For Sale: A Piece of Cycling History - Authentic Custom Handbuilt 753 Raleigh Track Bike

This is a genuine 753 Team Raleigh track bike built for Mark Barry in 1982 by Gerald O'Donovan at Specialist Bicycle Developments Division at Ilkeston.
The frame No. says it all "MB1T82" and the frame is in pristine condition.

It was used by Mark in the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane 1982 and then for the Los Angeles Olympics 1984

Sizing is 53cm c/t Seat Tube and 54cm c/c Top Tube
Campag Super Record Pista Headset
Cinelli 2A 120mm sloping Stem
Cinelli Pista 67/39 bars
Campag Record Seat post
Selle Italia Turbomatic Saddle.

The chainset is an SR Royale crankset which was presented to Mark by Mr Sugino when racing in the Japanese Keirin School in 1983.
Campagnolo 48t chainring 3/32
Silver 3/32 chain
Andel 15t 3/32 sprocket.
Royce Titanium bottom bracket

The wheels are new set of training wheels ,32h Suzue hubs on Mavic GP4 rims. Continenetal Giro tubs.

As you can see this is a fantastic machine in immaculate condition and piece of cycling nostalgia so looking for realistic and genuine offers here.

Interested? Send me a PM

Cheers

FF

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how much is it?

£750

Where you based Fastfreddy??

Beautiful, beautiful bike.

But why buy this when for just £250 more you can have a hiphopslavetasticorangeandblueframewithanarrospok?

Seriously though, good luck with the sale!

£753

fixed

lovely

nah i disagree, needs vellow or pink deep V's. In case you go pink on the rims, i would have some matching bartape.

shweet!

First one of these i've seen for sale up here, someone buy it so i can stop coming back here to admire it.

i thought all true ilkeston gerald o'donovan frames were sb frame numbers ?

Lovely frame which looks similar to the one Nelson Vails was using in '84.

http://cdn.picapp.com/ftp/Images/6/a/c/9/Nelson_Vails_on_fcda.jpg

Sell this bike to Japan/Taiwan. There's some enthusiasts over there that would cherish a bike like this especially as it has provenance.

^^ he looks so powerful, its scary.

Hi guys

Just to let you know that this machine is now sold. But for you real enthusiasts here's a few pics of the man in action!

Cheers

FF

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^^ he looks so powerful, its scary.

brute force.

uh oh.

brute force.

racist

Hey FF

I was there (the first pic) for that sprint and am somewhere in the grandstand on the left of the pic.....that's Paul Swinnerton that Mark is racing there....I was in the Junior champs that same year....

Worth noting that the frame has had a respray in its life.....I remember it in the Ti Raleigh get up you see in the pics....and also remember that Mark used to travel everywhere in a little old blue Mini with his dad, with a bike on the roof that must have been worth many more times the value of the car!!!!

Great bit of nostalgia - I would have had the bike off you if I could have justified it sitting on the garage wall!!!

;o)

velocipede65

Hi guys

Just to let you know that this machine is now sold. But for you real enthusiasts here's a few pics of the man in action!

Cheers

FF

^^ he looks so powerful, its scary.

Latex cycling kit? That's shiny.

Oh, and holy quads batman!

Wow....

just the look of the Leviathon in the superhero outfit...thats what superman should have looked like...

Nelson Vails wasn't that good (in my opinion) even though he looked so scary....he only won the olympics because the ruski's and the east germans weren't there....he'd have had no chance if they had been (witness his world champs results)....I think he was actually too big!