Boot sale bargain.

[Mark Grant]

I picked up this Claud Butler mixte at the weekend, 531 frame & forks, looks to be pretty original.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Wooo that looks familiar. Some time back in the 80s a friend of mine bought one of those second hand, I remember as I went to the shop with her as bicycle consultant. Several decades later it was hanging round gathering dust and bat droppings in a barn at her bro-in-law's place and I had a trip down memory lane and tarted it up. Pretty much all still as original except the saddle which had disintegrated, and I had to replace the front mech.

 

[Cycleops]

Wow, nice find. All original even down the the batteries too I shouldn't wonder

 

[Ming the Merciless]

What you get it for, £30?

 

[Johnsco]

That looks great for a boot-sale bargain.
Tell us ... How Much ?
Make us weep !

 

[mjr]

Wow, nice find. All original even down the the batteries too I shouldn't wonder

Oh I do hope not. They will have leakt by now and trashed the inside of what are now £20 lamp shells with better lenses than most "retro" replicas if you fit a nicelite LED (which is another £10 a bulb, admittedly).

 

[biggs682]

Nice find @Mark Grant

 

[midlife]

Nice Majestique ESGE mudguards if memory serves look intact too.

 

[Mark Grant]

He was asking £50, I gave him £40. I'm happy with that.
It was nice to see that it was original, many old bikes at boot sales seem to often have mismatched rims, one mudguard missing etc!
There were batteries in the light but not old Ever Readys and no leakage!

 

[raleighnut]

Nice