Re: [CR]ALENAX BICYCLES

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing)

Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 18:57:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: "David Feldman" <feldmanbike@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]ALENAX BICYCLES
To: themaaslands@comcast.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <CATFOODFa6wgxgoNrRJ0000015c@catfood.nt.phred.org>


A friend of mine rode one when they were demo-able at a Long Beach, CA, bike dealers' show in the early 1980's. She described it as pleasant to ride ergonomically, but feeling like a bucket of bolts threatening to disintegrate mechanically.
David Feldman
Vancouver, WA


--- themaaslands@comcast.net wrote:


> Martin asked:
>
> > I have a chance to buy a used Alenax bicycle. The
> price is to be
> > negotiated.The owner was asking $200.00 for a used
> Alenax.The bicycle is
> > not as rare as the current owner told me....only
> one of three ever
> > made......
> > I have found a second source who claims he has
> 100 NOS,NIB models of
> > the Alenax bicycles,for $200.00 plus shipping
> > My question is are these (ALENAX) a bicycle worth
> having in a collection
> > if the price is right?
> > JEFF ARCHER AT FIRST FLIGHT BICYCLES HAS A PICTURE
> OF ONE (ALENAX
> > bicycle) on his website.
> > The bicycles reportedly were made (invented)
> around 1982 and were a
> > flash in the pan as far as changing the bicycle
> industry.
> > Any feed back on these "stair stepper" type
> bicycles would be
> > appreciated from list members "in the know".
>
>
> There were 2 red NOS NIB Alenax lever-propelled
> bikes being offered at the
> Hershey Car show last fall. If I remember correctly,
> they wanted $150 each. The
> fact that it made it into production is quite
> something. There will always be
> somebody who will treasure such oddities, but I
> doubt it will ever have any
> true monetary value. I almost bought one of the
> Hershey ones.
>
> --
> Steven Maasland
> Moorestown, NJ
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