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@Mayfair_Well
Hello dearies,
Because of a totally irrational, somewhat impulsive and wholly self-centred commitment to purchase a lovely L’Eroica Allin frameset from @abyrnesmith (http://www.lfgss.com/conversations/281629/)– purely because it bares my initial in gold on the head tube...... I am now in dire need of money and space for my new narcissistic chariot.
Collection preferred from work near Bond St station (anytime 8am-8pm is fine) as I live out in the styx. I’m happy to make an attempt at wrapping the frames up if you’re happy to arrange postage/courier. Part 2 of the sale shall occur over in CC&M with a menagerie of parts, sometime over the weekend.
Please bare with me here – first time I’ve actually posted frames for sale (as opposed to Freecycle) so if I’ve done something wrong or you want some extra info, please shout!
These are/were all “projects" which I have slowly come round to accepting that I’ll never complete anyway and potential prospect of moving home means that they all have to go. Since these frames have come into my possession, they have all been happily kept in a dry, tepid, indoor environment:
1. Bob Jackson (Vigorelli?) track frameset: *Optimistic £150.00p?* SOLD TO @f1s
2. Terry Dolan / Chevin Cycles / Woodrup Cycles Deda ZeroUno road frameset: *Now £35.00p*
Built: Late 90s?
Frame material: Steel Dedacciai Zero Uno
Top tube: 52cm
Seat tube: 50cm
Down tube: 58cm
Head tube: 10cm
Bottom Bracket: BSA, I believe.
Brakes: Drilled for front and rear.
Gears: Has all that extra malarkey you need to fit ‘em.
Dropouts: Columbus. Vertical, I believe.
Colour(s): Abomination of white, blue, orange with black detailing + Terry Dolan, Chevin and Woodrup Cycles Decals.
Cosmetic Condition: Pretty much intact, albeit a few scratches and is somewhat grubby (I will clean it up). If you have any sense of taste and dignity, you should consider a re-spray.
Structural Condition: a singe fault – <6mm crack to the rear of the seat clamp (see pic below). Didn’t give me any issue when I rode it home from collection. I’ve been quoted £45 as a repair on this from my trusted shop in Sheffield, but moving back to London resulted in me never getting round to carting it cross-country for the treatment.
Background: Wanted to try out a Deda Zero Uno frameset as I’d been told good things about them (stiff, bombproof). Found this on eBay and the seller claimed he inherited it from his uncle. Gave me a discount due to the aforementioned crack. While plastered with “Terry Dolan”, it was custom-built by Chevin Cycles in Otley (was TD ever there?) and then finished by Woodrup Cycles of Leeds. A better road frame presented itself soon after this one and so this kept creeping down my list of priorities. A weld-er-up-er? Simpler solution might be to shorten the seat tube and use a modern clamp. I’ll also the included the headset on this one as I have no need for it.