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Ivanskavinsky
One for the oldies, or the oldie wannabes...
My dad's 1950s (we're pretty sure) AS Gillott road bike, complete.
Parts are a mix of Campagnolo Nouvo Record, Record and Gran Sport, Stronglight, Brooks, Cinelli.
Frame measurements are:
Seat tube, Centre to top = 24" (61cm) or C-C = 23" (58.5cm) yeah, sorry, it's a bit giant!
As it is set up he was fine and he is 178cm (ish).
BB centre to saddle top is 77cm as shown.
27" wheels (Campag hubs laced onto Mavic 'Module 3' rims.
Wheels as shown have a 6speed 13-19 block (not a cassette...) plus there is a spare rear wheel (Campag hub laced onto a Weinemann rim with a 6 speed 13-24 block (for climbing I guess;-)
All bearings are good and wheels are straight.
Front mech is Campag Nouvo Record
Rear mech is Campag Gran Sport (Bullseye jockeys wheels)
Brakes and levers are Campag, old Record we think, but happy to be corrected. (The cables could do with lubrication/replacement but they do work)
Saddle is a Brooks Colt (again pretty sure) in sumptuous aged condition.
Chainset is a steel, cottored, Stronglight with 46-36 chainrings
Bars are Cinelli, Stem is 3TTT
It all works, he was riding it up until a year and a half ago.
And don't worry, he's not dead!
But he is 81, and on hip replacement number 2, so I have built him an e-bike, which he hates:-D
So, why is it not for sale?
It has some obvious paint bubbling under the top tube (shown in next set of pics) and is possibly a little bit out of track. So I can't, in all good faith, make a profit off of it. It would just be nice if it went to someone who enjoyed it even a tenth as much as he has. A forum donation of £50, if that sounds fair, and it's yours.
None of this has stopped him riding it very happily for the last 40+ years.
He bought it, second hand, in Howes of Cambridge (they don't exist anymore) in the late 70s.
He never crashed it, so it was probably out of track then! But he has ridden it without issue for decades, last big ride we did together was the DD back in 2012, where he rinsed the lot of us!
Collection from Hither Green please, but I might consider putting it in the car and delivering within the M25, if it seems like a good home.
More pics following, inc illustration of bubbling.
Cheers for looking,
Ivan