Age of British Eagle Touristique

General cycling advice ( NOT technical ! )
musherrob
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Joined: 25 Jun 2008, 2:06pm
Location: wales

Post by musherrob »

diapason wrote:Pity - both too big :? I need an 18" :oops:

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Ok sorry but thanks
No dogsledding/building this time of year so i am back on my bike
diapason
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Joined: 6 Jan 2007, 7:13pm
Location: West Somerset, UK

Post by diapason »

C'est la vie - I'm despairing of finding a decent 531 frame to fit me :?

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Advena ego sum in Terra
Tonyf33
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Joined: 17 Nov 2007, 3:31pm
Location: Letchworth N.Herts

Post by Tonyf33 »

glad to see it is doing so well on ebay, exceeded expectations I hope!
I didn't get even 40% of that for mine 2 years ago & it had Shimano deerhead groupset :(
pete75
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Joined: 24 Jul 2007, 2:37pm

Post by pete75 »

chris667 wrote:It's not worth a huge amount of money, in case you're wondering. Certainly not as much as a Galaxy.


It's already at £255 on Ebay with a day to go. Reckon you could get more than that for a 20 year old Galaxy?
Nice to see a good but little known model fetching something like what it's worth.
random37
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Joined: 19 Sep 2008, 4:41pm

Post by random37 »

I'm asonished. Must be people on this forum bigging it up. But well done.
It's a nice bike.
asterix
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Joined: 29 Nov 2008, 2:58pm

Post by asterix »

I've a 60cm 1987 British Eagle. Definitely older than the one under discussion. I have the original sales leaflet from British Eagle (not for sale) in which they describe the bike as 'probably the best production touring cycle made in the UK today' and 'the cycle for the connoisseur enthusiast'. It was then priced at £283 and was their most expensive machine.

It's a really nice bike to ride. Or should I say was as it got damaged by a careless driver and needs new forks. Repairs, incl re-enamel will probably be about £150 plus but to me it's worth doing. Hell, it's only money..
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