Spotted for sale elsewhere: Vintage / Classic bikes, framesets and components

[davidphilips]

Hobbs of Barbican,£150.https://www.gumtree.com/p/bicycles/vintage-bike-hobbs-of-barbican/1354061599
Sold for £140 along with spare set of wheels.

 

[biggs682]

Couple of sphock finds

Get this beautiful thing with #Shpock app: https://www.shpock.com/en-gb/i/XU7JisPpnUuzMmzL/vintage-dawes-galaxy-touring-bike

Get this beautiful thing with #Shpock app: https://www.shpock.com/en-gb/i/XWp9mPnrn0h4UO-u/vintage-hobby-biue-ribbon-bike

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

Nice, but what do you make of the colour scheme on the Galaxy? I'm sure that's not a Factory livery. It's actually very similar to my Dawes Jaguar, but is clearly a Touring frame, whereas mine is sportier. I wonder if someone bought a Dawes tourer frameset and built a DIY Galaxy??

 

[biggs682]

Nice, but what do you make of the colour scheme on the Galaxy? I'm sure that's not a Factory livery. It's actually very similar to my Dawes Jaguar, but is clearly a Touring frame, whereas mine is sportier. I wonder if someone bought a Dawes tourer frameset and built a DIY Galaxy??

Must admit i didn't think Galaxy at first sight

 

[buzzy-beans]

Hardly true vintage, but a well specced medium frame Specialized in good condition in Melton Mowbray for £160

View: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/330098071209305/

 

[Paulus]

Must admit i didn't think Galaxy at first sight

Same here, I have not seen a Galaxy in that colour before. They were normally brown or green, sometimes blue.

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

Same here, I have not seen a Galaxy in that colour before. They were normally brown or green, sometimes blue.

They built a late model Galaxy Tour, which came in quite a nice all-red shade, which were traditional brazed frames in 531. Not sure of the exact years though. Someone said to me a few months ago they suspected those bikes had imported frames, even though they were lugged 531. Not sure exactly when Dawes stopped building frames at Tyseley or whether the bloke was right about the frame provenance, but was riding such a bike he had claimed to have bought new.

 

[GuyBoden]

Birmingham £50
(Maybe a bit too small?)

Birmingham £50

 

[Reynard]

That's really nice Could (almost) be me-sized, that looks like a 15 inch frame...

 

[GuyBoden]

The bike of my teenage dreams.
(At a good price)

Raleigh Road Ace, £295, Cambridge

 

[buzzy-beans]

Raleigh Road Ace, £295, Cambridge

That's very nice apart from the size!

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

That's very nice apart from the size!

It's not especially large, looks like an ordinary 23 1/2" size to me. The head tube is tall, but I think that's because the wheelbase is relatively short.

 

[GuyBoden]

It's not especially large, looks like an ordinary 23 1/2" size to me. The head tube is tall, but I think that's because the wheelbase is relatively short.

Yes, it looks like a 60cm frame, the correct size for me.

 

[biggs682]

The bike of my teenage dreams.
(At a good price)

Raleigh Road Ace, £295, Cambridge
View attachment 487718

Oh dear teenage dreams

 

[DCBassman]

That's really nice Could (almost) be me-sized, that looks like a 15 inch frame...

16 inch... too big?