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Should I buy another Velosolex?
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Should I buy another Velosolex?
Yes!
7 (24.1%)
No
1 (3.4%)
WTF is a Velosolex?
14 (48.3%)
Buy another measly machine, you twat
4 (13.8%)
I like apples
3 (10.3%)
Total Voters: 29
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Should I buy another Velosolex?
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June 30, 2012, 01:12:38 PM »
I have a 1975 Velosolex in my sights. I love these nearly useless things. I want it. Please persuade me not to get it. Unlike other ones I have bought, I doubt there is a profit in this one.
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Should I buy another Velosolex?
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Re: Should I buy another Velosolex?
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June 30, 2012, 01:19:11 PM »
I voted yes cuz I wanna hear your stories about riding it to work.
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Re: Should I buy another Velosolex?
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June 30, 2012, 01:19:56 PM »
Um-200 mile commute-nope.
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Re: Should I buy another Velosolex?
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Quote from: Papa Lazarou on June 30, 2012, 01:19:56 PM
No fair going downhill. Was that 28 kph or mph?
'75s are all yellow. Right?
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Re: Should I buy another Velosolex?
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June 30, 2012, 05:13:39 PM »
I can't believe you bought the first one!!!!
One vote for apples.
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Re: Should I buy another Velosolex?
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July 01, 2012, 12:25:12 PM »
Well, I bid £345 and didn't get it.
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Re: Should I buy another Velosolex?
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July 01, 2012, 01:52:36 PM »
Dang!
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Re: Should I buy another Velosolex?
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Quote from: Papa Lazarou on July 01, 2012, 12:25:12 PM
Well, I bid £345 and didn't get it.
Bummer. You need one of those.
PS. I voted #4 because it contained part of the word twatwaffle.
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Re: Should I buy another Velosolex?
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July 02, 2012, 05:57:43 PM »
Quote from: Papa Lazarou on July 01, 2012, 12:25:12 PM
Well, I bid £345 and didn't get it.
Hard to believe someone bid 346....
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Re: Should I buy another Velosolex?
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July 03, 2012, 09:41:18 AM »
Quote from: Papa Lazarou on June 30, 2012, 01:19:56 PM
Um-200 mile commute-nope.
200 miles @ roughly $8.50 a gallon....Holy Crap Batman....!!
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Re: Should I buy another Velosolex?
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July 03, 2012, 10:17:02 AM »
That's like from one end of the Big UK Isle to the other. Damn. Helluva daily ride.
If you have one, why buy another???
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Re: Should I buy another Velosolex?
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July 03, 2012, 11:07:24 AM »
Coz I sold the last two and am Solexless.
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Re: Should I buy another Velosolex?
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July 03, 2012, 11:08:26 AM »
I could imagine going Solexless for a while could suck.
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Re: Should I buy another Velosolex?
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July 03, 2012, 05:23:29 PM »
Quote from: Papa Lazarou on July 03, 2012, 11:07:24 AM
Coz I sold the last two and am Solexless.
I hate it when that happens. Kinda like losing your left nut.
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Re: Should I buy another Velosolex?
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July 03, 2012, 05:42:29 PM »
Where did the snow come from?
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