Bikeforums.net is a forum about nothing but bikes. Our community can help you find information about hard-to-find and localized information like bicycle tours, specialties like where in your area to have your recumbent bike serviced, or what are the best bicycle tires and seats for the activities you use your bike for.
pinkbeekeeper
05-18-12, 08:00 AM
Out garage saling... found a Triumph Cycle Ltd womens style, 3 speed sturmey archer hub, very good shaoe, decals are intact, black, seat replaced. I dont have a pick sorry. Says it out if the 50s but who knows. Ideas on price? He was aski g $50a tha ks!!!!
Without a picture, $50 sounds OK, not great. Sturmey Archer hubs all have date codes. Womens style 3 speeds tend to sell for less than mens style.
I figure any garage sale bike has been sitting neglected for a while (thats the stage a bike goes through before being declared "garage sale fodder".) As such, they pretty much always require a thorough service: bearings, grease, cables, housings, often tires and tubes. Unless you can do the work yourself, by the time you are done, you would be way upside down on it.
I had a womens style Triumph I picked up. Paint and decals were perfect, color matched original fenders, chrome shiny and bright, totally rust free, and original matching saddle. The cleanest 3 speed I have seen.
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4113/5184979847_00ecffd48c_b.jpg
lostarchitect
05-18-12, 08:41 AM
I bought one of these a while back for $20. It was a little beat up, but mostly functional. If yours is in good shape and totally functional, I don't think $50 is bad at all.