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Just to clear up. I am not a dealer. Im gradually going through my cellar, before each trip to London, and posting anything i dont need that I think may be useful to forum menbers. I have not acquired a single item specially to sell!
I'm moving from a massive place in York, to an as-yet undiscovered small place in London, y'know how it is. In the meantime, i need to raise some funds too.
Latest news id that my move might be to Portland Oregon instead, so the clearout could become even more ruthless, and include most of my bike collection.

SOLD, subject to exchange, to Tash!
Took an hour.
There ya go, Hippy, not everyone thinks i sell shit, now STFU and go find something else to complain about.

Hippy, i donno what your beef is, but ive only got 2 items still on sale, this and a very expensive classic bike. all my other items have sold, some within minutes, so my big clearout is obviously fulfilling some need.
Whats a prefix dropdown? some kind of gear shifter?
And maybe you need to read my other ad with regard to donations.

@fieldmouse, none whatsoever! for some reason my comp isnt uploading. text me and i can send mms tho

1970s Falcon, in period flamboyant purple with white accents. Big - 24" frame. Was a basic 10-speed with plain cro-mo tubing and plenty of steel bits, but rides nicely for all that. Has a lovely stem, and narrow drop bars, and good centrepull brakes.

I was about to strip this to F&F, but havent time, and it's a decent beater as it is, with maybe a light lookiing over, and definitely some tyres. Alternatively it would be a pretty basis for a semi-beater singlespeed.

So, I'm bringing it to London Fields/Broadway Market tomorrow (saturday) morning.

Text me on 07761 401829 to check, and you can see & try the bike.

Gotta be worth £60.

It went. I took 2 bikes and a carbon frame in p-ex. the 'as new' one was knackered, the 'classic' had a stuck seatpost, and the frame had come ubonded! Wish I'd waited for you instread of that wanker!

@Malaysian, Maybe a closer study of Hetchins history, and the building arrangements will reveal that it is not only post-buyout frames which were built in Yorkshire, but more like the buyout happened because of the close working relationship which already existed.
I done personally find hte curly stays beautiful, to my eyes they jar almost as badly as a Flying Gate. Thats why we all collect different things. I didnt insult your bike, so there was no need to insult mine.
The jEnsen isnt going to be stripped. If you read abouyt randonneur bikes and their genre, you will see that the value of the bike was in its being a complete integrated unit, rather than the frame and bits from your shed, that most English bikes were. Jack Taylor's excepted of course, hence the growing interest in them today.

@Fred Personally i find the wheel builds on NEW bikes lacking in the main! Well, mas-produced ones anyway. Maybe that was the flaw in oyur 1st argument, about depreciation. Thinking again, would a Bob Jackson depreciate at that rate? A Bruce gordon? Or even a Brompton, for which you can get almost new price on a 3 year old commuter bike!
Anyway, I do agree with your lament at fashion driving up prices. You and I are lucky enough to have accumulated bikes while we could, and with an insider knowledge of parts etc.
I believe in accesibility of bikes, and thats why I founded BikeRescue.
However, My daughter needs setting up for uni next year, and Im not daft or rich enough to give my own machines away at rock-bottom prices. If someone wants to do it on the cheap, there are things like my £75 Evans to play with, and I wish them well.

P.S. I'd love to see these machines of yours some time, as an appreciative enthusiast, not a critic.

If i ever find a Taylor touring tandem that Mariana and I can fit, we will both be very happy bunnies!

Id have given you double back on it if it was my size!

Ed, I think it's square, but I'll add it to the specs when i get near the bike again. It's in York and I'm not.

Electra Ticino components - well reviewed and lovely. they do Mavic-replica rims too.

Now when i sell this bike, I will have to be highly disciplined to put the money where its supposed to to, to help my family, and NOT on an Electra Ticino 20D!

@edscoble. Wowee! the classic French randonneur and cyclotouriste bikes have now caught on in a big way in the US and Japan (once again, I'd recommend any bike nut to subscribe to Bicycle Quarterly at www.vintagebicyclepress.com). New builders have sprung up in their dozens, and parts are being replicated (or recommissioned in the case of TA cranks). As ever, the British market is conservative and slow to change. The resurgence in interest in classic steel road bikes may help to kickstart the neo-classic craze which is sweeping the rest of the world.

@dogsballs. My car comparison wasnt saying youd spent £30k restoring the MG, that would cot al ot more. Youd spend that to buy one ready done. Like the Jensen.
Hetchins? apart from the label and the ineffective curly stays, its a nice 531 road bike. Most were built by Bob Jacksons anyway. Of course you and Fred are entitled to your opinions. Im not forcing you to buy the bike. Im offering it, to forum first, public later, take it or leave it, simple as that.

