Where to pick up a good retro bike

[iandennis]

I've been bitten by the bug and am now on the look out for a good retro bike. Not sure what I want beyond a hardtail with suspension forks. I'd like to be able to fit disc's but not many older bikes have mounts for read disc. As a mechanical numpty is there a way around this ? I have an interested in old specialised and raleigh bikes. Apart from fleecebay and the sales forum on this site is there anywhere else i should be watching ?

Thanks

Ian

 

[mikee]

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewforum.php?f=4

there ya go fella

free ads sites/papers too

 

[coomber]

Try bike shops for any part exchanges they have.

As for discs, depends on your definition of retro but you'll be mostly going to be looking at year 2000+ for disc tabs. You can use adaptors but personally I think they are ugly and defeat the point. Either get a slightly newer frame or a modern bike.

Welcome to the site

 

[madjh]

Yo don´t buy a retro bike, you built it. First you find a frame, them the parts you like and cooked it and that´s is all. The retro bicycle you like

 

[Mark65]

Hi
My P7 i had from new, well my brother had it as well, but the kili comp i got very lucky and just stopped a chap in blackpool on the prom , got chattting and he said he was selling it, the rest is history in my garage, and since then i have seen many people on th prom and around different places on old bikes, just stop them and get chattin about how you used toi have one and make a cheeky offer for old times sake , it got me a minter.

Mark

 

[brocklanders023]

Always worth keeping an eye on bumblebee auctions if you've a police depot somewhere near. Every know and then a diamond in the rough turns up.

 

[coomber]

And try freeads and gumtree as these are free listings when people think their bike aint worth hassle of advertising elsewhere for fees.

 

[legrandefromage]

the tip is your friend

 

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