Nice saddle though. Got "Regal's" on four of my bikes. Really comfortable.
The "How much?" or "You're havin' a giraffe!" thread
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mikeymustard
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Yeah, but 5000 nectar points as well
http://on-the-drops.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/the-space-ace-racing-bike-peugeot-py.html Quite an important Pug to be fair, though nearly 7 grand's got to be pushing it!
Be interesting to see what it would fetch in auction
Sheffield_Tiger
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But it's the limited addition 2-tone model. Look, it has the 2-tone check decals and matching 2-tone brake levers
(Serious reply it looks like someone had accidentally put a zero on the end, though £635 is still steep. Nice - or potential to be really nice - though)
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I thought they'd missed the decimal point out.
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biggs682
Touch it up and ride it
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look nice covered in the normal mud and rubbish your best road bike gets covered in these days
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Be even better covered in swarovski crystals or Pandora charms hanging off it
woodbutcher
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for me as an uninitiated member of the current cycle world its all a bit too much. The pity of it is that because there seem to be dodgy deals on offer everywhere l don't feel happy to buy anything....
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I'm gonna get that, throw a rack and some mudguards on!
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You can still get bargains on gumtree or ebay but they're getting rarer. I've found a few decent vintage bikes in local house clearance shops, one here a couple of weeks ago had a nice old school dawes tourer with good components on for £25. It was chained to a lamp post outside the shop with the price stuck on the saddle. I legged in waving my cash but he said some student had just bought it!
Someone on ebay would have polished it up a bit and be asking £180+
woodbutcher
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Story of my life..a dollar short and a day too late !
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BalkanExpress
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Cheap at twice the price if this is anything to go by.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1985-bmx-...842086?hash=item25cf0291e6:g:rvgAAOSw241YmXNR
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What about a 70's Puch Alpine, of which I bought one new in 1976 for £45, for £315. Currently on ebay.
So it's been stripped and powder coated and new transfers applied (in the wrong positions), converted to single speed, and given new wheels; but £315?
I got one on ebay a few years ago, stripped it and painted it by hand, applied new transfers in the correct positions, put new wheels on it, rode it for a few hundred miles then realised it wasn't as good as I remembered it, and certainly not as good as modern bikes. I gave it to my local cancer charity shop.
So it's been stripped and powder coated and new transfers applied (in the wrong positions), converted to single speed, and given new wheels; but £315?
I got one on ebay a few years ago, stripped it and painted it by hand, applied new transfers in the correct positions, put new wheels on it, rode it for a few hundred miles then realised it wasn't as good as I remembered it, and certainly not as good as modern bikes. I gave it to my local cancer charity shop.
