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Brand new un-ridden Btwin Mach 720 55cm
Mach frame (in 55cm my scales show frame only 1210g)
Taper 1.5" > 1.125" full carbon fork (even the dropouts are carbon, 320g)
Campag Khamsin wheels
Full Campag Centaur 10 speed black + red groupset (inc brakes, chainset, BB, no cheaper subsitutes).
Claimed weight 7.9kg (easily shave a few hundred gram off it with better saddle/tyres/tubes)
A lot of people scoff at the Btwin offerings, but I don't. Worked in the bike industry for long enough to see through a lot of the nonsense. The frame on these is Di2/EPS compatible (BB mounted battery) and internally cable routed, but cable routing done RIGHT! I've put enough lower end Specialized + Trek frames together to put me off internal routing for life, but these ones are fine. Internally the frame is well finished with no junky bits floating about like you see on so many frames. The matt finish is of HIGH quality and doesn't scratch or look nasty due to finger prints like some others do.
The ride, I've put about 800 miles on one of these frames and I love it, 55cm comes up fairly 'long' feeling with a nice low front end if you want it. Stiff for pedaling and steering, front triangle of the frame, tapered headtube/ fork assembly is rock solid, chainstays are nice and beefy, but seatstay's are the most skinny delicate little things I've seen, and they do an amazing job of soaking up the bumps.
I first built my own bike up with 25c tyres to tackle the potholed roads, but quickly went back to 23c as the back end just soaks it up.
Price, retail at £1200, and at that price they are very competitive, reduced to £950, and I'm selling this one, new £750 posted. You'll get the UK warranty with this.
Price Drops £750 > £730
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