This photo isnt my bike. It's my dream bike, £20,000 worth of classic Alex Singer. Can you spot the other 19 bikes-worth?
http://www.vintagebicyclepress.com/images/chromsing.jpg

Not justifying its price - twenty grand is just insane! But.....

Wow! What a lot of debate!
@Bonk, Yes, it was indedd sold on gumtree. That was a sad little episode with the 'buyer' pissing about and not really having the wherewithall to fulfill his dreams, by which time the seconder had bought a Jack Taylor instead (I offered to swop him but he's paid £2,200 for the Jack).
@fred, your reasoning about used bike prices is correct. Knock off 50% of retail as soon as it's bee out. However, have you ever looked at the classic market properly? The classic car market is more widely known, but is similar. A new Mazda MX5 is... i dunno.. £15 k or so? Knock off your £50%, to £7.500. Now go find a total bodyshell-bare-metal rebuilt MGA roadster from 1959. Add lots of NOS rare bits to it, give it an unusual but highly sought-after spec (from new). Where are we now? £30,000?

Your similar, but less pristine, bikes with similar parts might be worth more than you think Fred! Im quite open about the fact that I collected together all the kit over a period, and raided my stash, for this bike. The paint cost £250. It was then alighment-checked, faced, reamed and threaded properly in jigs. (photos on www.flickr.com/photos/andy_and_mariana). 6 hours to cut/file/polish/drill/mount the mudguards alone, it all adds up to a lot of labour. I built the bike in our shop, and we reckoned it would have cost a customer £800 labour! It probably stands me a small profit, or about £1 an hour labour charge if you look at it that way! The couple of hundred miles riding has saved the next guy a bit of tweaking and refinement, too, now it's all down and tight.

If this bike was an identical-spec Rene Herse or Alex Singer Cyclotouriste bike, it would be £7-8,000 and would go to Japan, no question. I regularly sell 'secondhand' bikes and frames, the last being a similar age F.W.Evans tourer F&F for £75, so I do have my feel planted!

Thanks for saying that I'm exemplifying the forum rules - i hope so, and of course there will be Fifty Quid to the forum if it sells on here. Im trying to avoid fleabay, but might have to go there soon.
Cheers folks.

Sold to the lady! Delivery arranged.

BikeRescue are really up against it at the mo, as the other direcxtor was rushed into hospital last week, so i havent hassled Mick about it. Thanks for the reminder El Diablo. Of course the cops will be able to pop in there and bet the address as well.

1959 Jensen. Built (as it was originally) as a French-style Randonneur bike (see www.vintagebicyclepress.com for more on these). Fully 531 butted of course, 58cm.
Stunning restoration, with paint by bob jackson's. Mostly French components including Stronglight 49D (with rare guard ring), Berthoud mudguards, TA racks, vintage French lights, powered by BB generator, all working. Leather hand-stitched bar sleeve on GB randonneurs. Milremo stem, was painted with frame. Large flange hubs with Mavic MA2 and paselas, MAFAC Racer brakes and levers. Rare Barelli pedals. Lots of lovely stuff all over the bike. A dream to ride!
Very sad to let this one go, but needs must! Daughter's college comes first.

£995. No silly offers.
Handlebar bag and 'decaleur' (support on stem bolt) not included.
Honey Brooks saddle £40 extra, will not sell seperately.
Can deliver London or A1/M1 corridor. Too posh to post!

Note that pics show 35mm Michelin world tour tyres fitted. These can be supplied instead of 28mm paselas if you wish.
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Hi guys
Im a bit confused myself now. Ian Sikora wasnt involved in my discussions with BikeRescue, I was working with the current Directors on this matter. Mr Peacock was indeed working at BikeRescue, as of last week. He was asked to leave over this matter and has now done so. I have been promised some current contact details, and will PM them to those affected members who have PMd me in relation to this saga.
I have expressed my displeasure at Ian's unfortunately worded message, and I hope to have some resolution for Peacocks victims soon. If all else fails I will find his address myself!

Goreggiego dibsed, said he was very keen, then failed to contact. My faith in this forum is wearing thin.

Back on sale!!!

Another piece of evidence which would be useful to know...
Do any of you have any evidence or means of finding out, rhe pick-up address from the couriers? It may be on a label. If its bikerescues address it will constitute a further offence and give them more grounds for taking action.
Thanks
andy

Important! Please can anyone who has had dealings with Mr P please PM me with details of items, price and outcome, and i will PM back to exchange info. This has to be done properly. BikeRescue are absolutely straight and legit, and need evidence in order to help victims, but rest assured the matter is receiving top priority.
Thanks to the forumsters who alerted me to this matter.

Buyer PMd to offer refund and make arrangements.

Hi guys. A friend has just alerted me to this. As founder and former director of york's BikeReacue, ive reported. This incident to rhe current directors and will be meeting with them later to show them this thread. I dobt know mr peacock but im sure they will. I will keep you posted