Ebay and auction watch: let us know if you see something
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Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
This one makes me a little misty-eyed:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Classic-...415235?hash=item4441f5f903:g:pJoAAOSwmAJdObAT
The red 23" diamond frame version I used to have probably wasn't my best ever bike, but those days were the most fun. There seems to be a little paint loss where metal lamp brackets may have been attached, but generally it looks pretty good.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Classic-...415235?hash=item4441f5f903:g:pJoAAOSwmAJdObAT
The red 23" diamond frame version I used to have probably wasn't my best ever bike, but those days were the most fun. There seems to be a little paint loss where metal lamp brackets may have been attached, but generally it looks pretty good.
Could this nice looking 21-22" "epigraph" (resprayed by FR Russell) be an autocorrect Ephgrave? not one of the fancier ones with the lollypop stays but it's similar to this Italia model? £60 start, Walsall.
scruffy '50s Claud Butler. Bedford
If I could justify it, I'd be tempted by this 25" mid-70s Evans (with early Dura Ace/Crane gearing). West Sussex
£80! BIN for this 24"? Paul Milnes in Blackburn. Looks to just need a clean.
Another big 'un: 24" Bill Nickson in Preston.
scruffy '50s Claud Butler. Bedford
If I could justify it, I'd be tempted by this 25" mid-70s Evans (with early Dura Ace/Crane gearing). West Sussex
£80! BIN for this 24"? Paul Milnes in Blackburn. Looks to just need a clean.
Another big 'un: 24" Bill Nickson in Preston.
Toshiba Boy
N+1er
- Location
- By the beach, West Zummerzet
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
i'd have the suede saddle off the Gitane
You'll all have to wait. I will be collecting mid-August.
Oh, and @netman - I've got a RHS drillium Stronglight chainset at home at the moment that'll be for sale if I can get the SPD pedal off it.
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biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
This could be a bargain https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Raleigh-...218322?hash=item3651990b12:g:GD0AAOSw-hVdOu~5
Kempstonian
Has the memory of a goldfish
- Location
- Bedford
I suppose that could be an Ephgrave. They liked the fancy lugwork (and so did I). A friend of mine had a lovely grey Ephgrave that I was always jealous of. I might have gone for that if it wasn't so far away.
Another one a stone's throw away from me is the Claud Butler... but its too big (again!).
Edit: btw is it just me that thinks its a bit of a cheek for a resprayer to put his own name on a bike instead of the manufacturer? If that IS an Ephgrave it should have that name on it.
buzzy-beans
Über Member
- Location
- Woolsthorpe By Colsterworth
Those cranks look to be exceptionally long?
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
I suppose that could be an Ephgrave. They liked the fancy lugwork (and so did I). A friend of mine had a lovely grey Ephgrave that I was always jealous of. I might have gone for that if it wasn't so far away.
Edit: btw is it just me that thinks its a bit of a cheek for a resprayer to put his own name on a bike instead of the manufacturer? If that IS an Ephgrave it should have that name on it.
@nonowt thanks for pointing this out .
Why can't it be an F R Russell ? I still have this one F R Russell
F R Russell were and still are a Walsall shop although not making frames anymore .
Looks fairly all original and period parts apart from the wheels
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netman
Veteran
Thanks, do let me know - might even take it with the pedal(!)... I've got a lovely '76 ish Peugeot PR-10 in the queue that's all original except for the chainset I think... needs some Stronglight loveliness, preferably drilled!
Could be an FR Russell, which would still be a great quality bike for the price (there's a nice f&f on there now). It was just the word Epigraph which got me wondering as it doesn't make sense in the listing. I guess the frame number would provide the answer.
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Yeah i have seen that https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/f-r-russ...od-condition-1960s-24-inch-frame/123853778106
When i contacted the shop i was advised no records had been kept re frame numbers which is a shame
southcoast
Über Member
Interesting collection of bikes and bits.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-x-Vint...343665?hash=item4205b13f31:g:fxYAAOSwyP5dPfwD
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-x-Vint...343665?hash=item4205b13f31:g:fxYAAOSwyP5dPfwD
Toshiba Boy
N+1er
- Location
- By the beach, West Zummerzet
Biggs682, took the plunge and bought that Lombardia you highlighted. Should be picking up in next week or so, feel like a kid on Christmas Eve. N+1 strikes again!
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Hope it's as good as it looks and you enjoy many a mile on it
