IRO Mark V

i humbly ask for your fine advice: i have a chance to buy an IRO Mark V 56cm in mint condition. its all IRO in house hardware, but is ~£230 a fair price? and does anyone have any alarm bells about the bike itself?

the flats and nobrake could be an issue, but £230 is peanuts in these days of high fashion.

Is it your size? I'd buy it. You could probably ebay it for more.

That's a pretty decent deal - although it wants a new set of pedals.

IROs are pretty common here in San Francisco, and I've never ever heard a single complaint from anyone about them. The hubs are rebranded Formulas and the rims are (allegedly) debranded Velocity Aeroheads.

For £230, you'd be daft not to.

nice one. i thought i was onto a winner, but thought i'd run it by some people in the know. i have a set of pedals for it, so no worries there. thanks all

frame and forks are £180 over here I think...

BUY! BUY! BUY!

Do it...

yeah buy it dude!
if you don't, i will! :D

Keep the flats and keep it gnarcore

Never take bike safety advice from a man who goes by the alias of chug_it with a campaign for real ale picture. ;)

IRO make great frames and the parts are all fairly solid, if not flash. That's worth it even if it's knackered.

Sano frame and forks are £180 over here I think...

BUY! BUY! BUY!

Do it...

Apart from Cavendish occasionally – who else brings IRO frames to the UK?

I've got the same one, it's fab, i'd buy it for that price, the frame new is 170ish anyway so its a steal. There are a few about but still v rare :)

BUY BUY BUY man! If not, i will ;)

it's quite flexy but fun to ride.
buy it.

I've got a Mark V, it's fantastic.

cool. thanks for all the comments. i'll let you know how it all goes ;)

hullo people, im new. anyway just ordered a mark v and was wondering if anyone had anything to say about them, just usefull stuff to know about the frame...
upsides and downsides...
cheers

[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Hi folks, first post I’ve been lurking fore a while. I’ve been riding an old road bike conversion for a while, with forward facing dropouts, 700c on a 27” frame. Considering a new frame, I’m looking for something a bit tighter but not too tight so that there is toe overlap. I was considering an IRO Mark V in size 53. Anyone got one? And is there any overlap? Thanks in advance Beidge. [/SIZE][/FONT]

there shouldnt be any over lap seeing as it is designed for use on the road,
so i think your okay in that department

I'd be surprised if you didn't get toe overlap on any track-ish bikes. To be honest, it's not really a problem, you get used to it. The only time you notice it is at low speeds when you're turning so you just need to keep that in mind.

Hi beidge - I ride an IRO and love it - not the lightest in the world but a good town bike!
As for the overlap not noticed any!

there shouldnt be any over lap seeing as it is designed for use on the road,
so i think your okay in that department

Frames designed for road often have overlap as well.. I have two roadbikes with toe overlap, one of them being an "Ideal Tempo" and the other being my old steel racing/touring-bike, both my track bikes has as well.

It is not a problem.. you get used to it :)

I'd be surprised if you didn't get toe overlap on any track-ish bikes. To be honest, it's not really a problem, you get used to it. The only time you notice it is at low speeds when you're turning so you just need to keep that in mind.

+1

My road bike have toe overlap too and thats a 57 cm.

Smaller bike are more likely to have toe overlap too.

I've got a 53cm IRO Mark V and there is quite a definate toe overlap, but it isn't too bad if you use medium toe straps.

Too be honest Sano is right - Track bikes (although the Mark V isn't a proper track bike, but it has similar geometry) all have some kind of toe overlap.

I'm very glad I upgraded from my road conversion, the difference in the ride is amazing, the shorter wheelbase means its really snappy for riding round town.

Guys and girls,

I stripped my clamp the other day and am having a nightmare trying to replace it. I went to my local shop and got a replacement, it was too large. I go back and swap it and again it turns out to be too large.

Steel frame takes a 27.2 post, does anyone know what size clamp it takes? If I have to go back to the shop one more time I'm going to fucking explode.

Thanks in advance,

Andy

You need an inverted shim.