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Question: 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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« on: 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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« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2012, 01:19:11 PM »
I voted yes cuz I wanna hear your stories about riding it to work.  Lol
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« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2012, 01:19:56 PM »


Um-200 mile commute-nope.
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« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2012, 05:01:14 PM »
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No fair going downhill.  Was that 28 kph or mph?


'75s are all yellow. Right?
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« Reply #4 on: June 30, 2012, 05:13:39 PM »
I can't believe you bought the first one!!!!


One vote for apples.
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« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2012, 12:25:12 PM »
Well, I bid £345 and didn't get it.
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« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2012, 01:52:36 PM »
Dang!  Sad
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« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2012, 01:52:36 PM »

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« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2012, 01:57:52 PM »
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.




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« Reply #8 on: 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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« Reply #9 on: 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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« Reply #10 on: 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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« Reply #11 on: July 03, 2012, 11:07:24 AM »
Coz I sold the last two and am Solexless.
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« Reply #12 on: July 03, 2012, 11:08:26 AM »
I could imagine going Solexless for a while could suck.
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« Reply #13 on: 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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« Reply #14 on: July 03, 2012, 05:42:29 PM »
Where did the snow come from?
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