Foffa Bikes

• Edscoble, you are right, you can get hold of a Fuji for 400 but then you ll need to add another 100 to put some brakes on.
  
  
  

what the hell? £100 for a brakes? a ***hundred ***squiddy?!

As an example with cars you can get yourself a brand new Ford Fiesta or for the same money a nice piece of history like a vintage MG. At the end of the day it's a matter of personal preference but I think you can appreciate that for a bespoke custom build people are prepared to pay a bit more than a factory made OTP.

Regarding the cars comparison, naturally it's always nice to get a nice piece of history like an old MG (despite being more unreilable, drink more fuel, expensive insurance, expensive to run, etc.), unfortuantely, your 'vintage' bicycle are merely the equation of British Leyland's greatest piece of art otherwise known as the Morris Ital replacing the old component with cheap aftermarket one and powdercoating it in gorgeous baby blue;

As you were.