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Postage on each frame is £10 or collection from Kent ME12 but in honesty postage is easier for me.
Measurements are - top tube centre to top x top tube centre to centre
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Batavus Professional - 60cm x 56.5cm - £120 (excluding headset)
Very nice Batavus frame, think its an old one maybe late 70's early 80's. Very nice bronzey red colour with white headtube. Paint has various scratches and scuffs but is such a nice colour would be a shame to respray it.
Columbus tubing very likely Columbus SL. Has nice cut out long point lugs, wrap over stays, Campag ends, race number, etc. Just a superb classic steel frame. Has those beautiful aero forks that Batavus use on their pro frames.
Headset can be had with the frame for an extra £20 bit rough but with fresh grease and adjustment should be perfectly useable.
Many more pics here: http://s597.photobucket.com/albums/tt55/Telsun/Batavus/Old%20one/
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Nigel Dean 531c - 56cm x 56cm - £70
Red and white fade. Would benefit from a respray. No problems other than the tiniest of dings in the top tube.
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Concorde (Columbo) - 57cm x 55.5cm - £80
Not entirely sure what frame this is as it's lacking the stickers but past experience tells me its likely to be a Concorde Colombo which is made from Colubus Aelle tubing. Very nice touches like the chrome forks, drive side chainstay and dropouts. Also has nicely cut out lugs. Paint is ok and useable as it is but it is quite heavily scratched up so would probably benefit from refinishing.
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Claud Butler - 59cm x 56cm - £70
For 27" wheels
Poor old CB from the 50's in need of refurb. Has already been resprayed sometime in it's life by Alvin cycles. Light and 27.2mm seatpost diameter points to it being a 531 DB frame. Has very nice pencil seatstays and arched brake bridge also has an oil point on bb shell.
1953 AS Gillott - 55cm x 54cm - £120
For 27" wheels
I sourced this frame for a friend a few years ago, it was yellow then. It was this frame that inspired me to find my own classic Gillott after reading about them on Classic Lightweights. This is a fine example with its nervex pro lugs, beautiful wrap over pencil stays, etc. It has been resprayed in white enamel to an acceptable although not perfect standard, personally I think it's need some colour.
Unfortunately it has had the mech hanger trimmed and my mate, much to my disgust, drilled the front fork to take a recess brake fitting! There is also a tiny dent in the top tube (see pics). I shamelessly stole the headbadge for my own Spearpoint frame, sorry but you'll have to settle for decals from H Lloyd or hunt down a badge yourself (good luck!)
My mate used it as a fixie for the last few years but it will work equally well as geared. I was going to build it up as a 1x7 but it is really a tad small so I decided to get my old Raleigh back on the road instead. Almost complete build with 700c wheels:
More pics here: http://s597.photobucket.com/albums/tt55/Telsun/Gillott/1953%20Gillott/