Sell your old bike!

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This must win the "Most Incompetent Spammer" award!

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Tony

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Tony Raven <[email hidden]>typed

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This must win the "Most Incompetent Spammer" award!

Quite. Sheddi and cyclists seldom sell their possessions.

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Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden]
Edgware.

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Tony Raven <[email hidden]>typed

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This must win the "Most Incompetent Spammer" award!

Quite. Sheddi and cyclists seldom sell their possessions.

That would explain the complete absence of discussion of second hand bikes
and bike bits bought on eBay here, or advertisments for same :-).

(On which subject, can anyone tell me what model hub this is?
http://snipurl.com/kqnp)

in message <[email hidden]>, Alan Braggins

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In article <[email hidden]>, Helen Deborah

Vecht said:

Tony Raven <[email hidden]>typed

Quoted message said:

This must win the "Most Incompetent Spammer" award!

Quite. Sheddi and cyclists seldom sell their possessions.

That would explain the complete absence of discussion of second hand
bikes and bike bits bought on eBay here, or advertisments for same :-).

We _buy_ second hand bikes. We don't _sell_ second-hand bikes.

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Iraq war: it's time for regime change...
... go now, Tony, while you can still go with dignity.
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in message <[email hidden]>, Alan Braggins

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In article <[email hidden]>, Helen Deborah

Vecht said:

Tony Raven <[email hidden]>typed

> This must win the "Most Incompetent Spammer" award!

Quite. Sheddi and cyclists seldom sell their possessions.

That would explain the complete absence of discussion of second hand
bikes and bike bits bought on eBay here, or advertisments for same :-).

We _buy_ second hand bikes. We don't _sell_ second-hand bikes.

So what do you do with them once you have bought them, or do you have a
bottomless pit in your garden which you are trying to fill?

Alan

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Iraq war: it's time for regime change...
... go now, Tony, while you can still go with dignity.
[update 18 months after this .sig was written: it's still relevant]

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In article <[email hidden]>, Helen Deborah
Vecht wrote:
>Tony Raven <[email hidden]>typed
>
>> This must win the "Most Incompetent Spammer" award!
>
>Quite. Sheddi and cyclists seldom sell their possessions.

That would explain the complete absence of discussion of second hand
bikes and bike bits bought on eBay here, or advertisments for same :-).

We _buy_ second hand bikes. We don't _sell_ second-hand bikes.

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So what do you do with them once you have bought them, or do you have a
bottomless pit in your garden which you are trying to fill?

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Alan

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[email hidden] (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/
Iraq war: it's time for regime change...
... go now, Tony, while you can still go with dignity.
[update 18 months after this .sig was written: it's still
relevant]

I mostly give them away, though I confess I sold one to Myra, late of
this parish.

Since I can't ride any more, I will describe the fate of my bicycles:

1) Kuwahara Pacer hybrid: sold to work colleague
2) Brompton folder: given to 12-year-old nephew
3) Cheltenham Pedersen: given to Tim Hall of this parish
4) Flying Scot touring cycle: given to man who later moved into my home.
Biccycle still lives in my hallway.
5) Orbit Harrier touring/Audax machine: same fate as Scot, but lives in
the garage.

My partner sold one of his bicycles to the chap that painted the house...

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Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden]
Edgware.

Alan Holmes said:

"Simon Brooke" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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in message <[email hidden]>, Alan Braggins

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In article <[email hidden]>, Helen Deborah
Vecht wrote:

>Tony Raven <[email hidden]>typed
>
>
>>This must win the "Most Incompetent Spammer" award!
>
>Quite. Sheddi and cyclists seldom sell their possessions.

That would explain the complete absence of discussion of second hand
bikes and bike bits bought on eBay here, or advertisments for same :-).

We _buy_ second hand bikes. We don't _sell_ second-hand bikes.

So what do you do with them once you have bought them, or do you have a
bottomless pit in your garden which you are trying to fill?

Make/buy a bigger shed to put them in, obviously.

James
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Helen Deborah Vecht said:

3) Cheltenham Pedersen: given to Tim Hall of this parish

And very lovely it is too. Took it for a ride on Sunday with the
Tandem Club, wot with Mrs. Hall having a poorly Oomeknee. 35 miles in
brilliant winter sunshine up Beachy Head then down v fast towards
Birling Gap. Gets a bit lively above 30 mph. Northwards through East
Dean, lunch at Berwick, more lanes then the Cuckoo Trail and back to
Eastbourne for home molished Min Spies. Then whizz down to the station
and train back to Gatwick.

