What's the oldest bike you own?
- Thread starter Mad Doug Biker
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Mad Doug Biker
Just a damaged guy.
- Location
- Craggy Island
Well, I have just bought a potentially, obscenely old Humber.
I need to get the year confirmed though.
I need to get the year confirmed though.
Mad Doug Biker
Just a damaged guy.
- Location
- Craggy Island
....And even if its not, then looking at the components, it must be bloody old anyway!
A '77 or '78 Dawes Echelon, followed by a '83 Peugeot.
Pics!
Well, I have just bought a potentially, obscenely old Humber.
I need to get the year confirmed though.
Pics!
Andrew_Culture
Internet Marketing bod
- Location
- The People's Republic Of Suffolk.
Until recently I had a '77 Claud Butler Dalesman.
Mad Doug Biker
Just a damaged guy.
- Location
- Craggy Island
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
Still riding my 1981 Dawes Lightning three/ four times a week... just put new QR alloy wheels on it.
Mad Doug Biker
Just a damaged guy.
- Location
- Craggy Island
Well, this is apparently considerably older than anything listed so far. Actually, I've been given a year and its pre 1932 (Raleigh took them over that year), but I need to confirm it before saying any more.
It's NOT that 1905 woman's one though by the way.
It's NOT that 1905 woman's one though by the way.
Oh, sorry! Must have misunderstood. My apologies Palinurus. Not sure that age matters that much anyway - except that there is something pleasing about old things that still work
years after they were made; simply because they were made well. In my humble opinion...
years after they were made; simply because they were made well. In my humble opinion...
Nigel-YZ1
Guru
- Location
- Somewhere else... maybe soon.
1983 Raleigh Merlin.
sidevalve
Über Member
We are not worthy.
