Originally Posted by
craiglittlefiel
I have a Colin Laing tandem I want to sell. I have no idea what it is worth. I also don't know what the market is here in Tucson for a collector bike.Can you give me a better idea of what I have and what it is worth and how best to sell it?
Craig Littlefield
This is s special collector bike which was custom build by a well know builder in Arizona, Colin Laing. Laing was a British custom bicycle fabricator that moved to Arizona back in the 1960s and opened a shop in Phoenix. His bikes are well known to antique and classic bicycle collectors. He made this bike somewhere back in the 70’s. I have owned since about 1984. I understand that he specialized in track and racing bike. I believe he made very few tandems.
It is constructed of small tube Reynolds steel. Almost delicate looking. It is a beautiful bike.
Black with polished components.
Shimano Suntour 7GT derailleur, 15 speed
Dia Comp calipers
Campaganola shifters on the down tubes,
Rear hub is a 36 spoke ATB Special with a drum brake
Mavic 27x1.26 36 spoke rims
25 inch front and 21 inch rear frame axle to top of seat tube
Classic brooks seats
Wide flange Campaganola 36 spoke front hub
Sugino AT crank
Campagonola wheel Skewers
Campagonola rear drops
Chrsaphe Pedal clips
Kyokuto Pro Ace pedals.
Hi Craig, Welcome aboard, glad you found us.
While you are mostly correct about "special, custom, collector" bike, the market for them can be very narrow, even much more so for tandems.
I would encourage you to seek out a local tandem club as shipping kills most any deal on them.
They are often given away after taking up too much room for too long and not being ridden.
All that being said, we need pics, good ones and lots of them, to venture any opinions.
You need 5 posts X 2 days for 10 to post them here, if you try now they will go to a gallery and someone may move them here.