[Alexander Johnston]

I bought my first Moulton (a TSR 27) without trying it. Fortunately I took to it and still have it.
My second Moulton ( TSR 30 tour SR) was bought from a lady who only had it for a few months and didn’t take to it.
This seems to be surprisingly common.
There are several expensive modern Moultons for sale on the Classified List described in the following terms:
not used since 2006;
ridden 200-300 miles;
used very little;
ridden fewer than 10 miles;
covered 122 dry miles;
rarely used since 1990s.
I can understand someone buying a bike without trying it and not taking to it, especially a bike as unique as a space frame Moulton.
I can also understand someone buying a nice expensive bike and riding it occasionally but taking a more mundane bike on most rides.
But I find it difficult to understand why someone would buy an expensive bike and barely ride it at all and then sell it shortly afterwards unless perhaps their health deteriorated shortly after buying the bike, or the bike did not live up to expectations.
I suggest that the moral is try a Moulton before you buy because you may not take to it.
They are obviously not everyone’s cup of tea.

[Pandora]

I find the less valueable the bike the more often I ride it, my heavy-weight classic Dutchie was only £199 new, it has a 7 speed Shimano hub gear and roller brakes front and rear, sprung front forks hub dynamo pannier rack etc. I ride it in most weather conditions and I expect it to still be there when I lock it up in a public place. I cannot bear to leave my wonderful AM or TSR unattended, even at a BOA meeting

[Alexander Johnston]

I know that there are lots of bikes which are ridden a few times and then forgotten for years in the back of the garage.
But in my experience they tend to be cheap bikes which frankly aren’t fun to ride unlike a Space-Frame Moulton.
I also recall many years ago “Eddy Merckx” bikes were popular.
Many of them also ended up in the back of the garage because “normal” people couldn’t push the gears, again unlike a Space-Frame Moulton.
Like Pandora I ride my Moultons regularly but infrequently and take my Stumpjumper or Hewitt SE when rain is expected or riding trails.
Moultons are such fun to ride I can’t understand why anyone would buy one and not ride it, unless they couldn’t take to it of course.

[david james]

an old f-frame you can just about leave anywhere, most people think it’s a shopper/folder.with regards bike’s left in a garage for years i bought one recently (raleigh 20 folder) and the owner had died 40 years ago! his wife had forgotten about it!

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