The Roberts Cycles Handbuilt Bicycle Owners Club

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Apologies had you mixed up with @MCamb 😬

Buy it!

Amazing but too small for me, also not financially sensible at the mo in any case :)

Wow only just found this site and so sorry I missed out on the big meet up. Had my tourer built 10 years ago and I am just amazed at how few people know about Roberts bikes.

Given on reflection I question the wisdom in having a touring bike specifically built for yourself and the cost, but finding this forum its got me thinking I might be literally sitting on a Curly Hitchens.

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I might be literally sitting on a Curly Hitchens.

How does that feel?

Not mine. But I hadn’t seen a Roberts mixte before, so took a (pretty awful) photo. Maybe one for ‘ways not to lock your bike’ as well...

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Yep feels good. Currently become my "go to" bike again.

Very nice looks Roberts on eBay - says stainless but it doesn’t look like any stainless frame I’ve seen before, dropouts look normal, tubes don’t look oversized, lugs etc... I’m aware I could very well be wrong... https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F183874192387

953 titanium you say..

Indeed, though they correct themselves in the added notes bit... just stainless, but as I say - doesn’t look all that stainless to my eye, though the chainstays might be fat enough... hmm... 🤷‍♂️ I want it anyway!

Finally got around to building this up.
‘91 - Columbus Max Audax.

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fuck, thats amazing .. where did you find it? peculiar geometry ..

Lovely!! TA cranks look nice

Bought the frame off Jack Thurston at Christmas. He bought it off the original owner. I’ve been slowly gathering parts.
Rides fucking great.

Oh man, that's sweet. I think if I had a Roberts and a Ti bike of some sort I would finally have enough bikes

Great looking frame, but terrible listing...

Am amazed it is already at £500+ with 6 days to go!

Yeah, few shill bids in there no doubt, but as you say, nice frame! £300 would have been my top end given the quality of the listing... 🤷‍♂️ Ah well, not the Roberts for me...

Gorgeous. Can't believe @JackT let it go. :)

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Dibs! Can you put us in contact?
Cheers,
Matt

Cheers to @amey for the assist 🙌 - I’ve been after a fillet brazed Roberts for years!

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Beautiful and a bargain..!

Almost identical to mine !

John.

That’s lovely. Max chainstays?