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Rose X-Lite Six with Campagnolo Super Record/Chorus. £1,800 full bike (or £1,650 without wheels)
Rose X-Lite Six, f&f 53cm
Campagnolo Super Record groupset, 11spd, pre-2015… except crankset which is Chorus post-2015 50/34 (compact), 170mm BCM
Thompson Elite stem and layback seatpost
3T Superergo Pro Handlebars, 42cm
Giant SLR1 clinchers
Veloflex Corse (25s)
KMC X11 11spd Gold Super Light Chain
Genuine Campag cables and housing
Campagnolo carbon fibre bottle holders
This thing is a rocket and an absolute mountain goat! This frame was Rose’s highest specifical road race bike when I bought it from @yetidamo in 2018*. This frame got rave reviews: the cheapest build Rose did with this frameset was £3,900.
Bought as a Sunday best and used for a single summer (never ridden in the rain) and a single trip to Alps to see the Tour (got rained on, torrentially, once). Otherwise has lived indoors.
@yetidamo had treated the F&F really well – he had them from new and gave me the backstory, which was basically that other than a couple of choice rides he also only used it on the turbo.
Condor did the build for me, and they’re the only guys that have serviced it – most recently about a year ago, when I originally intended to put it up for sale. Someone in there recommended putting on a gold chain.
The frame has a couple of small scuffs, shown in the photos, including an annoying one on the top tube for a recent house move. One of the shifters and the rear mech have scrapes down the side, however I bought them this way (the bike has never been crashed!) and they work absolutely fine. The 11-speed Giant hub isn’t compatible with the campag group but it works fine imho and I’ve never had any trouble with it, although it is a bit noisy.
I spent about £3,000+ on this set up. Looking to get £1,800 for the whole lot, or £1,650 without the hoops. Obvs this isn’t the ideal place to sell a bike like this, but thought I’d give it a go here first as I bought the core bits here originally. Not going to split because I’m lazy.
Collection only in E17