Hey guys,
I just picked up a 1930’s Malvern Star Track Bike and was wondering if anyone knows anything about them. I will post pics up soon.
cheers
If it’s a 5-star, it’s good for rubbish.
I can pick it up if you don’t want to bother with hard rubbish collecting.
haha yeah no worries…http://cgi.ebay.com.au/5-STAR-MALVERN-STAR-TRACK-BIKE-COMPLETE-RARE-_W0QQitemZ330367006457QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20091011?IMSfp=TL0910111310001r5889
Dude 
really? no joke?
thats for real
EDIT: Someone bought that for real, not me ha
^You bought that for $1800?
no not at all, just showing how much they are worth
to some people :roll:
seeming as you are all knowledgeable why are you ask mere plebs for info?
I’m happy to say I know very little about the type of bike in the eBay link… but IMO it looks like a terrible purchase. Had I not known they could sell for $1800 in what looks to be the worst condition possible, I wouldn’t even piss on it. Am I alone?
it is a particularly ugly looking frame. waaaayy too long…
Bikes pre-1950 had different geometry to the steel track bikes we see today (correct me if I’m wrong).
Especially if they were a path racer more so than a wooden board track bike.
Remember kids, just because it’s got horizontal ends doesn’t mean it’s a track bike.
the man speaks truth.
i have sitting out the back a malvern start star 2 roadster with horizontal dropouts built it up once its to long and short for me dont like the seat stays either.
<http://canberrabicyclemuseum.com.au/MalvernStar/five_star_history.htm>
This may help you, and also suggests why they are so sort after.
please define: sort after :roll:
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Sort after - Demand > supply…hence the $$$ paid for the item previously listed. :roll:
Whooooooooooooooosh!
Rumor has it, that you couldn’t just walk in off the street and buy a five star, they were generally only custom built for team racers, who were meant to return them when no longer on the team.