The "How much?" or "You're havin' a giraffe!" thread

[FrankCrank]

A Raleigh Chopper with drop bars, a snapped pedal, burst seat, and in need of renovation. £1600. Another dreamer, surely?

https://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/...ampaign=socialbuttons&utm_content=app_android

Looks like it's had a shunt at the front - new fork needed? Perhaps this is classed as 'Chopper era' patina, so commands a higher price

 

[further]

Another chancer
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Peugeot-Tour-10-Vintage-Road-Bike-Original-With-Accessories/124207624294?

 

[Gunk]

Another chancer
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Peugeot-Tour-10-Vintage-Road-Bike-Original-With-Accessories/124207624294?

I have a sold couple of those, £150 max

 

[DCLane]

I have a sold couple of those, £150 max

Ditto. Think I got £200 in the Covid bike-buying rush for one, but usually £75-150.

 

[Paulus]

Another chancer
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Peugeot-Tour-10-Vintage-Road-Bike-Original-With-Accessories/124207624294?

It's a nice bike, but not at that price.

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

Looks like one of those cheap & cheerful Carbolite 103 frames to me. One of my colleagues rides to work on a similar Peugeot with a flat bar conversion. Nothing wrong with hi-tensile, but these things were made in their thousands and are not super rare or desirable.

 

[biggs682]

Looks like one of those cheap & cheerful Carbolite 103 frames to me. One of my colleagues rides to work on a similar Peugeot with a flat bar conversion. Nothing wrong with hi-tensile, but these things were made in their thousands and are not super rare or desirable.

They are good to ride though

 

[Gunk]

They are good to ride though

Here’s one I did earlier this year. Like you say, nice to ride.

 

[further]

Heres mine, came from free cycle

 

[T4tomo]

They are good to ride though

but the 531 or 501 frames ride a tad better

 

[biggs682]

but the 531 or 501 frames ride a tad better

Definitely

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

It's rare to encounter a steel framed bike at any quality level that is actually bad to ride, which is different to my admittedly limited experience of alloy frames. I have a real cheapo Puch 3-speed with swaged gas pipe stay & fork blade ends electrically welded to the dropouts but it still rides very nice. That said I do much prefer the 531 and 501 frames myself, but even a gas pipe job can be great if the geometry is half decent - and diamond frames have been around so long now that you'd have to try pretty hard to come up with a poor set of angles and proportions. Trial and error produced the optimal frame design decades ago and all you get now is a few more ounces off the scales and a bit more give and a bit less girder like feel.

 

[Drago]

I know some old MTB's are valuable, but I don't think this one is: £200 for an old Pug MTB - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Vin...-26-wheels-Tour-De-France-model-/303809764775

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"In its day a top notch bike..."

Erm, a mix of Tourney and 100GS, about £130 when new.

 

[Chris S]

£450 for a Sunbeam requiring complete restoration.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-...463664?hash=item1cfc543e30:g:rMIAAOSw8JRf3OQX

 

[Chris S]

£275 for a 'refurbished' BSA with bent forks
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Single-s...273186?hash=item4227205a22:g:jMMAAOSwSRVe2C4G