eBay and Craigslist finds

check out recent sold listings..

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=Raleigh+Quadra&_sacat=0&rt=nc&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1

She's the bicycle equivalent of crossaints on the Champs-Élysées.

Take her up your local climb and you'll feel like you're on Mont Ventoux, locking horns with Il Pirata, just like Richard Virenque himself.

It's a special machine this, from when everything wasn't stealth black
and made of plastic.

It's a bike for rescuing damsels in distress on.

I cannot stress enough how fit you'd look slinking round an urban metropolis on this.

It's got the vintage cool of steel with the reassurance of bar mounted gear shifters.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=­R40&_nkw=Raleigh+Quadra&_sacat=0&rt=nc&L­H_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1

Didn't know this was a thing, cheers!

Always makes me a bit stressed when people start talking about their bikes as a she...

ahaha all his descriptions are very funny

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kona-kavadome-Mountain-Bikes-Matched-Pair/324477345586?hash=item4b8c5b5f32:g:xAQAAOSwBIxgHo~L irresistible his and hers

£900!!

• aside from the price
  

👀 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EXTREMELY-RARE-1985-Cinelli-Laser-Crono-Strada-Time-Trial-Bike-/313408844706?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292

Listing closed by the seller apparently

Look KG292 Titanium Bicycle with full Dura-ace 7800

£1100 Buy it now - Surbiton

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Look-KG292-Titanium-Bicycle-with-full-Dura-ace-7800/254859389300?hash=item3b56cda974:g:-LYAAOSwm9dgHraJ

Saw this the other day and seriously considered it.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124524163725

53cm steamroller, £725

Nice but pricey. Low level kit

Nelson Pista (50cm) in Brighton, currently at £32 with 15mims left...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224331682323

Peugeot Competition Reynolds 531 Classic
£250 and original owner

https://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/peugeot-competition-reynolds-531-classic-racing-bike-25-inch-frame-brooks-saddle/1396423941?utm_campaign=socialbuttons&utm_campaign=socialbuttons&utm_content=app_ios&utm_medium=social&utm_source=ios_social

Anyone got any thoughts on this?

853 raleigh cross frame for £170 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Raleigh-Reynolds-853-road-touring-bike-frame-classic-retro-56cm/224343281276?hash=item343be6ce7c:g:p7IAAOSwt9JgH~Td

The Peugeot looks a nice bike and I would happily restore it and ride it!
My thoughts:

• It's a big bike so you'll want to be at least 6ft / 183cm tall
  
• Mudguard eyelets! So this could be a great winter/rain/commuter bike.
  
• The bike does not look abused. Parts look in good condition. Paint looks in good condition too and will buff up nice with some T Cut. With some wax afterwards you can get a great result. Or just clean it!
  
• It's French so will possibly require specific sizes of headset and/or bottom bracket and/or stem. This is only a problem if they need to be replaced (you might need a new bottom bracket and you may need to change the stem to make the bike fit you). The bike being originally sold in the UK perhaps makes it less likely to be unhelpful French sizing. And actually as it's British tubing then maybe you'll be luckier here and find that the sizes are more standard. I'd Google this and try to find a documented example somewhere.
  
• Obviously 531 tubing is great, but I'm not familiar enough with the French decals to determine whether the whole frame is 531 - i.e. main tubes plus all stays and forks - or only the main tubes are 531 and the rest is heavier tubing. It'll be nice either way though.
  
• Cast dropouts are a good sign. They indicate a higher quality frame than one built using dropouts stamped from sheet/plate steel.
  
• The chainrings do not look too shagged which is a good thing because you might struggle to find replacements - three-arm cranks are not typical. Though eBay can provide wonders!
  

In regards to the possibility of french threading, peugeots after 1984 (iirc) started using BSA threading. So that one should have standard bb threads.

Sweet. That's a useful date to try and keep in my head.

As an aside, I did a frame swap the other week on to an older Pug 531 frame, and the tubing was clearly made to French spec, as it had a 26.8mm seat post diameter and a French headset, which was a bugger as it was worn and a replacement is nigh on impossible to find

also this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festina_affair

What was the asking price, if I may ask?

£250 I think.

Oh wow, Rip his inbox...

Guessing that's why it got taken down