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@malandro
I bought a this bike on the forum last week for a friend but it just wasn't quite right and so it's up for sale again.
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/265434/#comment12218278
"It's got a nice tight wheelbase and aggressive geometry that makes it fun and nippy. The frame has some neat features like ovalised tubing and tidy welds, albeit with a few chips in the paintwork."
"90s hand built Dawes Frame and forks. 52cm seat tube, 54cm c-c
Ovalised cro-mo tubing, neat extended seat cluster in a fetching orange.
Faultless shifting comes from RSX brifters, that have worked without issue for as long as I've had the bike.
RSX brakes, cool-stop salmon pads.
Rx100 rd.
Bombproof 'vuelta tempest' rims on shimano hubs, recently regreased.
New shimano bb, new stronglight headset.
105 crankset.
vittoria randonneur tires, front is part worn, rear virtually new.
computer included in sale, it has a neat backlight.
rad as hell part worn twotone handlebar tape and super sweet wine corks as bar ends"
£170 which is what I paid for it. It's been ridden maybe 400 meters since I bought it.
Currently in Leytonstone but could meet somewhere else with enough notice in the evenings/weekends.
SOLD.