woodbutcher
Veteran
- Location
- S W France
Has anyone seen this ebay ad, if so is at a reasonable price for the bike ?http://www.ebay.fr/itm/Velo-De-Cour...749260?hash=item2cba098d8c:g:O9MAAOSwA3dYRZsP
Bike for sale
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fixedfixer
Veteran
If selling the value is what someone will pay.
If buying it's how much you want to pay for that particular bike.
Is it the right price? Only you can decide.
If buying it's how much you want to pay for that particular bike.
Is it the right price? Only you can decide.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Clicking around the completed and sold listings and doing a few similar searches makes me think it's an OK but slightly high price - It looks to me like a Raleigh Europa in team colours that maybe someone's upgraded, rather than a Raleigh Tour de France team bike which I think would be worth much more (and I think used Reynolds tubing and Campagnolo derailleur), but maybe @raleighnut or someone knows more.
raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
biggs682
Touch it up and ride it
- Location
- Northamptonshire
@woodbutcher its plain gauge as @raleighnut states so not mega valuable but they have a strong following and hankering i would say no more than £60 would be limit but then i am a tight old git
raleighnut
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- One of the 'Elite'
I'd have been a bit more generous (but not much) Maybe Raleigh bikes are seen as 'exotic' in France much as Peugeot's are in the UK (I've ridden a couple of Pugs and really disliked the handling., twitchy things I've found)
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
I think the seller of the OP's link wants €65 shipping even in France, so buying one from the UK might work out cheaper if prepared to wait for one with suitable delivery.
biggs682
Touch it up and ride it
- Location
- Northamptonshire
like the Banana's i dont rate them either yet they fetch really stupid money
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woodbutcher
Veteran
- Location
- S W France
Wow thats telling me....maybe l should comment along those lines to the French vendor, HaHa!
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woodbutcher
Veteran
- Location
- S W France
I will draw aline under the Raleigh but now l just need to get something off my chest on the subject of Colnago bikes i.e. are they really that superior to other high end bikes. The reason last is because l have a feeling that l mucked upload light by being out bid for the attached !http://www.ebay.fr/itm/222396041458?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
fixedfixer
Veteran
I had a Banana bike and about twenty years ago couldn't get more that £30 for it and it was in A1 condition and working order.
I had a Peugeot AE8 as a first new bike as a teenager. It took me on my first four European Cycle tours whilst I was a student. There is a photo of it somewhere linked to @DCLane 's threads. Maybe didn't know better in those days but I liked the handling and some of the quirky stuff like 'chrome' metal mudguards.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
No idea if they're that superior because I've never tried one, but they do seem to often change hands for more than I'd expect almost any similar bike except Pinarello - dearer than Bianchi or De Rosa which I'd have in preference to it. Markets and artists, huh?just need to get something off my chest on the subject of Colnago bikes i.e. are they really that superior to other high end bikes. The reason last is because l have a feeling that l mucked upload light by being out bid for the attached !http://www.ebay.fr/itm/222396041458?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDXT
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woodbutcher
Veteran
- Location
- S W France
Absolutely right....easy to fall for the hype !No idea if they're that superior because I've never tried one, but they do seem to often change hands for more than I'd expect almost any similar bike except Pinarello - dearer than Bianchi or De Rosa which I'd have in preference to it. Markets and artists, huh?
raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
Originally this was a scrap-man job, I gave him a tenner for it then rebuilt it to my spec including new wheels (converted from 26x 1 3/8 to 700c rims handbuilt onto the SA rear hub with the front dynohub salvaged from an old wheel) and new crank/pedals, handlebars, grips and an old saddle for less than the Team Raleigh Replica.
Whereas I spent a lot more building up my Equipe but that was done using much higher spec components but is likely to be pretty much the same frame as the Team Replica (Raleigh were very good at just painting the same frames in different colour schemes and selling them as different bikes)
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woodbutcher
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- Location
- S W France
Thats food for thought, when l finish the Carlton l will look around for a half decent frame and take it from there, after all half the fun is building something for very little cash but a fair bit of work and for someone as inexperienced as l am it 'll be a good way to learn (l hope)
