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I’ve made a decision to use my “once a year family free holiday pass” for DH MTBing rather than touring
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Hell yeah! It’s also nice that my son has got into gravity fed MTBing so it’s particularly enjoyable to share the experience with him. I never really like using up precious holiday days on activity where I didn’t see my family. Don’t get me wrong, I love cycle touring, but it always conflicted a bit with my morals as a dad.
yetidamo
After much soul searching, I’m down sizing my fleet. I’ve followed the cliched N+1 for too long and need to reduce my bike count to a more sensible tally.
I’m sure I’ll rue this decision but all of my most prized possessions are up for grabs. They’ve all brought me great pleasure, are all superb for different reasons.
Demon Frameworks 953 bespoke lugged bike. There’s a “current projects” thread which provides more details on the frame and my decision making process when I had it made, including images of it in it’s raw state before painting.
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/206517/
It’s a fantastic bike and one I thought I’d never sell, but it was initially bought with touring in mind. I’ve made a decision to use my “once a year family free holiday pass” for DH MTBing rather than touring, so unfortunately that makes this bike a little redundant for me. It’s an amazing ride for long days in the saddle but it's also surprisingly rapid for short sharp fast rides if you are prepared to give it some licks.
Geo is bespoke to me (a bit of a T-Rex) so it has a 53cm C-C effective top tube and a 56cm seat tube measured from the BB centre to centre of the top tube. This geo does result in a fair bit of toe overlap for me with size 9 shoes and 172.5mm cranks. Despite the overlap, in the real world I’ve only caught the front wheel 2 or 3 times and always at slow speed negotiating round bollards or similar. It’s never thrown me off, and it doesn’t happen in normal riding but I feel obliged to mention it.
Every tube is stainless steel, main tubes are all Reynolds 953 and I think the others are Columbus or similar. The lugs are all stainless too, Rene Singer I believe from memory. It’s a genuine work of art and rides so tight. It’s quick too, despite having clearances for 28c tyres and guards.
Chris King headset (1”), Campag 10 speed group with a Daytona rear mech that allows for the 13-29 cassette, Hope Pro2 on Open Pro wheels, Campag Chorus Ti seat post (very rare, very nice), Brooks Swift Ti railed saddle (I have nearly full tub of proofhide you can have), Brooks leather bar tape, stainless bottle cages. Pedals not included.
It’s been used, but despite having had for a few years now it’s not been hammered as I have other bikes I use ahead of this. Hence selling it. There are signs of use as you’d imagine, a few chips to the paint, but generally it still pings in the sun and looks and rides superbly.
Looking for £xxxx* and will regret selling it the second it goes. PM me with questions. Thanks.
More pics and more bikes to follow...
*removed from sale on here, trying elsewhere for now. Thanks.