A bunch o' Pashleys

There's a scrappers near me that has a dozen or so Pashleys that have been left forgotten in the yard for the past six months. They look like they might be an old Royal Mail type, with integrated front basket, but all black paintwork.

They are in Liverpool, but presumably not stolen.
Any ideas?

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Want. Too far away though

Take all of them and donate to a cycling charity.

These appear to be the same model...

They're beautiful. Oh to have space, money, time and a van..

If you don't at least inquire about them you need a smack round the head.

Pre-built fleet to start your own delivery service!

I still want one. Cost isn't an issue. Storage space is.

OK, I promise I'll pop in tomorrow and find out what the score is. Fuck knows what I'll do if he actually offers me them.

I'd take one for sure.

Pre-built fleet to start your own delivery service!

^ actually this.

The whole postal/national courier service is being outsourced and broken up, then syndicated through sites like this. The timing is spot on.

Could do a charity based thing with them as well, like meals on wheels or something. Saves on petrol.

Unless I UTFSBed badly, it looks like we don't have a Pashley thread.

After wanting one for a long time I just found a cheap one on eBay, almost immediately rideable after a quick fix of the rear hub. Not sure what year it is. Seller said 1960s (with some more modern bits) but the (presumably original) paintwork makes me think it could be a little younger than that. Rear rack is brazed as part of the frame, which I love, and it doesn't have the cylindrical fork crown of current Pashleys.

I love the bike and wondered if that love was shared on here.

@edscoble didn't you have one a very long time ago, that got rear ended, with more damage to the car than the bike?

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Oh yeah, it wasn't a Pashley, just a typical dutch bike that cost £285 brand new.

Also the Retrovelo survived an assault (hit by car, bike thrown at me, no bent part at all).

That look more 80's, you got an excellent buy as the older components can be a nightmare, the newer brakes are so much more powerful, is the wheels the old 26"?

I have a 24Mhz with the matching TV Series wheelset.

Eleven years ago I crashed it and ruptured my kidney whilst riding the big six pack at Chicksands. It's still in the garage, still covered in red Chicksands dust from that day; I'll probably never ride it again but don't think I'll ever sell it.

#csb

That look more 80's

Yes, that makes more sense, the square taper steel cranks, which feels original, would have been cotter pins if from the 60s I suppose.
Front hub is proper made in England sturmey archer. Rear one's probably a more recent Taiwanese one.

Wheels are 26" yes.

Sounds tough! Hope you have fully recovered.
Pashley have the weirdest range of bicycles... Why did the end up making trial bikes? Didn't they make unicycles at some point too?

Didn't they make unicycles at some point too?

Yes, come to think of it they did. I’ve got a Pashley unicycle. It’s got no standard unicycle parts that I could work out and originally had a 24” wheel, while all the circus and Covent Garden boys were using 20” wheels.

And rod brakes too, the shifter also look modern compare to the older SA one.

Pashley have the weirdest range of bicycles...

That they do, they basically try to cater for the market, at a time where different bicycle manufacturer were far and few.

They make a lots of stuff like this too;

And then this for 2019;

I can’t think of anyone more suited to riding this bicycle.

I hope it gives you many smiles for much years.

And then this for 2019;

Saw close up photos of these. They should have stuck to lugs, welds looked a bit messy

...cos I'm old...

I’d say more the perfect amount of panache