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Pashley do a modern version of the Parabike £575 it lacks the folding frame and has modern equipment, but a few cans of olive drab paint and some tweeks and a fair copy can be done, someone used one at last years Clunker classic and it was very very nice indeed.
I don't remember that one. I must have been drunk.
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Yeah the prices are very very high. Would love to own one at some point in time. The folding part is the part that actually makes me want to have one. A friend of mine has a 1939 Steyr army bicycle that he uses. Had to get new rims because he wasn't able to find a manufacturer that still makes tires in that size. Everything else is still original. He got that bicycle for free, put some new rims on it, new gumwall tires, cleaned it up, put some grease on places that required it and he was able to ride it. Weirdest chain and rings. Looks like it misses half the tooth.
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Booga & Arawn, yeah a bit niche and if the parabike has "history" meaning it was issued for active use and saw action in WWII then the price goes up lots, i found a frame only for about £450 then a fork and headset was another £150 i toyed with building up with fairly modern or easy to source period parts and have a really rideable and everyday useable bike that folds in half, the original chainsets with the push in pedal spindle are rare as later bikes had normal pedals, but loads of stock parts can still be found, it's about the cheapest way for re-enactor types to get into having there own transport.
It's a daydream as if it got nicked it would be hard to replace, and by the time i actually got round to doing it the price will be higher, a nice 853 custom frame would maybe be a better option, not as cool and lacking the history but doable.
And on that note Pashley do a modern version of the Parabike £575 it lacks the folding frame and has modern equipment, but a few cans of olive drab paint and some tweeks and a fair copy can be done, someone used one at last years Clunker classic and it was very very nice indeed.