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

[biggs682]

A couple of gumtree finds

A Thame Visvount https://www.gumtree.com/p/bicycles/men-s-viscount-bike-for-sale./1381001371

A large one from Daventry ideal for the @Drago size people https://www.gumtree.com/p/bicycles/25-inch-road-bike-classic/1380969697

 

[Kempstonian]

A couple of gumtree finds

A Thame Visvount https://www.gumtree.com/p/bicycles/men-s-viscount-bike-for-sale./1381001371

A large one from Daventry ideal for the @Drago size people https://www.gumtree.com/p/bicycles/25-inch-road-bike-classic/1380969697

That's a coincidence! Check your DMs... lol

 

[DCLane]

An early Bob Jackson needing work in West Yorks, £150 start: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bob-Jackson-Vintage-Bicycle-Reynolds-531-special-lightweight/184395472932

 

[avecReynolds531]

23 1/2" inch Hugh Porter 531 tourer in Gillingham, Dorset, currently at £90: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303647835620?ul_noapp=true

 

[Gunk]

23 1/2" inch Hugh Porter 531 tourer in Gillingham, Dorset, currently at £90: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303647835620?ul_noapp=true

That’s lovely, a proper unmolested bike.

 

[midlife]

That's a lot of bike for 90 quid

 

[Gunk]

That's a lot of bike for 90 quid

Shhhh, I’m watching it

 

[midlife]

I try not to buy bikes with mudguard eyes

 

[avecReynolds531]

I try not to buy bikes with mudguard eyes

I read* about someone asking Major Nichols for a road frame with no mudguards eyes, to which the reply was 'Don't be so bloody daft, do you think it's never going to bloody rain?'
When the frame was finished, it had mudguard eyes.

*In the Classic Builders section at the Classic Lightweights UK website: http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/builders/majornichols.html

That's a lot of bike for 90 quid

I've not been able to find out who made the Hugh Porter 531 bikes - I've read that his own (racing) bikes were made by Kevin Sayles at Woodrup - maybe Kevin Sayles/ Woodrup made these frames too?

An immaculate version of the same frame was in a thread here at CC - 531 plain guage decal- , and a Woodrup link is mentioned too: https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/are-these-any-good.108198/

 

[Chris S]

A Peugeot 103 Carbolite Racing Bike with a £22.50 starting bid. Located in North Birmingham.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-...g:JagAAOSw7z9fMaBw&LH_ItemCondition=3000|7000

 

[Paulus]

Shhhh, I’m watching it

Fortunately just a tad too big for me.

 

[GuyBoden]

23 1/2" inch Hugh Porter 531 tourer in Gillingham, Dorset, currently at £90: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303647835620?ul_noapp=true

Wow, my size too, but Gillingham is too far, even for a good bike.

 

[DCBassman]

A Peugeot 103 Carbolite Racing Bike with a £22.50 starting bid. Located in North Birmingham.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Peugeot-103-Carbolite-Racing-Bike-70s-80s/264825629790?hash=item3da8d66c5e:g:JagAAOSw7z9fMaBw&LH_ItemCondition=3000|7000

I need one of these as a parts donor for the mixte...

 

[Chris S]

A vintage Carlton with a £1 starting bid. Located in Sutton Coldfield.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/vintage-...g:jSIAAOSwBBxfAyV8&LH_ItemCondition=3000|7000

 

[Chris S]

A Windsor 3-speed in Rugby with a £9.99 starting bid. It seems to have Raleigh forks so it could have been rebadged for another market.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-...717565?hash=item3b4c6461fd:g:6FIAAOSwjTVfMxIr

"... The rod brakes and rims although functional require adjustment and refurbishment as they offer very little stopping power"
Just like when it came off the production line.