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

[Chris S]

Why buy a genuine Ilkeston 753 framed bike with Super Record groupset when you could buy a bog standard gas pipe frame Europa with bottom end components for the same price

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/164493829993

The forks don't even look straight.
(or maybe it just came out of the factory like that)

 

[biggs682]

Even more shocking. You're out by a factor of 10; count the zeros!

That's @Drago rose tinted specs for you

 

[wafter]

Tbh other than the vile stem I can't fault the aesthetic however it's still the fat end of a grand for a tarted-up '70s Raleigh single speed

 

[FrankCrank]

Why sell an entire Brommie box, when you can break it down into smaller parts:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Brompton...032779?hash=item46b9bf4d0b:g:Ih0AAOSwkEJfrc0x

Note: I'm not going out of my way to upset Brommie fans, just that I've yet to see any other brand of empty bike boxes for sale.

 

[DCLane]

An extra '2' seems to have accidentally crept into the start price, even with a load of new parts: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Motobecane-Bicycle-Vintage-1980s-style-racer/264942187070

 

[stalagmike]

Rare apparently...(actual worth about 50?)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Vin...-/114387357555?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292

 

[FrankCrank]

Rare apparently...(actual worth about 50?)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Vin...-/114387357555?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292

I always think of these bikes being worth about the same as a round of drinks at the pub. Rare they are not.

 

[chriscross1966]

Why sell an entire Brommie box, when you can break it down into smaller parts:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Brompton...032779?hash=item46b9bf4d0b:g:Ih0AAOSwkEJfrc0x

Note: I'm not going out of my way to upset Brommie fans, just that I've yet to see any other brand of empty bike boxes for sale.

Campagnolo boxes seem to sell, but yeah, never seen a bike box that didn't actually have a bike in it... even Bianchi....

 

[Chris S]

Campagnolo boxes seem to sell, but yeah, never seen a bike box that didn't actually have a bike in it... even Bianchi....

It's not even the box, just some of the packaging that goes inside it. It's a snip at a tenner, the whole box would cost you £85!
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/t...-a-giraffe-thread.202777/page-37#post-6161668

 

[stalagmike]

I always think of these bikes being worth about the same as a round of drinks at the pub. Rare they are not.

Only 140,000 of them made in the UK over a 16 year production run.

 

[wheresthetorch]

This strikes me as a tad optimistic!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/vintage-...-/164532598401?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292

 

[davidphilips]

Not cycle related but could not laugh at this add for an oil tank, Wonder if the seller is related to arthur daley? Pity help any one that buys it and actually pays to get it filled?
https://www.gumtree.com/p/plumbing-central-heating/oil-tank-slim-line.-only-4-years-old./1391599773

 

[BalkanExpress]

Okay 1250 is a lot, but these old Ti Bianchis are rare, the kit is good and it may be worth a low-ball bid.....oh wait a second... photo 17...

https://www.2ememain.be/a/velos-vel...e-pro-vintage-koersfiets.html?previousPage=lr

 

[RichardB]

Okay 1250 is a lot, but these old Ti Bianchis are rare, the kit is good and it may be worth a low-ball bid.....oh wait a second... photo 17...

https://www.2ememain.be/a/velos-vel...e-pro-vintage-koersfiets.html?previousPage=lr

I thought that was just a bit of dirt round the edges of the lug - then I realised it's a lugless frame. Oo-er.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I thought that was just a bit of dirt round the edges of the lug - then I realised it's a lugless frame. Oo-er.

That will buff right out.