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

[Chris S]

The seller's now offering me the Kingpin for £895.50

They're now down to a £280 starting bid for the pair. I can't see them making more than that.

 

[EltonFrog]

The seller's now offering me the Kingpin for £895.50

That’s more than twenty times more than they cost new.

 

[DCLane]

£450 for an old Carbolite Peugeot seems a tad expensive imo: https://www.facebook.com/commerce/listing/897347105334373

Particularly so with what appears to be a damaged saddle and something up with the chain. Oh, and flat tyres.

 

[Paulus]

£450 for an old Carbolite Peugeot seems a tad expensive imo: https://www.facebook.com/commerce/listing/897347105334373

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Particularly so with what appears to be a damaged saddle and something up with the chain. Oh, and flat tyres.

Looks like the chain is off the smallest sprocket and between the freewheel and the dropout.
Very expensive for that bike, and possibly someone has pulled it out of skip.

 

[Jameshow]

Morning,

New Raleigh Chopper recently released this month in blue or yellow, price £999.

I watched a number of listings for the 2023 edition (you can do a search and still find some listings) and they weren't being snapped up. It seemed that the most of the buyers were buying to resell, one seller had two unopened boxes.

My favourite bad idea, the 40th Anniversary 753 Raleigh still seems be being offered as well! https://www.raleigh.co.uk/gb/en/ti-raleigh-anniversary-edition-bicycle/?attrFrameSize=53cm and at £1,700 it is no longer so massively over priced.

Bye

Ian

If it had a full campy record and a decent paint job I'd buy it!!

 

[Gunk]

If it had a full campy record and a decent paint job I'd buy it!!

I used to own the 2013 version

 

[Chris S]

£500 for a Hercules 'mountain bike'. Another price with the decimal point in the wrong place.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/335642407905

 

[FrankCrank]

£500 for a Hercules 'mountain bike'. Another price with the decimal point in the wrong place.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/335642407905

A nice looking bike, but asking a monkey for it is just daft.

 

[Chris S]

£600 for a Kalkhoff folder (+£8.99 delivery)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/116375423395

 

[DCLane]

There's a possible reason for the seller of this £135 Dawes Kingpin to not show a full photo of the bike side-ways - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/305897286648 Should be evident here:

 

[Chris S]

There's a possible reason for the seller of this £135 Dawes Kingpin to not show a full photo of the bike side-ways - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/305897286648 Should be evident here:

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It's a rare inverted camel back model.

 

[FrankCrank]

To me that always looked a weak design. The R20 has a larger main tube, and hence more robust I'd say.
Wondering if the folding version feels particularly flexy?

 

[Jameshow]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/19498495...tixoXeJTeO&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

[wafter]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/194984958795

Fixed the link fo you


"I priced to sell I will be open to sensible offers." - Sadly the seller seems genuinely deluded; reckon it's got to be worth about 10% of what they're asking..?

Does beg the question of why they've replaced it with a - by their insinuation - inferior modern bike..

 

[Gwylan]

Fixed the link fo you


"I priced to sell I will be open to sensible offers." - Sadly the seller seems genuinely deluded; reckon it's got to be worth about 10% of what they're asking..?

Does beg the question of why they've replaced it with a - by their insinuation - inferior modern bike..

Suppose deluded or desperate. I'm not going to find out
Maybe it's a money laundering ruse.