Hi guys! I came across a venge that I love. But I have heard that there are a lot of fake copies of venge in the market. Is this one of it? Any help is greatly appreciated thank you!
Maybe ask the seller for the frame number and contact Specialized. What sticks out to me is a very expensive frame and very modest groupset and flat pedal while nothing wrong with that it is unusual, My suspicion is saying highly likely including the wheels.
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Iâm no Venge expert, and agree with what Jowen989, but two things struch me, 1) the front tyre to frame distance seems larger than on a venge b) the last venge to have rim brakes was the frame type intoduced in 2016 model, and they were propriety version mounted behind the fork and underneith the seat stays, 2014 model did, but the frame looks different on that
Not a Venge expert, just a couple of things that jumped out at me (as well as the groupset)
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thank you!
Full disclosure not a venge expert either canât even recall seeing one or paying much attention if I did. To me the top tube arch doesnât look right aswell as the head tube shape, the curve on the down top is quite pronounced as the bottom on the seat tube or sea tube angle only going by images I struggling to find one that looks like the above.
It looks âoffâ to me.
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I did this a few years back with an S-Works Tarmac SL6 that the price seemed way too good to be true. Specialized asked for some pictures and the serial number and responded pretty quickly. Theyâre good about stopping knock offs.
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If the deal looks too good to be true, it likely is. Like the others have already said, ask the seller for the serial number and confirm with Specialized. In case the seller doesnât want to play ball or stone walls, look elsewhere.
Doesnât look like any venge Iâve ever seen, frame shape wise. Hereâs a rim brake venge, totally different top tube, downtube, seat tube, wheelbase, the more I look the more blatantly fake the black one looks
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100% a fake. No question about it.
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Cassette looks way too big for the groupset. Seems to have about forty teeth on the big ring.
110% fake, looks awful
Not to take away from this thread, but I think the OPâs question has been answered.
Hereâs another fun one for you. This was posted by a local repair guy as âsuspiciousâ. Unfortunately thereâs little could be done about it and the âownerâ quickly retrieved it and disappeared. Have a go and Iâll reveal the answer later
Definitely not a Venge.
Just type Venge into Google.
Not a Scott. They donât have that seat tube/top tube junction area.
That is 100% fake. It looks bootleg in every way and nothing close to a real one.
In general, donât be afraid to ask a seller:
âWhat shop did you buy it from?â
âDo you have documentation?â
âWhat is the serial number?â
Their reaction will tell you everything you need to know.
Winner!
Consensus was it was a black and yellow Giant Defy Advanced 1 that someone dressed up as a Scott with a more effort than just a back alley spray job. The guy was apparently quite defensive and deflected questions since the repair guy knew right off it wasnât legit. He took it in and posted trying to buy some time to identify it. Unsurprisingly the serial number had been sanded off so there was no recourse for the repair guy but to give it back to the person who dropped it off who quickly retrieved it after seeing the post in a local stolen bike forum.
Looks like a TCR to meâŚ
EDIT: have now read the earlier posts!
Hi everyone, thank you for all the help. Here is a photo of the serial of the bike sent to me by the seller
