[LEL17] Cheapest bike?

[LeeW]

I saw what was possibly the most expensive bike being used on LEL, a ~£15k Birkenstock, but was wondering, which bike was the cheapest?  Any tales of someone buying a bike off eBay for £50 or anything like that?

[Bikeabilityman]

2013 LEL: £360 Ridgeback steel (reduced from £900)
2017 LEL: £900 Genesis steel (reduced from £1300)

There has to be a cheaper one out there.....

[LMT]

I saw what was possibly the most expensive bike being used on LEL, a ~£15k Birkenstock, but was wondering, which bike was the cheapest?  Any tales of someone buying a bike off eBay for £50 or anything like that?

Is that the bike that I've seen a picture of that looks like a Rat Catcher, but lower with a carbon front end?

[geraldc]

One of the Indian contingent, finished, but not in time on a 7 yr old Trek 3700, mountain bike with front suspension. When I saw the photos I didn't think he'd get round, but he did, and from Facebook he's an experienced audaxer who just refuses to get a road bike, so chapeau!

[dim]

https://twitter.com/marcusjb/status/891062417421209602/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Froad.cc%2Fcontent%2Fnews%2F227157-london-edinburgh-london-2017-finishes-today

Best #lel2017 bike by far. Rider from South Korea. 4 weeks ago, rode the 999 Miglia on this single speed bike with wheels off a child's toy.

[grams]

Did the Strida do the ride? I never saw an LEL frame number on it, or any photos on the way round.

[Mr Larrington]

I saw what was possibly the most expensive bike being used on LEL, a ~£15k Birkenstock, but was wondering, which bike was the cheapest?  Any tales of someone buying a bike off eBay for £50 or anything like that?

Is that the bike that I've seen a picture of that looks like a Rat Catcher, but lower with a carbon front end?

I think the one you're referring to was the machine Stuart Dennison was riding, which was a Burrows-built one-off.  The Birk Lee is talking about had a huge white tail fairing reaching almost to ground level.  And a Rohloff.  I might have a picture on my phone.

[sibi]

I ride my old trekking bike bought 2009 for 900 €. Only the speedometer failed and two spokes broke (the wheel being quite new: from November last year).

[Gattopardo]

There was a Raleigh Record Ace, rusty frame and all.

[DCLane]

Mine was a second-hand Ridgeback Platinum frameset, bought for £50 and used at PBP in 2015.

However the components were a bit better - despite being bought second-hand.

Probable total cost was about £600 but I've done 7000+ miles on it.

[Exit Stage Left]

There was a Raleigh Record Ace, rusty frame and all.

That's Peter Simon's bike. I interviewed him about it on the Mille Pennines in 2016. It's actually inteligently modified, and does what a very expensive gravel bike would do. Peter was a long way ahead of anyone on Mille Pennines.

https://youtu.be/UBIU38fbiyA?t=37

[Nuncio]

Well done for getting Peter to talk so much! He's a very impressive rider with a seeming predilection for rusty bikes.

[Gattopardo]

There was a Raleigh Record Ace, rusty frame and all.

That's Peter Simon's bike. I interviewed him about it on the Mille Pennines in 2016. It's actually inteligently modified, and does what a very expensive gravel bike would do. Peter was a long way ahead of anyone on Mille Pennines.

https://youtu.be/UBIU38fbiyA?t=37

I don't care how modified it is, it is still a record ace.  With a lovely patina.

[Exit Stage Left]

There was a Raleigh Record Ace, rusty frame and all.

That's Peter Simon's bike. I interviewed him about it on the Mille Pennines in 2016. It's actually inteligently modified, and does what a very expensive gravel bike would do. Peter was a long way ahead of anyone on Mille Pennines.

https://youtu.be/UBIU38fbiyA?t=37

I don't care how modified it is, it is still a record ace.  With a lovely patina.

I've modified my own Record Ace in the same way, and it's now my hack bike. There's not enough clearance for the 38mm Vittoria Hyper Voyagers at the back, so I need to find a solution to that. Mine's an '82 with the metal badge, Peter's is an '83 with the plastic badge, so the rear forks might be different. As I say in the film, I finished PBP 1999 on my Record Ace, and filmed one on PBP 2015.

[LeeW]

I saw this bike back in 2013: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10201653051229304&set=a.10201653038628989.1073741831.1269904677&type=3&theater
Anyone know any more about it, or it's rider?