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@ghettro
I bought mine new. They come up on eBay quite often. The 70mm version is reasonably strong, and the 90mm is great. Although I would recommend getting largeish levers to get the most power out of them.
I have had the occasional sticking problem, although after several unsuccessful tries I managed to fix this by giving the cam a bit of a chamfer. Mind you this is after riding on them every day for 2 1/2 years, probably have about 8000km on them now, plenty of life left in the shoes still
This is the sticking problem
http://smutpedaller.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/sturmey-archer-xl-fdd-service-part-ii.html