Shorter Frameset - Reynolds 653 - 56TT - 57ST

Reynolds 653 Shorter frameset built by Barry Chick. I purchased this from ebay, from the original owner, a while ago. I had been using it as a commuter, but for the last few months it has sitting in my shed. Built up it looked like:

It's a very versatile frame having mudguard and rack mounts as well as horizontal dropouts. It has clearance for 25c tyres with mudguards. I also recently had the bottom bracket faced and chased to better accept an external bottom bracket. The frame is in good general conditions with a few scrapes (I'll detail if there is any interest) the most notable being on the inside chain-stay where the wheel came loose when I hadn't done the skewer up tight enough.

The measurements :
Top tube is 56 cm centre to centre,
Seat tube is 57cm centre to centre, 58.5 centre to top
Head tube is 16.5 cm.

Its fitted with a Campagnolo (chorus - I think) headset which is turning smoothly. I can include a 'campag aero' style kalloy seatpost, a zenith 100mm quill stem and a set of handlebars if they are of any use. I've got a set of compact or traditional bend pair - somewhere.

£200 + postage + fees (I may also be able to bring it down to London at some point)

Lovely!

Great deal ( probably too good a deal !) - GLWTS+++

I think its lovely too and it rides really nicely. I would like to keep it, but I'm a bit T-Rexy. I'd need the front end a bit higher to do any long distances on it and can't justify keeping it for the odd short jaunt.

The paint work is in pretty good nick and has a nice sparkly finish which doesnt come up in the photos. I have detailed all of the paint chips etc. They can be seen here:

http://img.guerillaunit.co.uk/index.php/Shorter

It also shows the clearance with 25c Paselas on wide (A119) rims.

I'm in Nottingham if anyone wants to have a look.

I'll be in London the last weekend of March. I can bring this with me if there is any interest.

Any interest before I try eBay?

one last bump for the afternoon crowd (knock a fiver off)

another last bump. Can include brake calipers, a saddle and a rack to sweeten the deal?

It's lovely and a good deal: I've had it bookmarked since you first advertised it.

Alas I do not have the necessary :(

Perhaps it'll be more appealing when the sun comes out proper?

I think i'll probably pull the add and put it up again later rather than knock off some money every week in a desperate effort to sell and then sell for less than its worth. On the other hand though if I can get rid of it, its a nice lump towards something custom from Messrs. Rychtarski or Orlowski.

I cant seem to sell anything at the minute, need to shift this as well:

653 is really nice tubing, why has nobody bought this?

I don't know. I might build it with some porteur bars or something as a pub bike.

I see this frame every morning before I commute to work. It makes me sad to see it laying there in protective foam. One actual last bump and I'm going to try and sell this elsewhere. I thought someone on the London forum would like bring the London built frame back.

The frame will come with the forks and campag headset, the zenith stem, a set of compact drops (Diaja), a Kalloy copy of a campag aero seatpost and the downtube shifter adapters. I may even be able to find a pair of rubbish oem tektro dual pivots, an old rack and a 10 speed bolt on shimano front mech.

Sensible offers invited.

I'd have bitten your arm off if this was a bit smaller. GLWS.

On hold.

dat MTB...

is still for sale: http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=321128