The "How much?" or "You're havin' a giraffe!" thread

[Chris S]

A Dawes Galaxy with an asking price of £1,195. It was sold for £225. That was some haggling!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DAWES-GA...g:E-YAAOSwqmVekc-P&LH_ItemCondition=3000|7000

 

[carpenter]

 

[DCLane]

I can't think of anywhere else to post this, but it does have the name 'Classic': https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Less-than-3-month-old-Bike-Back-wheel-morphed/383612290239

 

[Paulus]

I can't think of anywhere else to post this, but it does have the name 'Classic': https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Less-than-3-month-old-Bike-Back-wheel-morphed/383612290239

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Front fork is back to front. seems to be put back together a bit haphazardly

 

[Chris S]

I wonder if that's how they crashed it and buckled the rear wheel?

 

[Kempstonian]

I wonder if that's how they crashed it and buckled the rear wheel?

Its not buckled - its 'morphed'!

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

Doesn't look like that particular coronacyclist is going to keep it up then! probably just as well if they can't manage to set the forks facing the right way. I've seen several backwards pointing forks recently, including one of my neighbours - who was oblivious until I pointed out that his fork was also supposed to point in the same direction as the ones on my bikes! Oddly he claimed that it still seemed to ride OK the wrong way round.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Seems to have a strange ageing disease as well, it's either 3 months or 1 month,

 

[carpenter]

Just looked it up on Amazon - self assembly

and look at these reviews:

View: https://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B007A9UPAY/ref=acr_dp_hist_1?ie=UTF8&filterByStar=one_star&reviewerType=all_reviews#reviews-filter-bar

 

[rogerzilla]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/293637662960

Melted sleeve and 9-ball retainers (DA retainers take the full 11). I wonder how chewed the lockring is?

I bought a boxed, sealed NOS one of these for £50 last month on retrobike.

 

[Chris S]

A NOS Michelin Dunlop tyre. Yours for only £85 (plus £8.50 p+p)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NOS-Vint...515385?hash=item2d0b623b39:g:8qUAAOSw3RZevOiL

 

[AndyRM]

A NOS Michelin Dunlop tyre. Yours for only £85 (plus £8.50 p+p)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NOS-Vint...515385?hash=item2d0b623b39:g:8qUAAOSw3RZevOiL

Maybe if they'd put "L'Eroica" in the listing title...

 

[Chris S]

Vintage 70's Raleigh Collectors Edition
https://www.gumtree.com/p/bicycles/...3LSWcdrXQnWjqHQKhVPSJxSPcJLTtj07NvH7kqDx6te5Y

"Only 100 were made with the handlebars as such, most were shipped out to Paris on release."
"All original parts ... A new set of gears have been fitted"

 

[midlife]

Vintage 70's Raleigh Collectors Edition
https://www.gumtree.com/p/bicycles/...3LSWcdrXQnWjqHQKhVPSJxSPcJLTtj07NvH7kqDx6te5Y

"Only 100 were made with the handlebars as such, most were shipped out to Paris on release."
"All original parts ... A new set of gears have been fitted"

Nope, don't remember that one lol

 

[Chris S]

Or how about a 100 year old Raleigh for £100? It must have been one of the first bikes to have had caliper brakes so it's an absolute bargain.
https://www.gumtree.com/p/bicycles/...q2IHW7zlmpPk_64tkW-cACIcTfJb3gXs3_yn3zgLwzf7o