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On 2004-12-09, hippy <[email protected]> wrote:
> "suzyj" <[email protected]
>> http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2290896347
>> That's some scary price for a fifty year old Malvern Star!

>
><runs to nearest hard-rubbish-day suburb with fingers crossed>
>
> At least it's a bike.. the prices some people pay for wine
> bottles dredged from the bottom of the ocean is scary!


Damn... now people know why I did my open water course. Where'd I put
that chainsaw? Gotta get rid of the evidence, y'know...

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I had a look at a 1992 Bicycle Buyers Guide for Austarlia. And the
most expensive bike available was the 1992 "Oppy Special" Malvern
Startat just under $ 4,000 !! Well, it DID feature the new Dura-Ace
STI levers:


"Change gears without having to take your hands off the breaks" was the
pitch
 
Richard Sherratt said:
On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 12:26:28 +1100, suzyj
<[email protected]> wrote:

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>http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2290896347
>
>That's some scary price for a fifty year old Malvern Star!


Nice looking bike.

Didn't someone around here find a five-star on the nature strip not so
long ago?

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Richard.
That is seriously sexy!!! love to rock up to a BR(x) on that!

but why does it have eyelets for panniers/guards at the dropouts?

and very good thinking to have little hole to pour the grit into on the BBshell too :)

F-curly-lugs-and-pinstriping-D
 
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 13:38:52 +1100, suzyj
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>Richard Sherratt wrote:
>
>> Didn't someone around here find a five-star on the nature strip not

>so
>> long ago?

>
>That would be this one:
>
>http://tinyurl.com/44bk7
>http://tinyurl.com/5tnc9
>http://tinyurl.com/5xhg8


That's the one.

>It's ***MINE*** <insert maniacal laughter>.
>
><grin>


Grrrr :)

>Only difficulty is that restoring it is sending me broke.


Yeah. Looks like it needs a little TLC :)


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"flyingdutch" <[email protected]> wrote in
mesage:

> That is seriously sexy!!! love to rock up to a BR(x) on that!
>
> but why does it have eyelets for panniers/guards at the dropouts?


Back in the '50s most track racers would have put in their training miles on
the road, riding to work etc. Road rules required a white painted rear
mudguard, and the standard road kit was more likely to include guards.

> and very good thinking to have little hole to pour the grit into on the
> BBshell too :)


That was also a standard thing with lots of bikes. My old Barry Waddell 24"
in 1967 had one. It had a cap to close it off, and was a lube hole for the
BB.

> F-curly-lugs-and-pinstriping-D


My 1980 road bike has pin striping and lug outlining, with my name on the
top tube and Cecil Walker on the down tube. All hand painted. A shame the
one old guy who did this passed away in the late 80s and no-one does this
now. If I get the bike resprayed I lose all that pin striping :-(

Cheers
Peter