PING: Guy

"Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

daren said:

Time to move on surely. You've had it _days_ now and you _still_
haven't listed any modifications.

True. I have bar-ends to fit, the SON, I just fitted some lights, a
cordless computer, the optional Brooks might count as a mod, I've
switched the pedals to (and from) SPDs and I had them change the tyres
to Marathons.

But it is still pretty much as supplied...

Can you still get those little petrol engines that clamp on the front and
drive the front wheel by a friction wheel???

Mike Causer said:

Alan Braggins said:

I occasionally browse eBay looking at old Moultons, and noticed the bike
man on the market had one not long ago. None of them that I've seen have
been Stowaways though.

Mine came from JSM (a mutual friend), who I suspect was clearing space for
kayaks. The separability is not as easy as an AM or APB, and leaves you
with two pieces of bike, not a compacted one. Later Stowaways had two
gears, but this only has one -- the first single-speed bike I've owned
since 1960. It does have a certain charm, and the ride is very soft, but
the compromise of that one gear means I won't be going far from home on it.
I might use it to come over to your place when whatever you've ordered
from D-Tek arrives ;-)

He said the order should be in in a few days, after the Bank Holiday.

Quoted message said:

Oh yes, the consensus on the Moulton mailing list is that many of the
bikes on eBay go for quite a lot more than they're worth, except for a
4-speed Standard someone picked up for a fiver this week.

I did see one very firmly being sold as "spares or repair" for that sort
of price recently, but IIRC it was local collection only, in Cumbria.

Alan Braggins said:

Quoted message said:

I might use it to come over to your place when whatever
you've ordered from D-Tek arrives ;-)

He said the order should be in in a few days, after the Bank Holiday.

Prima! You will be filing a MURCNBR [1] of course?

Quoted message said:

I did see one very firmly being sold as "spares or repair" for that sort
of price recently, but IIRC it was local collection only, in Cumbria.

If you want a Moulton keep an eye on the sales list at the club website:
http://www.moultoneers.net/moultsw.html

[1] Mandatory Uk.Rec.Cycling New Bike Report

Welcome to the dark side.

Mike

Mike Causer said:

Alan Braggins said:

Quoted message said:

I might use it to come over to your place when whatever
you've ordered from D-Tek arrives ;-)

He said the order should be in in a few days, after the Bank Holiday.

Prima! You will be filing a MURCNBR [1] of course?

Sadly not, but if I tell you the order was only for a couple of 20"
tyres, you wouldn't have the incentive to come over.
Oops, blown the surprise now.

Of course going back to collect the tyres does give me yet another
opportunity to look at bikes.

Quoted message said:

If you want a Moulton keep an eye on the sales list at the club website:
http://www.moultoneers.net/moultsw.html

Sadly the list of things I want is much much longer than the list of
things I can really justify buying, and a Moulton is on the "it would be
nice, but no I don't really need one" list.

Mike Causer said:

Alan Braggins said:

I occasionally browse eBay looking at old Moultons, and noticed the bike
man on the market had one not long ago. None of them that I've seen have
been Stowaways though.

Mine came from JSM (a mutual friend), who I suspect was clearing space for
kayaks. The separability is not as easy as an AM or APB, and leaves you
with two pieces of bike, not a compacted one.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7158534159
appears to be a Moulton someone has converted into a folder. Hmmmm.
"ITS IN GOOD CONDITION APART FROM ONE
OF THE FOLDING BRACKETS BEING
BROKEN,ITS ALREADY BEEN WELDED BUT NEEDS TO
BE REPAIRED AGAIN"