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Orange777:
Evening all,

I am down some serious cash (to me) after literally only a few months! Some is pure stupidity where I have paid about ten times what something is worth to c***s on eBay. Some is due to me forgetting I have two of something and buying a 3rd as its still being shipped from over the pond........and some is due to having no idea what stuff is worth!

One thing for sure though, when I eventually finish my first two builds which will be an 85 Pro Performer and an 88 Performer hybrid, I will be as happy as a pig in $hit. Can't see me ever wanting to sell them, nor would I recover my outlay - but who knows!!

This got me thinking..............


What did stuff actually used to cost?

My Mum bought be a Puch in the 80s that I hated and it was heavier than our Triumph.

Similar acceptance speech to Simon receiving the Yellow car in The Inbetweeners.......and yes I feel pretty f'cking bad about how I relayed that speech on Christmas day even now 30 years on!


This was upgraded to a Diamond Back something something 500 a few years later ......Think it cost her over £200 and I loved it.... I later sold it in 1991 to buy some purple om's on a night Sasha was playing The Palais in Sheffield 


Always wanted either a yellow or white GT Pro Performer or a Skyway TA - never had the money. So...........my question is.......How much were they back then?

My rich cousin had a Hutch (one of many rides he had) - how much would that have been?

What was the most expensive bike / brand  in the 80s?

Be interested if anyone knew?


PS........ How much was an 85 GT Pro Performer in I assume 85?

stu70:
Skyway Ta framesets sold for about £160-70, Hutch Pro Racer around £150, they actually weren't any dearer than most of the higher end frames available, a Pro Performer was about £165-70 when they came out.

Most bikes were just sold as frames and forks so they could be built up as cheaply/expensively as your parents could afford, most expensive completes were the Redline Carrera, Mongoose Pro Class, Harry Leary Turbo which were all in the £350-400 range.

hotdog:
Looptail PK Ripper,Skyways,Sugino Maxy Cross crank,Suntour stem,seatclamp,Rental bars,Shimano DX pedals,DC MX1000's etc cost me £300 in 1982

Jon The Bassist:
The only new complete BMX I ever had was my Falcon Pro that we got cheap somewhere, might have been about £100. The only brand new F&F I ever got was my Curtis Pro that I got for about £75 in 1986, that was half price in a closing down sale, so does fit with the prices suggested above. New Skool bikes are relatively cheaper now than Old Skool bikes are now and were then.

evamedia:
My GT Pro performer double bend down tube frame and forks cost £330 in 1987

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