Bill – – one day perhaps I’ll offer you my 58 Betty Foy for sale but today isn’t the day! It’s a perfect city bike for me and I love it for that. I love it for my longer rides too
It isn’t short wheelbase to me compared to non-Riv bikes, But it IS a short-*er *wheelbase than current Rivs. I think my 2019 homer and this Betty from early production run have similar wheelbase. Peech — I bought my Betty Foy complete about two years ago for about $1400-1600. The owner was a mechanic so I didn’t need to do anything and could ride it as is. The frame was in decent shape, no dents, a few areas beginning to rust. However, for me, it was within a 2 Hour Drive so I could look, test ride it, and bring it home with me without any shipping costs or fears that it would be damaged in shipping, or worse not even shipped. For this, I was willing to pay a more. I have seen others in worse shape for less money. And one beautiful Yves Gomez for less money. Roberta On Friday, July 4, 2025 at 11:36:38 AM UTC-4 Bill Lindsay wrote: > It depends. In a just world, everything in good condition but used should > be half-retail. A complete Betty Foy retailed for $2000 or thereabouts, so > any fair minded person would want to see a good used Betty Foy for $1000, > and a used Betty Foy needing a lot of new consumables well under $1000. If > it's just old, and essentially unused then maybe somewhat more than > half-retail would be appropriate. I built up a 52cm Betty Foy for my wife > (actually an Yves Gomez), and she barely rode it. I decided I wanted one > for myself in a 58 and offered the 52 in trade -OR- offered to buy a 58 > Betty frame set for $1000 -OR- offered to sell my 52 for $1000. Somebody > bought my Betty Foy frame set for $1000 and nobody came forward to sell me > a 58 frame for $1000. Nobody wanted to trade. Search the list archive to > see the post in 2022 when I was attempting that transaction. > > In an unjust 2025, a new Platypus is $4000, and a Betty Foy is a short > wheelbase, more retro, more "Rivendell Roots" more "golden age", sportier > Platypus, so it may be more desirable for a retro-Riv-fan. If you want to > get as many dollars as possible out of a stranger from that niche audience, > then try to get $3000 and see if you can find a determined buyer, and turn > a profit! > > In general, the bigger it is, the more it is worth. Big step-through > bikes are not common outside of Rivendell. Small step throughs are very > common. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > On Friday, July 4, 2025 at 7:24:15 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > >> Has anyone sold a Betty Foye, in good shape with the usual Riv >> components? At what price? Thanks. I appreciate the collective knowledge >> of this group. Happy 4th. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/c041ea95-97a9-4e8e-9883-81e4d0aa16abn%40googlegroups.com.
