SOLD: Pearson Hell Hath No Fury - complete road bike - XXS / 51.5cm - price drop

My wife prefers her MTB and has asked me to sell this. She has had it a few years but hardly rode it - it has only done a few hundred km at most. It is in excellent condition, just a few tiny marks and scuffs but no deep scratches, dents or damage and looks really good. It’s nice and clean and everything works perfectly, the chain is a bit grimy but I will try to find a new one.

This was Pearson’s female specific road bike, I don’t think they make it any more. It would of course be absolutely fine for a man or boy of the appropriate size! I would describe it as a higher end aluminium road bike - definitely well above entry level, and worthy of component upgrades. The frame is really quite nice with tidy welds, tapered head tube, internal gear cables, carbon fork etc. As I recall, RRP was about £950, it would be well over £1k at today’s prices.

Compete 10 speed rim brake Tiagra, 50/34T rings, 170mm cranks, 11-32 cassette. The wheels are fairly generic with Shimano hubs, they look like R100 or similar, and 25mm Conti tyres. Reasonable finishing kit, Forza alloy bars and layback seatpost and a 3T stem. The saddle is the original Forza one recovered with nice Alcantara suede. I will include a very basic pair of flat pedals so you can ride it away if required.

I couldn’t find the full geometry chart but from my measurements:

Size XXS
ST 41cm c-c, 45cm c-t
TT 50cm c-c (sloping), 51.5cm effective
HT 13cm

My wife is 5ft 1in and this fit her nicely with an inline seatpost and shorter stem. I think it would fit someone between 5ft and about 5ft 5in. We didn’t cut the steerer so there is a fair bit of vertical adjustment.

I would prefer not to split this, but if there is no interest in the complete bike over the next few weeks I might sell the components and keep the frame.

SOLD

Collection in London NW3, but I could possibly deliver within reason - north of the river / inside the M25. I would really prefer not to post, sorry.

Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!

Dave

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Price drop!

Another price drop

Price drop again!

Price drop - happy to consider reasonable offers too

"Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'd." in the 1697 play The Mourning Bride (Act III Scene 2) by William Congreve.

The "hath" is a hypercorrection based on false chronological assumption and perception that the saying is ancient, dating to at least the grammar of Early Modern English (which the time of writing would be at the end of); this is also reinforced by the phrase often being falsely attributed to Shakespeare.

Just saying.

GLWS though

Interesting, thank you. I had indeed always thought the saying came from Shakespeare. I must say I am definitely no fan of Congreve though, having been made to sit through one of his ‘comedies’ as a grumpy teenager.

I suppose it’s a bit like “the proof is in the pudding” in that regular misquoting of a commonly used phrase replaces the original. I find that one particularly annoying.

Anyway, it really is a great bike and would suit anyone of the correct size, as long as they can live with the incorrectly rendered name on the top tube!

EDIT: now SOLD!