I need advice

[Itshillyhere]

First time posting. I'm moving house and need to move these two bikes on. Could anyone give me advice on either of them they've hung in the garage for years. The Nigel Dean has a lot of surface rust 'sweat from working on turbo trainer!' it looks as if it's a renovation project. The Saracen isn't in too bad of condition although it looks like front suspension has collapsed.

Any advice welcome - are they worth selling - what are they worth?

 

[swee'pea99]

The Saracen's worthless, the Nigel Dean's potentially a nice bike, though given the state of it you'd probably be talking £50?

 

[Itshillyhere]

Thanks very much swee'pea99 that's very useful.

 

[raleighnut]

Don't bin the Saracen though, take it to a bike project where they'll have the bits to give it a new lease of life or be able to strip any good components off it.

As for the Nigel Dean will it 'clean up' a bit or is the rust too bad in that it'll need stripping and re-finishing.

 

[Cycleops]

Don't know if you're anywhere near @biggs682 but he may be interested.

 

[Drago]

The Saracen isn't terribly exciting, but it's pre turn of the century and looks original. The boys over on Retro bikes might pay £50-100 for that.

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

The Saracen isn't terribly exciting, but it's pre turn of the century and looks original. The boys over on Retro bikes might pay £50-100 for that.

I doubt you'd get more than the price of a drink for something with a knackered fork, original looking or not. It's the sort of thing that I would fix up on the cheap by swapping on a rigid fork from a scrap 26"rigid frame. The country is awash with 26" MTB's; there are probably more 26ers (of wildly differing quality admittedly) around than every other type of bike put together.

 

[Drago]

Oh, they go nuts over old elastomer forks, even just for the parts. Old MTBs and parts on RB go for far more than the market value elsewhere because they're all rabid loons with more money than sense - don't judge Retro bikes sales by the standards of normal folk, cos that they aint.

I do a bit of selling over there myself so know how they roll. One of them will definite want a pre 1995 chromo Sarry with a trailng crossbar and side mounted cable stops - two a penny they definitely are not. The cou try is not awash of bikes of that age and appeal, although that appeal is limited to those that collect bikes for that era... And they're all on RB. Go look through their sales ads if you dont believe me.

Have a look...

www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewforum.php?f=2

£50-100 is perfectly realistic.

 

[biggs682]

thanks @Cycleops
@Itshillyhere i might be interested in both depending where you are in the country in relation to Northamptonshire

 

[Itshillyhere]

Thanks for your replies everyone - some useful info. I'll have to have a look on Retro Bikes. Cycleops live a 'canny' few mikes away in Co.Durham.

 

[midlife]

Triathlon and Radius were his race orientated frames BITD iirc although he is more known for his tourers. 531 so not shabby and usually had Suntour kit fitted...

 

[midlife]

Had a quick look on the vcc website for the nigel Dean 80's catalogue

http://www.veterancycleclublibrary.org.uk

The triathlon is there, 531 Competition tubing and Suntour Ole gropset....