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Post by whippet on Jul 28, 2014 20:21:58 GMT
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Post by velocipete on Jul 28, 2014 20:37:52 GMT
There were quite a few things he didn't know!I wouldn't both mentioning the make of inner tubes fitted.
For most people it's the tyres and their condition that's more important.
Quoting Shimano,he didn't mention the name,part numbers,hacks me off.I don't want to spend ages checking
whether it's Tourney or Tiagra.They weren't Dura Ace or he would have told us in block capitals.
Glad he seems to have used the bike,what happened to the original parts?Waiting with interest for further
pics,watching out of sheer badness.
Whippet,you've brightened my evening no end!
Cheers,
Pete.
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Post by velocipete on Jul 28, 2014 20:38:02 GMT
There were quite a few things he didn't know!I wouldn't both mentioning the make of inner tubes fitted.
For most people it's the tyres and their condition that's more important.
Quoting Shimano,he didn't mention the name,part numbers,hacks me off.I don't want to spend ages checking
whether it's Tourney or Tiagra.They weren't Dura Ace or he would have told us in block capitals.
Glad he seems to have used the bike,what happened to the original parts?Waiting with interest for further
pics,watching out of sheer badness.
Whippet,you've brightened my evening no end!
Cheers,
Pete.
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Post by Jem on Jul 28, 2014 20:41:07 GMT
Give him a break guys, he just put the decimal place in the wrong place. £85 sounds on the high side but reasonable... He did put the decimal point in wrong place didn't he? Please tell me he did...surely he did,didn't he, didn't he!!!  ? |
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Post by whippet on Jul 28, 2014 20:50:24 GMT
Like Pete said,I reckon people are watching it out a morbid sense of curiosity.
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Post by sprockit on Jul 28, 2014 23:13:23 GMT
Must be the 'supersonic' front inner tube that makes it worth so much!
Sprockit
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Post by velocipete on Aug 4, 2014 5:21:29 GMT
Didn't sell,now there's a surprise!Relisted,same price,watching again.
Think I'll make on offer of £8.50 on the assumption of decimal misplacing!
Cheers,
Pete.
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Post by whippet on Aug 4, 2014 7:37:44 GMT
I was going to offer exactly the same!
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Post by velocipete on Aug 4, 2014 7:53:20 GMT
He must be eavesdropping,price now reduced;-£750!
That will get punters beating a path to his door.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Post by Jem on Aug 4, 2014 10:26:57 GMT
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Post by cusqueno on Aug 4, 2014 11:48:15 GMT
From the pictures, this is certainly not a 1972 'Grand Prix'. From what I can see, it is probably a 1981 or '82 Aerospace (lugged) frame. Perhaps the seller has problems with the number ten? (See comments about the value being £85, not £850.)
It's good to see a Viscount nicely 'restored', presumably for use rather than sale, although most of us would query the idea of fitting such modern components. But the price is clearly ridiculous, even at £750. You cannot add up the time and expensive new components added and come up with a value of a bike. It's someone's law that, for bike prices, the total is always less than the sum of the parts. If someone has £750 to spare and wants a fast bike with modern components, why buy this? And if you want a good Viscount, you could get three or four for that money.
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Post by cusqueno on Aug 4, 2014 12:01:01 GMT
A pristine 600ex in Grimsby now heads the list if you follow your link. For £250. That is a realistic price but, if I recall correctly, the last 600ex in similar condition was listed a couple of times before it made £232. My 600ex (featured in some DFR1 pictures) is the same colour and with the same components - apart from pedals and clinchers rather than tubs - and mine has a larger frame and looks rather battered compared with this. I see the seller was impelled to mention the death fork. |
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Post by Jem on Aug 4, 2014 12:20:50 GMT
A pristine 600ex in Grimsby now heads the list if you follow your link. For £250. That is a realistic price but, if I recall correctly, the last 600ex in similar condition was listed a couple of times before it made £232. My 600ex (featured in some DFR1 pictures) is the same colour and with the same components - apart from pedals and clinchers rather than tubs - and mine has a larger frame and looks rather battered compared with this. I see the seller was impelled to mention the death fork. Ah yes, this link will keep updating, so I hadn't seen the 600ex. That is quite nice and in good condition, but I don't think it will be snapped up within minutes, hours or days come to that. Is that frame size of 22.5" in listing correct? Did they make 22.5? |
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Post by cusqueno on Aug 4, 2014 13:29:47 GMT
Is that frame size of 22.5" in listing correct? Did they make 22.5? In the (I think 1982) data sheet I have (on Flickr: 600ex) they list only whole inch sizes from 21" to 25"; BUT in the 1981 flyer they only list half inch sizes ( Aerospace 600 12) from 21.5" to 24.5". So it would seem they changed at some point and the measurement could be accurate. (I tried to be too clever with the quotes and can't sort it out.) |
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Post by Jem on Aug 4, 2014 15:23:11 GMT
In the (I think 1982) data sheet I have (on Flickr: 600ex) they list only whole inch sizes from 21" to 25"; BUT in the 1981 flyer they only list half inch sizes ( Aerospace 600 12) from 21.5" to 24.5". So it would seem they changed at some point and the measurement could be accurate. (I tried to be too clever with the quotes and can't sort it out.) Thanks for that info. Half inch wouldn't be that big of a deal, but it could be inch in real terms (if measured a little generously) and it does look quite short at head tube? |
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Post by velocipete on Aug 10, 2014 10:43:14 GMT
He must be eavesdropping,price now reduced;-£750! That will get punters beating a path to his door. Cheers, Pete. Reduced again,now ONLY £700 with less than 12 hours to go! A touch of panic setting in? Will he reduce it further as the cold light of reality illuminates his bike? Cheers, Pete. |
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Post by velocipete on Aug 11, 2014 12:26:00 GMT
He must be eavesdropping,price now reduced;-£750! That will get punters beating a path to his door. Cheers, Pete. Reduced again,now ONLY £700 with less than 12 hours to go! A touch of panic setting in? Will he reduce it further as the cold light of reality illuminates his bike? Cheers, Pete. No takers.Now relisted at £650! Is he slowly learning? Cheers, Pete. |
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