What's the furthest you've travelled for a bike

[paul-kent]

When I was heavily in to 80s Raleigh's, I drove from Kent to Birmingham to buy a bike for £12 because it had the same colour scheme as a custom version I was building at the same time.

Anyone else have stories of the bikes they just had to have?

 

[biggs682]

i have done a couple of 80 mile each way trips for a decent bike and some not so decent

 

[gavroche]

3 miles. That's where my LBS is.

 

[mcshroom]

I picked up my Raleigh frame from a friend in Northallerton which is a good 125 miles away. To be fair I wasn't there just to buy the bike though.

 

[classic33]

40 miles each way. Not a bike though, quadricycle which was then ridden home.
Seller thought & said I was nuts for even considering wanting to cycle back home.

Previous attempt at getting the same, involved a trip to London, only to find that the shop didn't actually have one in stock. They lost the sale and I'd to wait a further two years before actually buying one.

 

[Grand Primo]

I live in Belgium, bought my Surly Pacer from a shop in Florida (off US Ebay) my Pennine off a guy near Manchester and my Carlton from a guy in Coventry. All been worth it.

 

[steveindenmark]

Not a bike but motorbikes.

Ive travelled to the UK 3 times to collect motorbikes and then ridden them home via Dover, back to Denmark.

I have had bikes sent from the UK

 

[Specialeyes]

I did a 550-mile round trip in a day, from Leigh on Sea to Bideford to collect an absolutely beautiful Motobecane, and a 320-mile one to Derby for a similarly lovely Raleigh. It did make me think back to being a kid in the 70's, when Somerset to Yorkshire was a 2-day trip up the A38, planned like a military operation with an overnight stop in Burton-upon-Trent!

 

[marzjennings]

About 4000km, when living in Trinidad I didn't want to pay ridiculous shipping and import taxes and so flew back to Houston to pick up a bike I bought online from California. I think I saved about $1000.

 

[Specialeyes]

About 4000km, when living in Trinidad I didn't want to pay ridiculous shipping and import taxes and so flew back to Houston to pick up a bike I bought online from California. I think I saved about $1000.

We have a winner, surely?

 

[Illaveago]

I can't get any where near that but my wife and I went up to Ledbury Herefordshire from Wiltshire a week ago, about 60 miles there and 70 back. We came back
Via the Forest of Dean which we somehow missed,anyway we made a day out of it. We went up there to collect a bike frame and bits. It was our 39th wedding
Anniversary.

 

[classic33]

We have a winner, surely?

Wasn't there someone from Australia buying a bike up here, on here?

 

[shouldbeinbed]

My most recent acquisition was for my mum, only a 6 mile round trip to buy but 300 mile round trip to deliver.

 

[mjr]

Well that's my 4 hour round trip completely outclassed then!

 

[classic33]

Well that's my 4 hour round trip completely outclassed then!

You want to try a city centre with something like this