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I'm always on the lookout for interesting bikes, particularly good British ones, and sometimes I find them by accident.....I like it when that happens.
My daughter couldn't make V festival this year, due to one thing or another, and having an intensive driving course starting Monday, so I said I'd sell her ticket for her...I placed it on gumtree, and happened to notice an ad for '3 old bikes' accompanied with a picture of a BSO ....I checked the ad though anyway and saw the BSO, a low end Khalkhoff and another one that piqued my interest.....I couldn't identify it, but it seemed to have nice lugs and a decent brooks B17.
I made an appointment with the lady to see her at about 2, but couldn't make it. I then tried to go later, but someone else was there.....I thought I'd missed it.
She then said the other person, a collector, had taken one of the bikes, and did I want the other racer. I asked her to send me a picture of the one that was left, not holding out much hope....she sent this
Obviously, I was round there ASAP, and bought it for her asking price....which was very reasonable.
Currently, it looks like this
The plan at the moment, is to strip the unwanted bits off it, and see what state the paint is in.....the previous owner had hand painted the main frame tubes in purple...the original colour seems to be brown. I'm not sure if it's going to be a full resto, or a good tickle with the prettiness stick!
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