Ebay and auction watch: let us know if you see something

[palinurus]

Softride!

 

[woodbutcher]

Beauty may well be in the eye of the beholder but c'mon this thing is stretching credulity to the "N"th degree

 

[buzzy-beans]

Softride!

Please excuse my ignorance but that is hardly beautiful and can it in any way shape or form be called Vintage or Classic ?

 

[palinurus]

Please excuse my ignorance but that is hardly beautiful and can it in any way shape or form be called Vintage or Classic ?

Alright, you asked for it

It says it right there "for collectors and connoisseurs"

 

[woodbutcher]

Alright, you asked for it

It says it right there "for collectors and connoisseurs"

Im hardly surprised that the ad.says "does not post to France" ...the seller isn't likely to be killed in the rush of French bidders .

 

[carpenter]

........."for collectors and connoisseurs"

Of what?

 

[buzzy-beans]

Of what?

Gaud awful ugly looking bikes that are of a design which didn't meet with any success!

 

[stalagmike]

This https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hand-Built-Cannondale-R400-Road-Bike/192909553456?hash=item2cea4e2f30:g:8f4AAOSw-1Zc0Ujd&LH_ItemCondition=2500|10|7000|3000 got nabbed from under my nose as i was bartering with the seller at local car boot on bank holiday Monday for £60 . Nice clean paintwork , couple of dents on top tube , rear wheel had a slight flat spot , both tyres were past there best and gears needed some attention

Would be good if the seller had included a photo of the whole bike and not just its stickers! In the description the seller says they inherited it - cheeky B'stard.

 

[buzzy-beans]

My memories of my cycling past are filled with everything to do with tens of thousands of miles I rode on my Sid Mottram bikes!

One that needs quite a lot of TLC https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SID-MOTT...311035?hash=item3b303c07fb:g:3RwAAOSw6bNcsJ3N

A quite decent frame https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-...030699?hash=item23badefaab:g:oy4AAOSwQVlceySR

And a well kitted out example https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sid-Mott...990561?hash=item287bb28ba1:g:SngAAOSw5LZcjRZS

 

[biggs682]

Would be good if the seller had included a photo of the whole bike and not just its stickers! In the description the seller says they inherited it - cheeky B'stard.

We rubbed shoulders as he opened his wallet and i walked away thinking to myself there is no way he could ride that as it's a 56cm size at least and he was shorter than me and not being nasty i doubt he could position himself on a road bike anyway .

My memories of my cycling past are filled with everything to do with tens of thousands of miles I rode on my Sid Mottram bikes!

One that needs quite a lot of TLC https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SID-MOTT...311035?hash=item3b303c07fb:g:3RwAAOSw6bNcsJ3N

This one has been tempting me for a while and i don't think it needs an awful lot of work

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

Gaud awful ugly looking bikes that are of a design which didn't meet with any success!

It's a lot of dosh to pay for a pair of 26" wheels and a set of transmission parts - because that's all I would ever use off of it. The rest would be heading for the scrap metal pile. What a minger! I can honestly say I would rather ride a freebie skip bike or a 99p special off the 'Bay than swing a leg over that monstrosity.
Recently I read a lengthy thread on the Retrobike Forum which was on about the aesthetic merits of old vs modern bikes, and some comments were made to the effect that cheapo mass-produced older MTB's were not "worthy" whereas the expensive niche retro stuff was. Well, I'll happily take a low budget Universal 26" catalogue bike from the 90's over that thing any day.

 

[nonowt]

This one has been tempting me for a while and i don't think it needs an awful lot of work

I've been watching that one too. As long as there are no nasty surprises a thorough clean and the usual tyres, cables, etc. and it'll be a stunner.

Spotted today: tiny tidy 1950's Hawkes of Stratford. currently £12.50 in Torquay but the seller will post.

There looks to be a decent 50s frame hiding under the crud on this bitsa beater in Leicester.

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

There looks to be a decent 50s frame hiding under the crud on this bitsa beater in Leicester.

Not sure I'd agree with the vendor's gushing description as "stunning" though. I can see a couple of interesting bits on it, but to me it looks more like the sort of bike that I ride down to the shops or pub on if I want to keep off a bike thief's radar and not attract any attention. I reckon it's already at the limit of it's value with the opening bid and I wouldn't be allowing a mass moth jailbreak from my wallet to buy it......

 

[biggs682]

I've been watching that one too. As long as there are no nasty surprises a thorough clean and the usual tyres, cables, etc. and it'll be a stunner.

Spotted today: tiny tidy 1950's Hawkes of Stratford. currently £12.50 in Torquay but the seller will post.

There looks to be a decent 50s frame hiding under the crud on this bitsa beater in Leicester.

Agree re Mottram

the Hawkes looks nice just small

And the Bitsa is ok same seller has a Mercian as well

 

[nonowt]

And the Bitsa is ok same seller has a Mercian as well

. Looks like the sellers has acquired someone's life in cycling. The path/track frameset looks decent too and the job lot has some nice stuff amongst the rust (Chater-Lea chainrings, a nice wheelset, etc)

@SkipdiverJohn agree re price of the bitsa (and that it's not in stunning condition!) but it'd be a decent pub bike.