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

[carpenter]

I think that you will need to empty it first

 

[carpenter]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Retro-St...740316?hash=item41beba14dc:g:AzcAAOSw4QdaVlVn

 

[Chris S]

I'm not sure who Steve Thornhill was but a £999.99 starting bid for this seems a bit steep. Having said that they've included a Poundland rear mudguard.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Steve-Th...g:qwUAAOSw2OlfowKL&LH_ItemCondition=3000|7000

 

[midlife]

Don't know much about MTB bikes but what's that thing bolted to the chainstay next to the chainwheel?

 

[weareHKR]

Don't know much about MTB bikes but what's that thing bolted to the chainstay next to the chainwheel?

It's a U Brake from around the mid/late 80's.
Positioned on the chain stays as they're considerably stronger than the seat stays, stopped the brake mounts from flexing under breaking.
Trouble was they used to get covered in crap & lost their performance! 🤨

 

[RichardB]

It's a U Brake from around the mid/late 80's.
Positioned on the chain stays as they're considerably stronger than the seat stays, stopped the brake mounts from flexing under breaking.
Trouble was they used to get covered in crap & lost their performance! 🤨

U brakes - another answer to a question that no one was asking.

 

[Chris S]

Positioned on the chain stays as they're considerably stronger than the seat stays, stopped the brake mounts from flexing under breaking.
Trouble was they used to get covered in crap & lost their performance! 🤨

Like the rear brake on bikes with rod brakes. You'd think they would have learned from that.

 

[biggs682]

I'm not sure who Steve Thornhill was but a £999.99 starting bid for this seems a bit steep. Having said that they've included a Poundland rear mudguard.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Steve-Thornhill-Mountain-Bike-Very-Rare-80-s-Light-Frame-Vintage-Independent/224221875186?hash=item3434aa4bf2:g:qwUAAOSw2OlfowKL&LH_ItemCondition=3000|7000

He made some nice toad bikes

 

[Chris S]

I'm not sure who Steve Thornhill was but a £999.99 starting bid for this seems a bit steep. Having said that they've included a Poundland rear mudguard.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Steve-Thornhill-Mountain-Bike-Very-Rare-80-s-Light-Frame-Vintage-Independent/224221875186?hash=item3434aa4bf2:g:qwUAAOSw2OlfowKL&LH_ItemCondition=3000|7000

It's got a triple crank and (according to the description) 14 gears. How does that work out?
The 700C wheels seem to have extremely thick tyres as well.

 

[Gunk]

Worth about £99, the seller is another planet.

 

[FrankCrank]

Worth about £99, the seller is another planet.

Be fair - it's got a poundland mudguard, which makes it a ton I reckon

 

[AndyRM]

Four awful photographs, eleven words of description, and the title 'bicycle' (he couldn't even stretch to a capital B). That, and the fact it is an ex-rental, tells me he will be beating buyers off with a massive stick. Not.

Awful bicycle too. They had them in Newcastle for a while (anyone with half a brain could see how that would end up...) and I tried one out to see if they were any good, as I think their London counterparts are.

Barely usable and hellishly heavy. A short 8 mile loop on the cycle path to the coast and back had me sweating buckets. Admittedly it was a very hot day, but still.

 

[Gunk]

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

 

[Drago]

£200 for a bike that wasn't especially desirable in its day and of no historic significance? No wonder it never sold.

 

[Poacher]

£200 for a bike that wasn't especially desirable in its day and of no historic significance? No wonder it never sold.

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