For Sale: 23" Roberts Track

Posted on Thu 15th, October 2015

• #1

user57862
Roberts Track Bike No 570, built for me in 1976.
Black, Chrome forks and rear ¼. Forks drilled for Weinmann 500 brake.
Has been used at Hearn Hill, Harlow, Calshot and Welwyn, but most of its use has been time trialling on the road.
Campag Record headset and seatpin
Cinelli bars and stem.
Sugino 165mm cranks 144mm PCD (an exact and good quality Campag copy). Alternatively Campag 144mm PCD 165mm cranks can be substituted (or151mm PCD x 177.5mm ). Choice of Campag/other rings.
Wide choice of Campag Record Pista wheels.
£650 collected.

The seat tube is 23” when measured from centre of BB to top of seat lug. The top tube is 22” centre to centre, and the minimum wheelbase is 38”.

It is now 39 years old in its original paint and chrome. There is chipping to the “Roberts” transfers on the down tube from regular use of a TACX maintenance stand, but all is in pretty good order. It has never been damaged or abused, and there are no dents whatsoever.

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• #2

c4shr

Deeeecent. GLWS
• #3

jetski

built for me in 1976

keep it.
• #4

panic in reply to @jetski

i agree.. looks great.. hang it on a wall if you are not using it
• #5

JamesNQ

How the hell are you not super nostalgic with this? I have a hard time selling bikes I've spent an entire summer with!
• #6

user57862

I want to retain the bikes in regular use, and sell the rest.

The Roberts is simply a top quality '70's track bike. Too tall for me with tri-bars so its got to go!
• #7

Jingle_Jangle

That is a beauty. GLWS.
• #8

Fintan

Golly.
• #9

Ecobeard

Seriously lovely this is! I am lucky enough to to have a very similar Roberts track iron and it's absolutely wonderful.

This will make someone very very happy.

GLWS
• #10

user57862

Apparently not Ecobeard! I have had no interested response whatsoever!
• #11

Ecobeard in reply to @user57862

Ha! I keep coming back to this....

I assume this is 531 throughout, forks too?

Is it built for sprints too?
• #12

kadens

How tall are you?
• #13

user57862
I am 5'10", and 33' leg. I think the current stem is 125 or 135mm. The proportions are pretty standard for a 23" seat tube.

It was built for sprints and tubs, but 700c does fit. I have ridden club events, and mucky early season opens, on 700c's and Veloflex Record covers.

More recently, to use try-bars, I moved to a tiny Rondinella; originally built as a ladies touring frame, the proportions were perfect:

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• #14

IzMota

is it still for sale
• #15

IzMota

is it still for sale?

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