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Luddlet #3 is moving on to something that is more his size, so his beautiful little Orbit is up for sale. I'm in Forest Hill (SE23) and I'd prefer collection, not least because you'll probably want to have a good look at it before deciding whether it's right.
Frame dimensions:
17.5" seat tube ctc
21" top tube ctc
head tube 2 3/4"!
chainstay 14.5"
seatstay 18"
standover height 27.5"
It's a beautifully built frame with neat lugs and a very stylish slim form crown and a sparkly slightly greenish blue paint finish. It's got the usual scuffs and scrapes, but no dents and only a bit of superficial rust on some of the scuffs.
I'd say this would suit someone from about 4'10" upwards. My son is about 5'7" now and I really think he's too tall for it now - his knees are almost hitting the bars, and you can see here the daft high rise stem he's been using.
It comes with a rather lovely Campag 8 speed triple gearset, featuring their rather obscure thumbshifters (indexed) and rather. Campag headset, probably campag bb (but I've not checked) and lovely campag SP brakes with original campag pads.
Campag hubs with FIR EA10 rims, on which the anodising is barely worn. There's a bit of play in the rear hub - I've simply not got round to adjusting this.
It's currently got steel bars on a hideous but useful Kalloy stem, but I could provide ITM Millennium drop bars. I'm inclined to hang on to the basic shimano brake levers for his next bike. Seatpost is included, but no saddle and he'll probably want to keep the lovely plastic pedals.
Chances are that people will ask about splitting, and I'm willing to do that. Let me know if there are parts you're interested in, make me an offer or ask me for a price.
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