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This is my wife's trusty commuting steed. It's not been used for well over a year as she uses her road bike these days, and bails if it's raining.
It's pretty well specced, with a tiagra group set. Newish Mavic touring rims on tiagra hubs and schwalbe marathon tyres with plenty of life left in them. Carbon forks and rear triangle - for that essential commuter weight saving.
However, it's been in storage for ages and could do with a service and a clean. It's got some cosmetic scratches and chips to the paint, so it'll never look shiny shiny. I rode it round the block and it goes well: gears change fine, brakes slow you down (xt v brakes btw), however, I'd wager it could do with a new chain and cassette in the not so distant.
It's got sks mudguards fitted and you can fit a rack if you like.
It's done a great many london miles and the odd tour round the uk. It's been used in all weathers and not pampered. So fair warning - it's a long way from mint. But it is an originally expensive bike - bought from Evans for about £800 if memory serves.
I'd guess it ought to be worth £200. But feel free to laugh if that's too much.
Top tube is 50.5cm. My wife is 5'4". It'd suit a couple of inches either side of that.
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