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Jingle_Jangle
54cm c-t Carlton Courette 531 main frame tubes.
27" QR Weinmann alloy wheels are in mint condition/new tyres, 13-28 Atom 5 speed, rear derailleur is a Tiagra 4600 but I have a NOS Huret Eco you can have in exchange. There's a slight issue in that the shimano indexed shifter is possibly a chinese knock off so is slightly out on the shifts as you work your way up, I bought the 4600 as although not remotely period correct I quite liked it and it had an adjuster to fine tune. But it still hasn't seemed to iron out the probem. I was just going to get a friction shifter or go 6 speed with a bigger range in the sprockets.
The 52/42 Custom SR is great but probably too big teeth wise, I did put feelers out on RetroBike and a guy there has a 40 and a 36T to fit the 118BCD, BB is really nice, smooth and no play. Centre pull weinman brakes work very well indeed, I mean really well!
The ugly bit is the modern riser stem, I'd done this as it was a pressie for someone who was wanting an upright position and there was a basket that was going to be fitted. I do have the original stem but this will bring the bar height down a fair bit.
Doesn't have low rider mounts on the forks but you can fit specific fork blade clamps that work with low riders. Or were you thinking of the brake bolt and mudguard eyelet fitting variant?
£195 for the whole bike with a 10% forum donation