For Sale: Utilitybike (potential project) and Free (*£10 donation to forum/lhbpa) Polobike!

I need to clear out my kitchen and these have been sitting here a while now.

Firstly, one of the initial candidates for my missus' build
(I went with a 1958 CovEagle instead).

It's made by Hercules Cycles in Birmingham, has a cool headbadge. It has 650A wheels (26x1-3/8) and rod brakes (Which after the pads are replaced and guiderails adjusted will work perfectly, pads are still available from Fibrax and Clarks)...

It has a Sturmey 3-speed + Dynamo hub on the rear, no idea if the dynamo works but all of the gears do. Ontop of that, the headset is in good condition and the BB spins freely and smoothly, I recently rode this on a 6 mile trip and other than some issues with the brakes (which will be remedied on new pads) it did fine and was very comfortable. The riding position is very upright and the steering super light, it's very maneuverable! I'd like £40, which is what I paid.

More pics:

Secondly, the bike I used at beginners polo for a few months when I was starting out. It's ready to ride and has seen little use as I got hooked and found something my size. Tbh size is why i'm getting rid: It's 58cm c-t-c top tube, 54cm c-t-c seat tube, so it's for the taller rider indeed.

Has an MTB riser stem and cut down bars, V-Levers that go to some very powerful centre-pull callipers, spanking new Scwalbe Marathon City tyres, and a Shimano STX crankset with 22t and 32t chainrings. The rearwheel has a 6 speed cassette, and in the ridiculously long drop-outs you can use this combination to go from a respectable roadgear to a spinny polo gear without changing chain length or flipping the wheel around. Cables are all new too, it even comes with some awesome wheelcovers the pope and the police gave me after his visit.

All I'm asking for the polobike is a donation to LHBPA or the forum. Basically you give me a tenner on collection and I make sure it goes there :)

Dibs followed by PM etc etc you know the drill

slight hijack: anyone know where to source wheels / rims like those?

dibs polobike

slight hijack: anyone know where to source wheels / rims like those?

http://www.cyclesofyesteryear.com/
http://oldbiketrader.co.uk/
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/westwood-26-x-13-8-590-36-hole-chrome-rim-prod22137/

http://www.theoldbicycleshowroom.co.uk/ used to but oddly can't find a rim page anymore.

you fantastic man, thank you!

repped for awesomes

no worries it might be useful for whoever the buyer is, though the rims are actually in pretty good nick.

second dibs polobike?

What's the Hercules' height from the saddle to the floor?

height from the saddle to the floor?

Variable?

I hope this polo bike is staying a polo bike.

Dibs the Hercules, please. PM to follow. Cheers.

Variable?

I hope this polo bike is staying a polo bike.

Ha, I meant the range. But alas, I've been outdibbed.

il grab thirds on the polo bike, i've been wanting to start polo for ages now and this is the best excuse to start :)

Superjoe, come along to the Beginners weekend, you can borrow my bike (and maybe some other people's), then go from there...

http://www.lfgss.com/thread66346.html

cheers dude, i may just do that. depending on dates that is.

second dibs on the hercules.

depending on dates that is.

Or beginners on a Tuesday if you can't make that.
You don't need a bike yet, come!

What's the Hercules' height from the saddle to the floor?

To top of saddle where sitbones are; 56cm with seatpost at lowest point.

Eh, third dibs on the Hercules, I guess.

retract polobike dibs, ringworm go ahead

I'm not tall :-(

Just got back from holiday, the Hercules Cycle is still available.

thirds polo bike

to be clear; the polobike was already collected.

will you consider £20 for the Hercules?

Pm'd re the Hercules

Also pm'd about the hercules. Been eyeing it for a while.