Orange Aluminium Elite

[forty45]

It's still available bump.

 

[wardsta23]

Thats lovely! Frame too big for me also GLWS

 

[GT-Steve]

Really can't understand why this is still here..... :cry:

 

[forty45]

SOLD - Orange Aluminium Elite

Funny old game ain't it?

Sold on e-bay last night. Started it at £120 and got £186 - over 700 views and nearly 70 "watchers" led to 5 bids (1 retracted after 5 days because he'd entered the wrong amount??!) (plus an offer of £100 cash!!).

So from a guide value of £200 - 245 from Retrobike it was not that far off in the grand scale of things, but when you consider this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/270990841477? ... 500wt_1413 went for £590 on the same night with crack in the frame and seized seat post with only a slightly smaller frame you do wonder what is going on.

 

[feetabix]

right place right time job.....s'a fanny old game though!.....

 

[sylus]

Re: SOLD - Orange Aluminium Elite

Funny old game ain't itwhen you consider this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/270990841477? ... 500wt_1413 went for £590 on the same night with crack in the frame and seized seat post with only a slightly smaller frame you do wonder what is going on.

Not really, I'm glad you got your sale but that particular orange you posted is a very rare beast indeed and not the everyday joe avaliable bike..this might explain

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... 29&start=0

 

[brocklanders023]

Think you got around the right money for it, maybe towards the lower end but not far off. If it'd been a 19" I think it would have made nearer £220/50 but there's not as much demand for 21".

The Formula's a different bag of turnips all together. Before the damage was found it was up at £1000!

 

[forty45]

Re: SOLD - Orange Aluminium Elite

Not really, I'm glad you got your sale but that particular orange you posted is a very rare beast indeed and not the everyday joe avaliable bike..this might explain

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... 29&start=0[/quote]

Ahh thanks for the explanation - I can remember the Formula name but 20 years has dulled the memory of where it could "rank"......

 

[forty45]

Think you got around the right money for it, maybe towards the lower end but not far off. If it'd been a 19" I think it would have made nearer £220/50 but there's not as much demand for 21".

Thanks - I didn't think I needed a 21" at the time (I'd come from a 19" Dynatech which I'd been very pleased with (until some bar steward nicked it)) but the salesman was positive and as there wasn't one to try in the shop I went with his advice. Hey ho. If you are 6 foot plus you always seem to be shown only the biggest bikes for some reason rather than allowing you to try up through the sizes.