What bike would have cost £200 in 1960?

[classic33]

.....you were lucky......

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MousyFecker will be back!

 

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MousyFecker will be back!

Mice????? We had rats!

 

[Chris S]

.....you were lucky......

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Sounds like Manny Pacquiao's life story - he used to sleep in a cardboard box and ran away from home after his father ate his dog!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ot...reet-urchin-after-his-father-ate-his-dog.html

 

[sidevalve]

Mice????? We had rats!

Used to dream of rats - we had to use a cardboard cut out and chew through our own rubbish.

 

[w00hoo_kent]

I remembered as a kid thinking about the cost of the Schwinn Paramount as being incredibly expensive. In comparison to other bikes. It was. I do not know if that was the MOST expensive bike but it appears to be very expensive at suggested retail $175. Unfortunately, I could not find the pound/dollar exchange rate for that time.That compares to the Schwinn Continental ($87) and Varsity ($72) that some of my friends owned. Those were expensive from my financial situation at that time. I had a Schwinn with a big shock absorber on front. Can't remember the name. Kind of like a cargo bike. This is a fun catalogue for what I believe was the biggest selling bike brand in the USA at the 60s. http://www.schwinnbikeforum.com/SLDB/Details/dtail_6064.htm

In 1960 a dollar was .3517 of a pound so $175 would be £61.55.

 

[Paulus]

My Dad bought me a Raleigh Colt in 1967 from Oscrofts cycle shop in Friern Barnet for Christmas. 3 speed Sturmey Archer gears and 26 inch wheels. It cost him £35 which he thought was expensive at the time.