SOLD - Late ‘00s Ron Cooper - NOS Columbus 54cm

For sale is my beloved CAAD one of the last USA built frames!...wait wrong biek....

Anyway, this one does hurt (cue tiny violins) but needs must. Read all about it here: https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/352728/

Bought as a NOS Ron Cooper, tentatively dated to 2009, which is in classic RC style an unknown mix of probably Columbus tubing. Downtube is 31.7 od, Top Tube is 28.6, so could be Spirit, Life or Zona.
Enough waffle, heres the deets

F+F
Columbus tubing - mixed poss Spirit/Life/Zona
Top tube 55cm ctc
Seat tube, 53cm ctc / 56cm ctt
Head tube 12cm
Chainstay 40cm ctc
2.49 kg (Fork 700g, Frame 1.69kg)
Painted in Dark Flam Red by Argos (Nov '20)
Frame is pristine, has never been ridden since being built in 2009

Wheels
Bitex hubs / Sapim C-Xray spokes / Aforce Al-33 rims
built by Ryan Builds Wheels in 2019, done less than 700k
Unfortunate spill on previous bike has left scratches on the brake track, see pics, but run true and smooth.
Panaracer Race Evo 3 Light 28c tyres (never run), Tubolito Tubes (plus spare and patch kit)

Groupset
Sram Force 22 - 50/34 with 11-28t cassette
Sram Red Aerolink Callipers
Rotor 2d crank and BB, New and unused
scratches to RD, from aforementioned spill. see pics.
Sram Red22 chain (new)

Finishing kit
Nitto Dynamic 90 stem
Nitto S65 Seatpost
Nitto M109AA Compact drops (40cm ctc)
Fizik Supercush Tape

Total weight 8.5kg
Pedals and saddle not for sale ideally, finally found a comfy saddle so yeah, i'd like to keep it.

Based in Bristol, could do with getting £900 out of it, but feel free to let me know if i'm aiming to high.

Now £850

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The damage from “gravel”

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Bloody lovely! Sadly to small for me but can’t imagine this hanging around for long. Glws

That colour is fab, had sold Argos frame in it (cheaply as it seems :( ), so pictures don't do it justice, it kind of glows.

GLWS

The damage from “gravel”

Bloody gravel. Lovely bike!

Now, that... is beautiful. My size, my style... but no space. Glws.

Not that you should but if you do decide to split, I’d be interested in the wheels.

Now if I didn't have my own 54cm Ron Cooper with SRAM Force and Nitto all over it...

This is lovely!! GLWS!

Bloody lovely this. Brain ticks, which is dangerous

A beaut. @picco should buy it, he’s nearby too.

Pretty bike innit, but you know I don't do quill (that squabs velo orange being a rare deviation, I'm over it now)

Frame Geo Updated

dammit Jim i'm a doctor not a photographer!

noted.

Haha what I meant was that bike kind of glows when you look at it hence that name for it.

Ha. Does not take the prettiness out of the bike.

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Shame it's 54 I need a steel in my life.

Oh yes, was gonna go metallic then I saw the Dark Flam Red sample tube and it was all over

Sorry for the slightly OT question. The orange covering on the valve stem on your wheels, where did you get them?? I have a set of 'rattly' stems on my CF wheels and this would be a great problem solver.

It’s just the cool coloured stem of a tubolito tube. Which I had no idea existed until right now also.

Looks like I need to order a pair for my bike!!

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Friday Price Bump- £850

Sent a DM!

Pending

Very nice.

Ta!

Now sold.