
    China."


    Whois data has been scrubbed:
    https://www.whois.com/whois/sixbike.com

    So, unclear all around.

    Very nicely researched. More:

    <https://www.scam-detector.com/validator/sixbike-com-review/>
    "36.3/100 or 36.3%"
    "Questionable. Controversial. Flagged."

    No reviews found. The domain is only 10 months old, which worries me. >>>>

    Country "IS" = Iceland. Yikes

    Thanks to you both.

    --
    C'est bon
    Soloman

    Iceland is merely the domain registrar's location. Not
    different from a Godaddy or similar registration.

    I was looking to replace this:

    https://www.sixbike.com/product/catrike-arkel-pannier-bags-for-expedition/ >>
    ..and then I noticed they had them for the 700, also. I haven't seen
    the 700 model available for years.

    It seems too good to be true. I also read somewhere that Iceland is
    known for skam websites.

    I see Catrike sells them for two other models for $250.

    Hostel Shoppe has similar price for a Pocket version.

    --
    C'est bon
    Soloman


    Regarding Brooks saddles, here's another very suspicious
    website:

    https://www.perennial-bike.com/product/brooks-b-66/

    showing many products well below dealer cost or even cost of
    manufacture.

    More about that:

    https://www.whois.com/whois/perennial-bike.com

    Here's a real deal from that site...

    https://www.perennial-bike.com/product/3t-strada-team-carbon-road-bike-sram-red-axs-xl/

    I put 5 of them in the shopping cart and they were ready to take my
    payment.

    --
    C'est bon
    Soloman
    --- Synchronet 3.21f-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From =?UTF-8?B?Y3ljbGludG9t?=@cyclintom@yahoo.com to rec.bicycles.tech on Mon Apr 6 16:38:45 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.bicycles.tech

    On Thu Apr 2 07:41:27 2026 AMuzi wrote:
    On 4/2/2026 4:22 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
    On Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:34:07 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> wrote:

    On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 19:56:49 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

    On 4/1/2026 7:01 PM(31, Catrike Ryder wrote:

    www.Sixbike.com. out of St. Louis, Missouri.

    they seem to have parts at very low prices..

    Too good to be true.

    --
    C'est bon
    Soloman

    Yes, disarmingly or suspiciously low, and free freight on
    top of that which nets to well below dealer price for a few
    items I checked.

    Oddly, their address, 8601 Page Ave, St. Louis, Missouri
    63114, returns:

    https://www.chamberofcommerce.com/united-states/missouri/saint-louis/sandblasting-service/3886117-abrasive-sandblasting

    Search for "sixbike" in "St Louis MO" doesn't return any
    results at Chamber of Commerce. Or duckduckgo.

    So it may not be connected to a retail bike shop.
    It isn't according to Yelp:

    https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=3dbike+shops&find_loc=3dSaint+Louis%2C+MO+63114

    Another oddity is that the telephone number for Abrasive
    Sandblasting, (314) 428-6527, is also the number for
    Murphy's Cleaning at a different address:

    https://start.cortera.com/company/research/k2n2qwm2s/murphys-cleaning-inc/

    The contact for sixbike is:
    dt8827733@gmail.com

    so I searched the St Louis area code for that:
    (314) 882-7733

    With no result.

    One of the scam check sites:
    https://www.islegitsite.com/check/sixbike.com/

    is inconclusive, but notes:

    "The domain name was created 1 year ago.
    A shopping website created less than 4 months ago is too new
    and potentially suspicious.
    If a domain name is too "young" we may have not enough
    details to judge it.
    Online shops created just a few months ago may indicate
    higher risk."

    and also:

    " *The website may be located in a not risky country.
    This option checks if a web shop operator may be located in
    China."


    Whois data has been scrubbed:
    https://www.whois.com/whois/sixbike.com

    So, unclear all around.

    Very nicely researched. More:

    <https://www.scam-detector.com/validator/sixbike-com-review/>
    "36.3/100 or 36.3%"
    "Questionable. Controversial. Flagged."

    No reviews found. The domain is only 10 months old, which worries me.


    Country "IS" =3d Iceland. Yikes

    Thanks to you both.

    --
    C'est bon
    Soloman

    Iceland is merely the domain registrar's location. Not
    different from a Godaddy or similar registration.
    I have some old postings of Liebermann's that I showed to someone wi8th a masters degree and their comment was that he looked like someone with two brain cells arguing which was in third place.
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