retrolegends
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Anyone into Folding Bikes?retrolegends
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I bought this little beauty at the Raleigh Chopper Owners Club weekend at Billing Aquadrome last weekend for £20, its I believe a Hawk Escort from the 1970s and was made in West Germany, my mate who was with us got a Dawes Kingpin for the same price. Bought two new tyres and innertubes to go with it and a nice springy seat and put them on while we were there, perfect transport for cruising around the field on. Got it home and stripped it down and gave it a good clean, rubbed the paint down to give it a bit of a care worn look as the hand painted silver paint job looks pretty awful. Future plans are (according to the missus! ) to spray it turquoise and detail it with some pink Von Dutch stly pin striping (ladies bike after all ). Anyone else into these?
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1974 Hillman Avenger 1500DL1992 Volvo 240SE1975 Datsun Cherry 100a flying custard1965 Hillman SuperMinx Rock N Roller1974 Austin Allegrat Mk1 1.3SDL1980 Austin Allegro Mk3 1.3L1982 Austin Allegro Mk3 on banded steels2003 Saab 9-3 Convertible 220bhp TurboNutter1966 Morris Minor 1000 (Doris) 2019 Abarth 595C Turismo (not retro but awesome fun) www.facebook.com/DatsunCherry100a
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awoo
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i am sort of into these, i buy a lot of them to fix up and sell on to students and the like. the dawes is a great bike though, the rolls of folders.
they're very quick bikes i can keep up with a lot of bikes on one of these and they're very functional. plus you get a good quality vintage bike for not a lot of £££ by getting one of these. they make a lot of sense! they're surprisingly popular too
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retrolegends
Club Retro Rides Member
Winging it.....Since 1971.
Posts: 3,726
Club RR Member Number: 94
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Anyone into Folding Bikes?retrolegends
@retrolegends
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I am sort of into these, I buy a lot of them to fix up and sell on to students and the like. the dawes is a great bike though, the rolls of folders. they're very quick bikes I can keep up with a lot of bikes on one of these and they're very functional. plus you get a good quality vintage bike for not a lot of £££ by getting one of these. they make a lot of sense! they're surprisingly popular too You should have been there then mate, there was a guy with around 20 Raleigh Shoppers (not folding I know) and he was selling them for £15 each
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1974 Hillman Avenger 1500DL1992 Volvo 240SE1975 Datsun Cherry 100a flying custard1965 Hillman SuperMinx Rock N Roller1974 Austin Allegrat Mk1 1.3SDL1980 Austin Allegro Mk3 1.3L1982 Austin Allegro Mk3 on banded steels2003 Saab 9-3 Convertible 220bhp TurboNutter1966 Morris Minor 1000 (Doris) 2019 Abarth 595C Turismo (not retro but awesome fun) www.facebook.com/DatsunCherry100a
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awoo
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jebus! i would have bought them all at that price! i pay up to £30 for them or a little more for a kingpin, you did well to get those 2 they look pretty nice. worth looking after i think they have future value if in good condition, there were so many around and so few are left in a good state
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ckerr
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Jul 15, 2015 15:29:17 GMT
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Thread Resurrection!
I have been cycling for a year or so now and have a real hankeing for one of those folders with a small crate on the back to my commute, Anyone any more photos or threads of these funky bikes they have done up...
Did the Escort ever get painted and pinstriped?
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x30xe
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This is the missus's current stead. Rescued from the jaws of scrap man death. It's actually impossible to ride more than 3 metres on it without grinning like a chesire cat it's so characterful
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1999 S320 2000 740i 1999 728i 2000 V70 T5 2000 Disco II V8 2003 9-5 HOT Aero [let the smoke out ]
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