Looks like it had come out of a local canal.
The "How much?" or "You're havin' a giraffe!" thread
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DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
rogerzilla
Legendary Member
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Moulton-...2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0
Ok, the bag and front rack are worth having, but when you read the description, the bag is damaged and the hub or shifter might be knackered since it won't hold 1st gear. The fork bellows have slipped and the splines could be full of grit. £650? Maybe £350.
Ok, the bag and front rack are worth having, but when you read the description, the bag is damaged and the hub or shifter might be knackered since it won't hold 1st gear. The fork bellows have slipped and the splines could be full of grit. £650? Maybe £350.
Chris S
Legendary Member
- Location
- Birmingham
£66 for a Viscount frameset that's been 'decorated' with rattle cans. The forks look like they'd snap at the first speed bump.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154680237703
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154680237703
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Some amazing stuff on here
Basically - if you attach the word 'vintage' to a description you can double the asking price
and 'seller refurbished' means some bloke (probably) has fiddled with it to an unknown extent and with an unknown amount of experience, expertise and ability - but it also doubles the price
I have seen some better examples dumped on the side of the canal after magnet fishers have dragged them out!
Basically - if you attach the word 'vintage' to a description you can double the asking price
and 'seller refurbished' means some bloke (probably) has fiddled with it to an unknown extent and with an unknown amount of experience, expertise and ability - but it also doubles the price
I have seen some better examples dumped on the side of the canal after magnet fishers have dragged them out!
FrankCrank
Old layabout
Include 'barn find' and you can quadruple the price. Then there's that old chestnut 'chopper era'
- Location
- London
there's also "retro" of course.Include 'barn find' and you can quadruple the price. Then there's that old chestnut 'chopper era'
And it's not unknown to see old hybrids (i have a few) plugged as "gravel bikes".
davidphilips
Phil Pip
- Location
- Onabike
Also theres the collectable word that also means pay plenty and get some thing you either hold onto or scrap because no one else would buy it.
- Location
- London
funny you should say that - I trecked across London once to look at an old steel Ridgeback that turned out to be in a right old state - the guy was involved in house clearances and had clearly got it for basically zero. He twigged that I was a fan of the type of bike, or one of its close relatives, and with a certain gleam in his eye said "are you a collector?". Well no, and not of his heap of rust.
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rogerzilla
Legendary Member
Eroica!
(Or misspellings of the same)
(Or misspellings of the same)
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Another thinking a folding old shopper is worth too much; £180 for a Raleigh Stowaway - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Raleigh-stowaway-70s-/403276332024 
BalkanExpress
Legendary Member
- Location
- Brussels
I’m a particular fan of “Eroica ready” and photos showing aero brakes and/or clipless pedals
davidphilips
Phil Pip
- Location
- Onabike
This joker has advertised his Galaxy again, know i would be ashamed to cycle on a bike in its condition and he wants £185 i would not give him £1.85 for it.
https://www.gumtree.com/p/bicycles/dawes-galaxy-lightweight-touring-bike/1405175543
https://www.gumtree.com/p/bicycles/dawes-galaxy-lightweight-touring-bike/1405175543
FrankCrank
Old layabout
I think if you tot up all the keywords, you'll realise this is quite a bargain - classic, lightweight, lovely, original, Brooks, comfortable
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