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THREAD UPDATE: added some nice touring extras if they're required by the new owner. These are a one-piece Octopus double pannier bag set, a Bushwhacker saddle bag, a Freedom Design bar bag, two sets of alloy water bottle cages and a bar bag support bracket. See pics added to those below. Also- I've decided the original pics of the bike showed it in a bad light due to the fading light when I was taking them causing the frame's yellow colour to look quite dull. So these have now been updated to hopefully show the vibrant colour of the frame. Price drops £250>>> £200>>> £190>>> £180>>> £170
I’m thinning down my collection of bikes and so am selling my less frequently used bikes/parts. So now this Youngs tourer sadly has to go.
It's a Youngs bike built up for touring/fast commuting which I believe is from the early 80s judging from the frame and parts originally fitted. The bike’s frame is well made from a respected/long established South London builder with a nicely done paint job. The bike has been upgraded with some modern parts- the wheels (and tyres), bar end shifters, mudguards, pannier rack and canti brakes. I don't class them as spoiling the vintage look of the bike, although I appreciate that for those who want an entirely period correct bike they might disagree. I've also added a nice, little used Brooks B15 tan coloured saddle, longer seatpost, NOS Ambrosio bar tape and MKS pedals.
57cm frame size (from centre bottom bracket to top of seat tube), with top tube also measuring 57cm. The frame and forks are built using Reynold's 531ST (Super Tourist) tubing- a big plus for serious tourers who want a frame with real longevity, seeing as this tube type is known for being of a tougher design than standard butted tubing and therefore able to hold up to the rigours of long tours whilst riding full loaded (panniers front and rear) where less enduring steel can break under the pressure. It is slightly heavier than the standard 531 tubing, but the advantage if offers easily makes up for this IMO.
Spec as follows:
Reynolds 531 Super Tourist tubing for frame and forks, size 57cm downtube and 57cm toptube.
Cast lugs, dropouts are by Campagnolo.
Wheels are Shimano LX FH-T660 hubs laced to Rigida Ryde Sputnik 700c rims, the rims are noticeably wide section and can take even wider tyres than those currently fitted (and these modern wheels had a rear hub spaced for modern frames, but this has been respaced to properly fit this older frame with narrower OLN). Tyres are a Schwalbe Marathon up front and Specialized Nimbus on the rear, both 28c width.
Brooks B15 saddle.
Shimano Ultegra SL-BS50 7 speed, indexed bar end shifters with matching downtube cable stops.
Shimano Exage FC-M500 triple chainset, alloy chainrings, 175mm cranks, 48/38/28t ratios, with Shimano cartridge bottom bracket.
Shimano 200GS long cage rear mech.
Shimano Exage Trail triple front mech.
Shimano 7 speed cassette, 28/13t ratios.
Shimano HG chain.
Tektro canti brakes with original, little worn pads.
Shimano RX100 brake levers.
ITM bars, 42cm width, NOS Ambrosio leather look tape fitted.
SR stem.
Shimano headset.
KKT Top-Run pedals.
Kalloy seatpost.
Tortec alloy pannier rack.
SKS mudguards