Furthest distance you would travel ...

[novocaine]

360 miles. warrington to hatfield and back. collected a balance al450.

it helps I was going for work already, but thats not the point.

 

[Yogi bear]

Ive done a stupid diversion to collect a single rim (wheel, but only wanted the rim), which the seller wasn't willing to post.
Was supposed to be driving from Crawley to Portsmouth, ended up going via Oxford. An extra 110 miles and 2 hours driving to collect a £45 rim. Ended up sleeping in the car that night too!

A week before that collected a bike. 210 miles round trip one evening.
I dont like driving.......but it was for bike bits!

 

[The History Man]

440 mile round trip. For this. (Pic on way home)

which became……

 

[yakboy]

Furthest to collect a bike was Dortmund in Germany...(Well my brother collected it, as he was on a road trip at the time but did divert 300Km to get it)

 

[enc]

it helps I was going for work already, but thats not the point.

Oi, that’s cheating

 

[Bcxbcx]

I once picked up a £50 Schwinn Cruiser bike from Newcastle, a 350 mile trip each way for me, but I also picked up a SAAB 9000 Carlson at the same time. Flew in and drove back.

 

[Peachy!]

Did a 300 mile round trip to Blackpool from the East coast of Yorkshire to pick up my Claud Canyon. Last resort really as I’d paid through the nose for it 2 months earlier but the seller had some issues so the planned meeting halfway (Leeds) didn’t happen. I turned up in Leeds and could see he was busily commenting on Facebook & YouTube but refused to answer my messages. So I went to his house…
No surprise he wasn’t there but had at least boxed the frame up and left it in his front porch…

 

[Tsundere]

What’s the furthest distance (round trip) you would/have traveled to pick up a bike? I’m talking physically driven in your own vehicle.

The furthest I have so far travelled was 129 miles, for a bike that cost me £26, picked up several by train between 60 and 100 miles. Would travel overseas for the right bike at the right price.

 

[nporternz]

When we lived in Wellington in NZ I went to Sydney to pick up a bike frame - had a lovely weekend there too

that's nearly 5000km

thank god it turned out nicer than in the photos - cant remember what it was though - maybe a NOS clark kent from memory

 

[kermisking]

I did a bus/ train journey from my home near Wakefield West Yorkshire to Pontypool South Wales , picked up a Tommasini and rode it home through the night , got lost a few times did about 225 miles . No computer or phone for directions just place names and road numbers scribbled on a piece of paper . I like adventures .