Ebay and auction watch: let us know if you see something

[Baggy]

There's a fairly tidy looking 60's Chrome Carlton for sale - this counts as an LBS for me, just as well it isn't my size or I'd be up for a bidding war!

 

[biggs682]

looks nice .

 

[RecordAceFromNew]

Am I right that Dawes' Galaxy is the most faked bike on the market? It just seems to me that any Tom, Dick and Harry would be quite prepared to slap a label on any half-decent steel lugged bike and sell it on as one...

I must admit I am no expert, but who thinks this is a real un?

 

[alecstilleyedye]

frame looks very much like my daughter's '80s raleigh (below), but of course maybe dawes sourced frames from the same place. surely there are better names to fake than dawes; would the expense of a respray and restickering make a buy it now price of £135 viable? not so sure…

 

[RecordAceFromNew]

frame looks very much like my daughter's '80s raleigh (below), but of course maybe dawes sourced frames from the same place. surely there are better names to fake than dawes; would the expense of a respray and restickering make a buy it now price of £135 viable? not so sure…

I don't think a respray, just a Galaxy label is needed for the unwary. I think the difference in "value" between a genuine Galaxy and a normal steel framed Dawes is approximately double or even triple. I recently sold a well used, 1980s, Galaxy for £200.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

I don't think a respray, just a Galaxy label is needed for the unwary. I think the difference in "value" between a genuine Galaxy and a normal steel framed Dawes is approximately double or even triple. I recently sold a well used, 1980s, Galaxy for £200.

ah, well i don't know a lot about the marque so i'll defer to your knowledge on that then

 

[TheDoctor]

I wouldn't be surprised if the Dawes is a Galaxy. The lugwork looks a bit fancier than a gas-pipe special (or than the Raleigh that alec-etc put up)and that's very hard to fake.

 

[curzons246]

Item number: 290666668919 Giant racing bike looks like a cheap buy it now bit short for me and collect from NE but looks good value - cheers Bill

 

[curzons246]

Gone by 2128hrs

 

[RecordAceFromNew]

Bob Jackson trike for £200, despite being tatty probably worth it for somebody?

 

[DresdenDoom]

Am thinking of buying this for my SO. Well actually I want it for ME to play with, but she might like it too! It's a Tom Bromwich Mixte. A little underpriced at the mo I feel too lol. Does anyone know anything about the brand, it looks quite classy.

 

[asterix]

Am I right that Dawes' Galaxy is the most faked bike on the market? It just seems to me that any Tom, Dick and Harry would be quite prepared to slap a label on any half-decent steel lugged bike and sell it on as one...

I must admit I am no expert, but who thinks this is a real un?

I'd stick my neck and say it's the real thing! Galaxies have gone through a lot of mutations and the componentry is right for a quality bike of that era. Mind you, mixte frames are not the sort of thing you'd associate with a good tourer these days.

 

[GordonB]

Am I right that Dawes' Galaxy is the most faked bike on the market? It just seems to me that any Tom, Dick and Harry would be quite prepared to slap a label on any half-decent steel lugged bike and sell it on as one...

I must admit I am no expert, but who thinks this is a real un?

Yes, I can just about guarantee that that's a genuine Galaxy, my wife had one exactly the same but we converted it for a friend to a flat bar bike with indexed shifting. Frame is actually fairly light and reasonably stiff. The twin sloping top tubes look quite classy in my view.

Gordon

 

[RecordAceFromNew]

Anybody living near Stoke-on-Trent? The Brooks saddle is likely worth half the price* of this Carlton.


* well the Buy-It-Now price, which has now disappeared with the first bid.

 

[Chris S]

Here's a cheap Raleigh in the Birmingham area. It seems to be a Sturmey Archer 3-speed with a front dynahub.
http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/vintage-gents-raliegh-bicycle/99796799