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@crabtree
Hello all
I seem to have accumulated a lot of bike stuff that I just don't need, so thought I'd see if anyone else here does. I've tried to price things as fairly as I can, but if not please make an offer if you'd like anything as its just taking up space unnecessarily now.
Collection from N13 welcome, happy to meet anywhere in London and will post if anyone out of town really needs something. Please PM to arrange payment/pickup etc.
1: Nitto B123aa Chro-Mo track drops, 34cm wide (used for a few months but too narrow for me, great condition with only light minimal scratching - and never been gripped/taped so still shiny and smooth) £35** - GONE**
2: Raleigh long-drop brake calipers front and rear (brand new and never fitted) £35
3: 3ttt 1" quill stem, 130mm (brand new and never fitted, bought off Pistoffski set up to some other bars I wanted) £20
4: Odyssey Twisted BMX pedals, blue (brand new and never ridden, fitted only for about half an hour - comes with spare black dust caps I had from another set of Twisted) £15** - GONE**
5: Odyssey 'Gedda 2' BMX grips, blue (like a chunky mushroom grip - think these were NOS when I got them, fitted and used once or twice on my old BMX, still look new) £5** - GONE**
6: Yoshida Champ 2mm track grips, white (brand new, never fitted) £10
7: Exposure 'High Wire' linear brake cable, white (brand new, pack never opened, comes with spare end bits) £5
8: Kalloy seatpost, 27.2 (pretty well used and cut down, few light scuffs but life left) £5 - pending collection
9: SR 'Custom' seatpost, 27.0 (bought from Tour De Ville when they were around for £25, fitted and used once but was too short - its really nice though) £15
10: Random riser bars (not sure of clamp size but think its 26.0, heavy ish, mellow sweep back, came off the ladies bike below) £Free** - GONE**
11: Quick release skewers x2 (used but work) £Free
12: Random grips, pink (lock-on type with pink rubber outer, used - came off the ladies bike below) £Free
13: Token track cog, 14T, 1/8" (used only a few times) £5** - GONE**
14: Random track cog, 16T, 1/8" (used for a few months, plenty of life left) £Free** - GONE**
15: MKS toe clips, Medium, chrome silver with black leather covers (pretty well used and scratched) £Free** - GONE**
16: Magic One toe clips, Medium, blue plastic (pretty well used, but life left) £5** - GONE**
17: MKS toe clips, Small, matt/brushed silver (these are lovely, only lightly used/scratched, just too small for me) £5** - GONE**
18: Benotto bar ends, green plastic (came with bar/stem set up from Pistoffski as above, look in good condition) £Free
19: Turbo Gel saddle, black with fluro yellow plastic under side (bought used from eBay and only used for a week by me, wrinkled leather around the gel bit and only a couple of tiny nicks) £10
20: Random saddle 1, black (says 'SelleRoyal' on the back, came off the ladies bike below, its the old style clamp without rails as such) £Free
21: Random saddle 2, black with white tail bit (no idea what it is, has a 'G' on the back, someone left it here after changing saddles) £Free** - GONE**
Also I have this step-through single speed I was putting together as a first bike for my sister, but its a little too big for her unfortunately so hopefully someone else can make use of it. Bought complete off a friend in non-working order for £65, have no idea what it is but its nothing special, bit scruffy with some rust spots and quite heavy. I gave it a good clean, 2 new inner tubes, had it fitted with a new Shimano Ultrega headset which I already had (I know, its like putting a Hed 3 on a wheel barrow but hey it was for my sis!), changed the bars to some (fairly pitted, 2nd hand) dutch style ones, made some grips from Fizik bar tape, new 'Artek Vigorous' brake levers, new Exposure brake cable, new Charge Bucket saddle and a cleaned up used Izumi chain. The stem was already on the bike, a quite nice old Raleigh quill. The tyres have seen better days, they're Soma and say 28 as the size, but I've fitted them with 700c tubes and all seems fine. So after a bit of oil and tinkering, the bike is up and running. But - the wheels are a bit crap and heavy, and need a bit of fiddling to get sitting centred in the dropouts. I was planning on replacing them for some cheap 700c's... The brake calipers I'm selling separately were intended for this bike but they're not quite long enough, so I've kinda bodged together the old existing rear caliper and it kinda works (can't get it to spring back fully after the lever's been pressed) - but this is obviously the main reason why I'm describing it as 'almost a bike', it needs work and will never be more than a beater/shop/pub bike, and anyone interested is more than welcome to come and have a look/testride. I think that's it, any questions please ask. I think the ratio is 46/16, seat tube measures around 52cm, cottered cranks spin okayish, and the forks don't seem to be the original - but the headset is nice and smooth!
So I know I'm not gonna make my money back on the bike, but it still needs to go and at the very worst there's a few decent parts on it which can be reused. Again hoping to price fairly, is £75 about right?
(few more pics here but please let me know if you need more)
Please let me know if you'd like more pics of anything or need any other info...
Cheers for looking
Chris