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

[brand]

You can now get off eBay a genuine Indian made replacement Brooks badge to upgrade your old Brit one , why did Brooks not see the market opportunity and make em available ?
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Because they would prefer to sell you a new saddle! I would advice buying soon as they appear to me to be pinching someone else's intellectual property/copyright. EBay will probably be told by Brooks to cease.

 

[Windassisted]

That was my thought, Brooks will probably get quite crusty about infringement of their design copyright when they cotton on. I have also seen these Indian rip -off badges for sale recently pretending to be genuine Brooks .

 

[Creakycrank]

£12.99 are you kidding me £12.99, for something steel die stamped from a tiny piece of sheet brass, pure brass my ass, they have got some brass selling it for that price!

 

[biggs682]

what about this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Saracen-S...1479312961?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item19f4af5241

 

[DCLane]

Woodrup Bike 22" with 531 frame, No 4787 - paging @vernon

Looks nice with decent older kit - but a start price of £500 is well out of my short-armed, long-pocketed reach.

 

[The Jogger]

Nice looking bike though.

 

[vernon]

Woodrup Bike 22" 531, No 4787 - paging @vernon

Looks nice with decent older kit - but a start price of £500 is well out of my short-armed, long-pocketed reach.

It's a nice bike but I've got a Trevor Jarvis Flying Gate that's nicer.

I bought the bike as a 27" wheeled fixie for £150 off Ebay and had the frame refurbished, the gear change mounts barazed back on and the the brake mounts moved to accommodate 700c wheels.

There's a lot of hype surrounding the Flying Gate - some deride the claims that the frame design offers better power transfer due to increased stiffness.

I've found the claims to be true. I've found marginal gains on hilly rides and there really is the sensation of an invisible hand pushing you up the climbs.

As for the £900+ Baines frame only currently listed on Ebay - the seller is having a laugh. The frame is certainly lighter than a replica - I had the chance to have a close look at a Baines and the stays are much thinner - they'd bend and crease if someone of my weight applied the rear brakes.

 

[roadrash]

not on ebay but on preloved , fancy an old tandem anybody

http://www.preloved.co.uk/adverts/show/111580134/classic-sun-tandem.html

 

[Tony Raynor]

How about a tridem!! Didn't know that's what they were called. It's long at 3m in length. Don't think it will fit in the back of the car.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Tridem-Three-Seater-Tandem-Bicycle-with-Bags-and-Stand/141437418553?_trksid=p2054897.c100204.m3164&_trkparms=aid=222007&algo=SIC.MBE&ao=1&asc=20140407115239&meid=b4af7c663e984b16967ccdd808c70620&pid=100204&prg=20140407115239&rk=5&rkt=20&sd=221568492654

 

[roadrash]

bargain for somebody tall

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/vintage-R...K_Collectables_Bicycle_RL&hash=item3a9905e34a

 

[biggs682]

tonights find is this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Whitcomb-...ces_Women_s_Fragrances_PP&hash=item3a98d48629

 

[biggs682]

oh and one for @Spokesmann http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Old-1970s...1265292409?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item43d0c3a879

 

[smokeysmoo]

How about a tridem!! Didn't know that's what they were called. It's long at 3m in length. Don't think it will fit in the back of the car.

The Goodies could have done with one of those

 

[benb]

How about a tridem!! Didn't know that's what they were called. It's long at 3m in length. Don't think it will fit in the back of the car.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Tridem-Three-Seater-Tandem-Bicycle-with-Bags-and-Stand/141437418553?_trksid=p2054897.c100204.m3164&_trkparms=aid=222007&algo=SIC.MBE&ao=1&asc=20140407115239&meid=b4af7c663e984b16967ccdd808c70620&pid=100204&prg=20140407115239&rk=5&rkt=20&sd=221568492654

That is so cool!!

 

[DCLane]

There's another of the tridem's as well, although not cheap: