For Sale: 1950 Gillott

Selling a vintage 1950 spear lugged Gillott frame built from 531 taper-tube. Comes with their classic RJB fork, both with stunning hand carved lugs. The frame is completely without any braze-ons, and has angled forward-facing drop-outs. Spacing is originally 120mm, but at some point it was spread spread slightly to take an old 6-speed hub. Advice from the Gillott marque expert from the Vintage Cycle Club is that it will 'easily go back'!

I love it to pieces, currently running it as a singlespeed path racer with some north road bars, and it rides beatifuly, but it's just too big for me. It's tall at 67cm C-T, but the top tube isn't ridiculously long at 61cm C-C, so it'd probably suit someone 6'2" to 6'4". I'm a mere 5'11"...

It could do with some TLC, ideally a respray, and there are a couple of rust spots on the underside of the top tube. Also a dimple in the right seatstay where a lamp was once mounted, but that would easily be filled and smoothed if you wanted to. Not deep enough to be structurally damaging. The fork could also do with realigning, as the front wheel sits slightly to the left.

It had a respray in the '80's, and if you want you can have the kit that was fitted to it then - mostly 105, with Wolber rims, Cinelli bar & stem and an aero Campag seatpost. I had to bin the Brooks saddle as it was properly rotten and rusted. Got some new Schwalbe Marathon tyres on there now too.

Pics here show it as I bought it a while back:

http://andyjwhit.fotopic.net/c1514888.html

Location is St Albans. Will consider all sensible offers.

sell the seatpost separately. 20 easily.
short-arse!

just provenrad's size..

n-2 pajim-jams.. dark times.

I know exactly how you feel dude, same status meself.

copycat - reported.

woooooooooooaaaah...... dat is hooooomungus! I'm out

Couple of updated pics of it in it's current singlespeed Path Racer build.

I might know someone who is proper tall who might like that, but unfortunately is proper broke too. Ballpark dorras please £$€?

Hoping to break even on it, which puts it into 3 figures (just). Am flexible on F+F only, or bits and bobs too.

To expand - I shelled out more on the bars, ring, sprocket, etc, and if I sell it complete i'll need to rebuy those, plus a seat, so say £100 F&F, £150 complete.

Does 3 figures include any bits?
& are those 700c wheels?
(Winter project alert)

No, 27" Wolber rims, with new Schwalbe Marathon tyres.

I think that's such a good deal, shame it's too big for me. Provenrad n-1...?

Might be interested in it without your conversion parts, i.e. with the old road bits. I'll get in touch with my pal he may have enough for that.

edit : Although I'm gonna try to persuade him to buy it complete as is, looks nice.

OK - as I said above, the old Brooks seat was way past saving, and I had to bin the mudguards too as they were cracked. Think I still have all the rest in various states of oily-mess-ness.

Happy to try to clean up and reassemble as per the original pics if need be.

Hello is this still for sale
Tim kich

andyspaceman my pal hasn't responded yet. So I guess timkich just bagged it, perhaps.

Let me know if it's still available.

Ah, sorry all, I had a message from someone on Wednesday who came, saw, rode and bought last night.