BIN prices on Ebay

[Gaddmeister]

Re:

I won my totally original hardly used 1988 Jamis Diablo for £50 a couple of weeks back!! There's a 91 Marin Palisades on there at £30 that looks a steel with u-brake etc.

 

[ted andkilde]

I believe that some bikes may be worth silly money (I'd quite fancy an original Breezer) but...

Links included in case you're tempted.

£15k for tiny wheels and some elastomers.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Moulton-New-S ... 3397941c90

Oi! Moulton is a god, says the dedicated Mini nut

£15k might be a bit much though...

I've often wondered if some of these crazy high dollar auctions are used for money laundering or some other sort of nefarious activity like off-book money transfers between sketchy characters.

You see quite a few weird auctions for fountain pens, watches, etc which would provide pretty benign cover.

Cheers, Ted

 

[jonty]

The Moulton shown is a Double-Pylon the most expensive Moulton: beautiful machine but a rich man's toy.
I've got 6 moultons, 4 vintage and 2 newish. The 4 vintage are a Super 4, a 1966 Deluxe, a 1965 Automatic and a 1967 Major (made by Raleigh).
The latter is in excellent original condition. Raleigh certainly knew how to braze a frame.
My two modern Moultons are a TSR 27 and a TSR 30 which are lovely to ride and even better to look at and are reasonably affordable for a complicated "space" frame design made in the UK.
If I were restricted to one bike however it would be my 1998 rigid Stumpy.

 

[fagin]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Maybe so but for £15k I'd have an old Ducati and change for a stable of desirable bikes.

 

[jonty]

Absolutely.
As you see here the Moulton Double Pylon costs 6 Moulton dots - the world's first non-linear currency.
http://www.moultonbicycles.co.uk/models ... Pylon.html

 

[fagin]

Excellent, I found a 1 dot, and it still looks more modern than an Orange 5.

 

[jonty]

Yes, but 6 dots in a row is a much higher price that 6 individual dots added together.
The bike above is the TSR 2 which retails at 1 Moulton dot. But 6 of them will cost less than half of 1 Double Pylon (6 dots).
As I say the Moulton dot is the world's first non-linear currency.

 

[jonty]

This one also possibly looks more modern than an Orange 5.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MOULTON-039-S ... true&rt=nc

 

[Konanthebarbarian]

This one OTOH seems pretty reasonable :

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UK-Single-Spe ... 1543567244

W....t... :shock:

Whoever rides the one made of clapboard deserves the sharp splinter of wood through the ball sack they have coming to them.

 

[ted andkilde]

Excellent, I found a 1 dot, and it still looks more modern than an Orange 5.

That looks gorgeous stripped down, needs some small block eights and a triple crank. How do these ride? Are they noodly? Or are they fairly rigid? Be cool to have a packable XC bike.

Cheers, Ted