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In the early '90s my daughter had an almost identical Evans (a bit smaller than yours) which she used quite a lot.
Naturally, at that time her contemporaries had mountain bikes, and it was interesting that all her friends who tried the Evans said 'Doesn't it go easily!'
The bike is still in a shed, waiting for a grandchild to grow into it.
clubman
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I'll see about the repair of the dent, unfortunately lost a friend last November, a master painter, specialised in restoring old paintings and frescoes, he would've done the job so well that nobody would be able to see the difference.
Or I might make a sleeve for the part of the top tube out of thick leather, something like when you wrap the handlebars with, it soon gets real patina.
Chainset is very dirty - bike was in shed for some time and it has a thin layer of grease and dust on it, hopefully will look better when cleaned.
Yes that Simplex is out of sync and will be replaced, mudguard in front though seem to me to be original shorty?
I will of course check all the parts before trying to ride it, stem included, but it has been pushed back in the queue by another two bikes I bought from the same seller. It was like a chocolate egg hunt day, slightly ahead of Easter. 😅 Apologies for pics quality.