White GT Tyres - is £120 starting bid steep?

[Orange777]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/oldschool-BMX-GT-logo-tyres-tires-white-freestyle-performer-vintage-/280920801211?pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&hash=item41682f3fbb

Any advice always appreciated...

[midschooljon]

If they were mine Id start then at £99 and let it run from there. On the other hand your postage is double what it could cost to send them. Most online courier services would quote between £6-£8 to sent two tyres. 

[kev-s]

postage is too steep, a set of tyres cost £5.20 to send via royalmail std parcel

[GTnumber1]

its a foooooooooooooooooking joke people dont realise these tyres were made from 1987 up to 1997/8  and they have dates inside them

[pickle]

Maurice meyer had them on his orange beat which I believe was 85 Steve  

http://mauricemeyer.net/cgi/mm.pl?datafile=../general/BMX.txt&page=BMX/1985_Orange_Street_Beat

[GTnumber1]

Maurice meyer had them on his orange beat which I believe was 85 Steve  

those old pics look like shinkos or first gen GT tyres which are race tread patern, but that last pic is fs thread gt tyres which look NOS


trust me those tyres came out in 87  

[pickle]

So the pictures and the man himself is lying then  

On the mans own web site, with pictured evidence......it clearly says 1985 san-diago chrome and orange pre production beats, his orange one clearly has those white GT tyres

[GTnumber1]

So the pictures and the man himself is lying then  

check out this pic "Competing in the San Diego AFA Masters contest." they are gt race thread

if those tyre came out in 85 i know fook all about GT and ill give you every bike i own  

GT used shinkos in 85, 86 gt made there own race thread pattern in all colours, then 87 they brought out there first  GT freestyle tyre  

[pickle]

Not sure you can make the tread pattern out in those pictures 

[GTnumber1]

Not sure you can make the tread pattern out in those pictures 

ok you win GT made the tyres for that mavis bloke and didnt give any to fiola or any of the other GT riders till late 87 

i guess all my catalouges and info are wrong 

[Gnarlyscoots]

Personally, GT tyres in white with tan wall are sought after. People will pay what they want to pay for them. I would have started them £90 with £6.75 postage. You have to take into consideration the 15% Ebay and paypal fees plus packing materials that many fail to do.

Costa, who really says that Haro tyres are worth £200?? But they sell for that all day long. Even the later ones go for silly money 

[GTnumber1]

Personally, GT tyres in white with tan wall are sought after. People will pay what they want to pay for them. I would have started them £90 with £6.75 postage. You have to take into consideration the 15% Ebay and paypal fees plus packing materials that many fail to do.

Costa, who really says that Haro tyres are worth £200?? But they sell for that all day long. Even the later ones go for silly money  

ye your right, i couldnt care how much people put there stuff up for, i just think its stupid thats all, and killing o/s bmx with these ridiculous prices  

anyone want to buy a set of NOS white 1985 GT shinkos £500 posted  

[Gnarlyscoots]

It is stupid, I agree. It has got out of control but with an open market like Ebay, worldwide audience and so forth, there is more demand so in turn creates more dollars. Some of the idiots on the museum that charge unbelievable prices for tat are a good example as you well know. You have to take Ebay with a pinch of salt. People may start their goods at high prices but, they very rarely sell.

The thing with tyres though, they perish very quickly without treatment and to many, they just sit in the corner gathering dust. If people want to spend £200 on some Haro tyres to just sit in the corner, good luck to them. I prefer the Comp III re-issues at £36 a pair from Winstanleys. They are great for riding on, which is what I do, even though I have ridden on expensive tyres before   

I couldn't just leave a bike in the corner of a room. You get too old to ride it and then regret never having done 

[Orange777]

Not surprisingly they have thus far attracted zero bids!!

Must be someone sat on a hoard of these things!!

Thanks for the guideline. Can't justify over £100 just on tyres at the moment. Think will need a pair of slippers that never get ridden and some old Patrick Liverpool's for nipping out in!

Cheers!

[GTnumber1]

Not surprisingly they have thus far attracted zero bids!!

Must be someone sat on a hoard of these things!!

Thanks for the guideline. Can't justify over £100 just on tyres at the moment. Think will need a pair of slippers that never get ridden and some old Patrick Liverpool's for nipping out in!

Cheers!

You need shinkos if there for your 85 performer if your going to be era  correct 

[Orange777]

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[poolysheriff]

I,ve got a well used pair in white

shinkos

[bobbbbsy]

they are old tyres to most but if you want to to sell them for 2 days wages in some cases and some idiot will pay it then thats cool !!