Missed out on an Orange Clockwork today

[WideSam]

Found an Orange clockwork from late 80’s early 90’s today on marketplace.
It was a complete bike and looked to only need a minor restoration. Alas, I spent too much time debating whether I really needed it and by the time I’d sent a message it had sold.
The real sting in the tail... it was only £50!
Anyone on here happen to pick it up, as much as I’ve been cursing your name all day, I’d love to see what happens to it!

 

[mk one]

Yes been there, best to buy now worry later. A lot of bikes do end up on here, though sometimes it can just rub salt into the wound, so to speak

 

[WideSam]

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I’m half expecting to see it for sale in a day or two for quadruple the price!

 

[dyna-ti]

Have to say theres plenty about, and while it was seemingly a bargain, there was undoutably underlying problems. A stuck post or BB nightmare.

But this is the thng, the speedy scan and evaluate, and you honestly do sometimes have seconds to decide. I have seen something list at a good price, and while scanning the pics close it sells from under me.
I find the same clearing out the bits. List it very generously and it goes in minutes.

 

[jimo746]

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I’m half expecting to see it for sale in a day or two for quadruple the price!

Sadly that may well be the case.

Even around where I live you have to be quick to bag a retro bargain, most of the time it's pure luck I check marketplace and happen to see something interesting.
Bargain bikes are snapped in minutes, literally.

 

[WideSam]

Have to say theres plenty about, and while it was seemingly a bargain, there was undoutably underlying problems. A stuck post or BB nightmare.

But this is the thng, the speedy scan and evaluate, and you honestly do sometimes have seconds to decide. I have seen something list at a good price, and while scanning the pics close it sells from under me.
I find the same clearing out the bits. List it very generously and it goes in minutes.

A very good point. It obviously wasn’t meant to be!

 

[lensmansteve]

You have to let it go, let it go.. I'm a big fan of ye olde Clockwork, and have a lovely '93 version in the stable. But dyna-ti's right, or could well be. Something's wrong. That's probably why it was there. Somebody knew. Maybe I'm wrong, but reckon it needed more than a service. Possibly the last rites.

 

[MR OX]

Have to say theres plenty about, and while it was seemingly a bargain, there was undoutably underlying problems. A stuck post or BB nightmare.

But this is the thng, the speedy scan and evaluate, and you honestly do sometimes have seconds to decide. I have seen something list at a good price, and while scanning the pics close it sells from under me.
I find the same clearing out the bits. List it very generously and it goes in minutes.

Totally this ^ I usually copy the pictures to my laptop so I can zoom them, however I've missed so many I now keep them in a folder of "Ones that got away"

 

[lensmansteve]

Blimey I'd find that a total downer, a bit like a gallery of women you asked out and got knocked back by. Don't quite see the fun in that.

 

[dyna-ti]

I usually copy the pictures to my laptop so I can zoom them, however I've missed so many I now keep them in a folder of "Ones that got away"

How long did you think it took me to decide on this ?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hope-Pro-2-E ... SwnfVeZoPU