Tim

Tim Hall <[email hidden]>typed

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3) Cheltenham Pedersen: given to Tim Hall of this parish

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And very lovely it is too. Took it for a ride on Sunday with the
Tandem Club, wot with Mrs. Hall having a poorly Oomeknee. 35 miles in
brilliant winter sunshine up Beachy Head then down v fast towards
Birling Gap. Gets a bit lively above 30 mph. Northwards through East
Dean, lunch at Berwick, more lanes then the Cuckoo Trail and back to
Eastbourne for home molished Min Spies. Then whizz down to the station
and train back to Gatwick.

Glad it's found a happy home!

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Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden]
Edgware.

Simon Brooke said:

Alan Braggins (') said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Helen Deborah

Vecht said:

Quite. Sheddi and cyclists seldom sell their possessions.

That would explain the complete absence of discussion of second hand
bikes and bike bits bought on eBay here, or advertisments for same :-).

We _buy_ second hand bikes. We don't _sell_ second-hand bikes.

(Mentally reviews shed contents.) You may have a point.
However _someone_ is selling them. Aha - it must be bike-owning
non-cyclists, which neatly explains why they want to sell them.

On the other hand, I really will get around to selling some grown-out-of
childrens' bikes and U+2 sometime soon. Really. And
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.rec.cycling/search?
group=uk.rec.cycling&q=FA&qt_g=1&searchnow=Search+this+group
has a fair number of hits, including some bikes.

Simon Brooke said:

Iraq war: it's time for regime change...
... go now, Tony, while you can still go with dignity.
[update 18 months after this .sig was written: it's still relevant]

P.S. Still relevent, but I'm not convinced "you can still go with dignity"
is still true.

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Helen Deborah Vecht said:

3) Cheltenham Pedersen: given to Tim Hall of this parish

And very lovely it is too. Took it for a ride on Sunday with the
Tandem Club, wot with Mrs. Hall having a poorly Oomeknee. 35 miles in
brilliant winter sunshine up Beachy Head then down v fast towards
Birling Gap. Gets a bit lively above 30 mph. Northwards through East
Dean, lunch at Berwick, more lanes then the Cuckoo Trail and back to
Eastbourne for home molished Min Spies.

Beachy Head to Berwick in one morning! I would say it gets lively!

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Simon Brooke <[email hidden]>typed

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in message <[email hidden]>, Tim Hall
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Helen Deborah Vecht said:

3) Cheltenham Pedersen: given to Tim Hall of this parish

And very lovely it is too. Took it for a ride on Sunday with the
Tandem Club, wot with Mrs. Hall having a poorly Oomeknee. 35 miles in
brilliant winter sunshine up Beachy Head then down v fast towards
Birling Gap. Gets a bit lively above 30 mph. Northwards through East
Dean, lunch at Berwick, more lanes then the Cuckoo Trail and back to
Eastbourne for home molished Min Spies.

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Beachy Head to Berwick in one morning! I would say it gets lively!

There is more than one Berwick...

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Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden]
Edgware.

Helen Deborah Vecht said:

Simon Brooke <[email hidden]>typed

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in message <[email hidden]>, Tim Hall
([email hidden]'😉 wrote:

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On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:54:52 GMT, Helen Deborah Vecht
<[email hidden]> wrote:

>3) Cheltenham Pedersen: given to Tim Hall of this parish

And very lovely it is too. Took it for a ride on Sunday with the
Tandem Club, wot with Mrs. Hall having a poorly Oomeknee. 35 miles in
brilliant winter sunshine up Beachy Head then down v fast towards
Birling Gap. Gets a bit lively above 30 mph. Northwards through East
Dean, lunch at Berwick, more lanes then the Cuckoo Trail and back to
Eastbourne for home molished Min Spies.

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Beachy Head to Berwick in one morning! I would say it gets lively!

There is more than one Berwick...

Luckily, else I'd be more knackered than I was. Berwick near Cuckmere
rather than Berwick on Tweed. But you knew that.

Tim