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@Noblebikes
Writing this makes me sad.
I searched forever to find this bike, bought off of ebay as a singlespeed flat bar for £750 2 years ago and now I am selling it because I am finally admitting that I should have waited and bought a 21inch frame.
The frame is custom butted steel and has got removable sliding dropouts and the frame does split on the drive side to allow a belt drive. Standard 135mm dropouts on the rear and the fork is a carbon exotic fork (not the original).
I have made the bike my own adding in SRAM rival 1x11 hydro levers with Hope RX4 brake calipers in silver. Salsa woodchipper handlebars for some super flare, not too traffic friendly but they just suited my needs.
Rear mech is Apex and its running a Hope 38T single chainring with FSA chain guard which will cover up to a 42T chainring. Cranks are XT with deore hollowtech BB in good condition.
Chain is less than 500 miles old and this is the 3rd chain on the 11-42T XT cassette.
Custom built Hope pro 3 XC hubs laced to Mavic 821 rims - these rims are really nice and light with the added bonus of not having to remove the tyre if a spoke ever broke.
Tyres are TUBELESS Schwalbe Marathon Almotions in good condition, never had a puncture with them, although I topped up the sealant on the front tyre and put it on backwards.... because who tops up their sealant before bed....
The disc rotors are silly, definitely uneccesary huge rotors however these came with the bike and if it aint broke, dont fix it... However the rotors and pads do need replacing and I will do that before the bike goes anywhere, will be fitting 180mm rotors front and rear with new pads too.
The saddle is Fizik Tempo Argo R3 Les Classiques Saddle, a special edition saddle to match a special bike.
The frame does have some chips and marks to the paintwork, no dents or evidence of major abuse but the paint is as you would expect for a bike that has been used every day for the last 10 years.
I can offer postage, I would just rather not if I can avoid it. The bike is in SE3 for anybody who would like to come and see it.
Asking price is £750 - NOW £700
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