How far do people travel......

[MattyZaskar]

To buy a bike ???

 

[Andy B]

depends on how much you really want it

I've done 180 mile round trips to collect bikes before (on more than one occasion)

 

[dyna-ti]

The world is my oyster.....


......If someone will pick it up and send it on for me

 

[feetabix]

.......full days work, finishing at 7pm one Friday in Coventry....m6 up to Glasgow to collect my Yates, hoofed it in car and m6 home, arrived at 3.30 am...........that's my furthest!.....

 

[Whatleymeister]

+1 for how much you really want it. Personally, I haven't gone very far, I think 15 miles is the furthest. I have only bough a few things on here (for now...!) and had them delivered. If I had needed to collect, the cost of the items would have been my petrol money, so I wouldn't have got very far :roll:

 

[BoyBurning]

Bought a bike about five or six years ago off German eBay that the chap wouldn't post. Collection involved:

Drive to Manchester airport
Plane from Manchester to Stuttgart
Train from Stuttgart to Baden-Baden
One hour drive from Baden-Baden to sleepy hillside town

I then had to buy a bike bag to take the bike back in the hold

Also have to factor in the 30 odd quid the bank took off me for doing a two day international money transfer (no, I didn't understand either).

All in all, it can safely be assumed I wasn't 'in it for the money'...


The bike was top dollar too but I soooo wanted it.

Of course, I then over the years have stripped it back to frame only and replaced everything.

It is the one bike I would never sell (even though I never ride it) because I simply have a ridiculous amount of time and money in it and I would probably cry.

And that ain't pretty...

BB

 

[mattbrown]

250 mile round trip, and also crawley west sussex to bristol and back on train (get the right ticket and cost no more than normal postage for bike)

 

[MiniNinjaRob]

I think it would be worth travelling a long way for a frame or bike that was something rare or you had searched for for a while. Especially if you weren't sure if the seller would package it well enough.

 

[Agency_Scum]

I'll look for the nearest railway station and see if a return costs less than £25.

 

[sylus]

I see my time as free so the only cost is the diesel

For quick turn around buy and re-sell normally set my sights and no more than a 50 mile round trip

For that one opportunity to never be missed for re-sell probably a 100 mile round trip

for personal consumption on something a bit special..as long as I can drive there and be back the same day then I have no limit