Vintage French randonneuer's and porteurs.

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Great points, beautifully made. Just one thing sticks in my mind; F**CKING 17 F**KING THOUSAND F**CKING euros.

My version ^

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Don't be angry @Woz tongue firmly in cheek

 

[Woz]

^ Obviously the points not that beautifully made.

Sell that old tat and re-mortgage the house and join GCN and get with it.

Yours sincerely, nit picking, bike snob, Europhile protectionist, closet velo dictator.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

^ Obviously the points not that beautifully made.

Sell that old tat and re-mortgage the house and join GCN and get with it.

Yours sincerely, nit picking, bike snob, Europhile protectionist, closet velo dictator.

I refer the honourable gentleman to my previous post saying I would have a roomful if able

 

[grantoury]

closet velo dictator

 

[non-fixie]

The point I was trying to make (I think ) is not so much that new bikes are expensive, but that good quality second-hand bikes are (still) relatively cheap.

You may have to be quick, though, to get a good deal. In the automotive world people have cottoned on, and nice older cars (the ones that still have decent engines) are quickly becoming more expensive.

 

[grantoury]

The point I was trying to make (I think ) is not so much that new bikes are expensive, but that good quality second-hand bikes are (still) relatively cheap.

You may have to be quick, though, to get a good deal. In the automotive world people have cottoned on, and nice older cars (the ones that still have decent engines) are quickly becoming more expensive.

I have a profound appreciation and love for the old stuff but struggle to find 4400 euros relatively cheap. Maybe just because I don't believe in the economic principle of "it is worth what someone wants to pay for it." I think at some point the price exceeds the true value of the thing.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

I have a profound appreciation and love for the old stuff but struggle to find 4400 euros relatively cheap. Maybe just because I don't believe in the economic principle of "it is worth what someone wants to pay for it." I think at some point the price exceeds the true value of the thing in my view.

We are both so tight our collective arses creak and squeak as we walk. I'm inclined to agree with all of it though ^

 

[grantoury]

We are both so tight our collective arses creak and squeak as we walk. I'm inclined to agree with all of it though ^

Probably true, although in part it is a result of practical thinking and on the other hand it is a fluid thing, some things will get me to draw my wallet quicker than others

 

[non-fixie]

I have a profound appreciation and love for the old stuff but struggle to find 4400 euros relatively cheap. Maybe just because I don't believe in the economic principle of "it is worth what someone wants to pay for it." I think at some point the price exceeds the true value of the thing.

"Relatively" is the operative word here, of course. And to be clear: I didn't buy it. I am Dutch, after all.