... and there was me thinking...

[bobg]

.. it was a rusty old Raleigh with no mudguards, broken gears and bars turned upside down... the power of advertising dazzles me

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-40s50...0556303839?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item230ddae1df

 

[snorri]

The matching bar grips and pump do it for me , but I'm not sure if it's the Sturmey Archer 3 speed (fixed), or the air freshener that seal the deal.

 

[ThePainInSpain]

The box on the back is worth as much as the bike.............

 

[Headgardener]

The box on the back is worth as much as the bike.............

Which isn't £50 which is the sellers starting price.

 

[buggi]

i love it

 

[rodgy-dodge]

that looks like a bike my mum used to take me to school on! class

 

[avalon]

Isn't anyone going to put a bid in? I'm sure its an absolute bargain.

 

[vernon]

Isn't anyone going to put a bid in? I'm sure its an absolute bargain.

ask the seller for a shipping quote to Australia and see what sort of response you get......

 

[avalon]

ask the seller for a shipping quote to Australia and see what sort of response you get......

I asked. He doesn't offer international shipping.

 

[HLaB]

n+1 ?

 

[vernon]

n-1 i.e. it would be the bike that I'd most willingly give away dump

 

[asterix]

The £50 starting bid is where his sales pitch falls down IMO (even with the chicken thrown in). I'd quite like a bike of that sort for town use. It would need 'guards (as do all bikes) and aren't those handle bars inverted?

 

[biggs682]

bit high starting price

 

[Arch]

I'm just sorry the box isn't included....

 

[snorri]

and aren't those handle bars inverted?

Inverted :?: That's the way my big cousin, and all the trendies, had their 'bars in the '50s.