Originally Posted by
KrisA
I paid $1200 Canadian, including 10% tax, for my English made Pashley above. I've got a great LBS though who knocked off $200 from the retail, which is reasonable as they did not have to stock the bike, just order it. I did the assembly myself. Sure that's a couple of hundred more than a Chinese made bike like an Electra Amsterdam or Trek Belleville, but it was worth it to me, and I suspect many others as well. A quality bike should last a lifetime, why worry about the $200?
You are certainly correct. I'm a cheapskate, however, and as long as there are Raliegh 3 speeds out there, like my all original 70's vintage Sprite, for less than $100 I will go with one of those lifetime bikes.
But I do lust for the Pashley. I love their website and go there to drool often.
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1990s Raleigh M20 MTB--2007 Windsor Hour (track)
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