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I built this up over the summer, but sadly i'm poor and I don't use this bike as much as i'd like (probably ridden it under 50 miles). I spent quite a while sourcing parts to get the look of it right, riding it makes you feel like a right gent, dothing ones cap to a passing lady. The frame is 60cm, I'm 6'4" and I currently have 13cm of seatpost (measured from the top of the ST to the rails) and its a lovely fit.
I spent ages paint the frame, Ford purple and mercury grey, it was a bit of a labour of love. It had 4 coats of primer, 4 of colour and 3 of clear coat, leaving a day between coats and a week curing in my airing cupboard between paint types. I have to say i was pretty chuffed with how the paint came out.
The frame is a 531 falcon with campag fork ends and lovely wrap over seat stays. The cranks are Sugino Super Maxi with a sealed BB, i'll throw in the inner ring and bolts if you want to make it a double up front. Shimano 600 arabesque derailleur and shifter (the shifter was NOS), again i've got the second shifter if you want it. Suntour 8 speed casette, lovely smooth shifting, never jumped off the front ring. The pedals & cages are MKS (the pedals have brand new caps on) and the straps are black leather, made by Wellgo I seem to remember. The wheels are Shimano, (can't remember what model off hand but I believe they're Tiagra equivalent) with 32c Michelin Dynamic tyres. The frame originally had 27x1 1/4 wheels so theres plenty of room for big chunky winter tyres and mudguards should you so wish. Brakes are just no name deep drop dual pivots (which I also have on my touring bike also, they've proved to very reliable), the levers are Dia Compe & the cables are all jagwire. The stem is a re-polished custom ones and the bars are no-name north roads I bought off Skully, the headset is a brand new Tifosi one.
A few things have changed since i took those photos, it now has a regal copy saddle, cork grips (which i've rode with once, they feel much nice than the old tape) and silver caps on the cranks to cover the crank bolts.
The bell is included btw, I hope that'll really seal the deal.
I have to be honest there is some bad news, I did come off this bike once. I clipped a curb and went flying leaving the bike to skid on the pavement. Somehow the only damage was to the paint (probably because my face took most of the impact when it smacked into a concrete block), I've has it checked by my lbs and they agree that the marks to the paint are the only damage. which you can see here, here, here and here. As you can see theres nothing very serious (if its a huge problem you can get the paint from Halfords to touch it up) and the marks aren't very noticeable unless you're looking for them, but I'd prefer to be totally honest. Also there is a crack in one of the cork grips from my being a bit ham fisted when I put them on. I rotated the grip round so you can't even feel it when your riding. Nothing serious, its easily fixed with a quick dab of glue.
I would like £235 and that'll include the delivery to you, unless you want to collect it from Swansea. First PM gets the goods.SOLD to Sue Flay!