For Sale: Deathtrap, the mongrel bike

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  • This is a bit of a weird one - an old five-speed town bike with a modern track wheelset crammed in (third hand needed when taking out/putting in rear wheel to pull stays apart). It's running something like 38mm tires which are super comfy, and only a hundred miles or so old.

    Crankset is off a Dawes Haarlem, fairly spinny ratio. Frame and cranks are very bendy. With old crankset there was some squirm on left pedal - changed BB/cranks and pedals and it still seems to be there. Mystery.

    Frame has surface rust but is solid. Will also need some foot retention and a brake before riding on the street. Hence it's moniker, Deathtrap.

    Not doing anything with it and could use the space in the garage.

    £100, or offers.

  • Might need to know the size.

  • Well done for spotting my deliberate mistake...

    Top tube - 56 CTC
    Seat tube - 57 CTC

  • I thought this was your polo steed?

  • Panonia. Very nice. Hungarian if im not mistaken.

  • would you be interested in parting it?

  • Not really

  • ah ok, if you were I'd be interested in the wheels

  • Someone wants to buy this...A Scotsman from my work was interested in "Owning a bit of Norwich history". I told him the title you gave it and what it has done to me, but he's still interested and was wondering if you would name a price.

  • Brave man. Tell him I'm open to offers - but need the bell back because it was a present from Kirsty.

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For Sale: Deathtrap, the mongrel bike

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