Swallow

[retrobikeguy]

Swallow Vintage Mountain Bike Bespoke Made. Courier Delivery Available. | eBay

All working ready to ride away. The bike cost over £3500 new. Only a few made each year. Look up their (Swallow bikes) website for more details.

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[retrobate]

Check out the width of the BB shell! Also, is it an optical illusion or is there something odd (asymmetric) with the seatstays?

 

[retrobikeguy]

Yeah, literally a strange bird.

 

[Tootyred]

Yes. Its made so that the wheel can be symmetrical for strength...

Pete and rob are great guys.

I put this on the site weeks ago, I'm just so suprised nobody has had it! Its the bargain of a lifetime! Its frame building pretty much at its best....

However, i am biased as i have one!

 

[Tootyred]

It was back in November!

Why hasn't this sold...

Swallow mountain bike

If it was considerably bigger...much bigger....i would have had this.....beautiful and probably one of the best old skool makers left. From the kit assuming 90 ish...

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[Once A Hero]

I could do with the bars from it, hard to justify a grand for that though!

 

[Russell]

Why hasn't this sold...

I can think of 995 reasons.

 

[Tootyred]

Yes, especially as they would only charge over 3k to build it today....oh and a 12 month wait.

 

[Russell]

And would one built today have years of unknown usage, potential hidden issues, no warranty, damaged paintwork, bespoke geometry for someone else’s dimensions and an obsolete mix-match groupset of parts that haven’t been produced for nearly four decades?

It’s a nice old bike, but it’s not £1k nice.