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I bought this classic bike about 3-4 years ago from a nice fellow in Brixton. I wanted a touring bike with a more upright position and bought a frame with a shorter toptube length (which is about 51cm) and installed a Jack Jones H bar for a comfortable upright ride. I am 6 ft/1.80m however the guy I bought it from had it made for him-he was about 5.5ft/1.60m who had it in a more aggressive position.
I also took the forks to Winston Vaz in South London who built the Rough Stuff frames for Chas Roberts and asked him to put a new long stearing tube on the forks to achieve the upright position I was looking for. Further, I installed a new Chris King head set on the bike, a Thompson stem and a Tubus rack. I spent quite a lot of money on it and it has since seen little use.
The gears are trigger shifter Shimano XT, brakes are Mugura. Rest is Shimano Diore. I'll retain the peddles (everyone I meet thinks i'm crazy for preferring the shoe loops) and saddle and take them off when sold.
I had this listed elsewhere a but have taken down the adverts. I would like to sell the bike so I wont mess around a potential seller and will be frank, transparent and honest but would prefer not to sell my stuff at a loss. I'm not in a hurry to sell but have a 3 day window (Sunday, Monday and Tuesday 9pm) otherwise I'll put the bike into storage. I work out of the country. If it doesn't sell, I'll just put it into storage again and relist maybe at Christmas.
Cash on collection from HA8 North London. Any questions on: 07816978810.
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