For Sale: Trevor Jarvis Lo-Pro Frame

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Got a fairly rare Trevor Jarvis lo-pro frameset built for 700c rear, 24" front.
More pictures here - https://plus.google.com/photos/112787238919327245691/albums/5709480377236256385

The most significant point to note is that it's in need of repair.
The lovely fastback seatstays have started to come away from the seat cluster - see this pic. It should be an inexpensive repair to just re-braze or if you're interested I've got a friend who may well be able to TIG weld the join.

I wrote to Trevor recently and he confirmed that he had built it but wasn't sure of the details as it has no frame number, just the pantographed B.N on the rear brake bridge, which he tells me were the original owner's initials. I'll let you know if he finds anything else out (he said he'd look through his records).

It's a nice combination of lugs and fillet brazing made of 531 with Columbus dropouts. It comes complete with beautiful C-Record era Campag Chorus headset, which I've just re-greased and is running smoothly (and worth a bit by itself). The phone pictures don't quite get it, but the paint is actually a slightly faded deep pinkish/red pearl with a number of scratches, chips, some loss around the dropouts and crude touch-ups by a previous owner - including filled internal-cable-routing-holes in the top tube. I've tried to show most of this but the camera's not great.

Seat tube 505mm C-T
Top tube 535mm C-C (actual) - got no idea what the virtual would be I'm afraid. Judging from when I had this half built up, I'd suggest this would be suitable for someone between 5'4" - 5'10" tall (and probably smaller, but I'd say definitely not bigger)

126mm rear spacing, so can comfortably fit both track and modern road hubs, depending on how you wanted to build it. Has allen-key recesses for moden brakes and braze-ons for front mech; down-tube cable stops/shifters; under BB cable routing and one bottle. Takes a 27.2mm seatpost and British-threaded bottom bracket.

OK, now feel free to lambaste me with abuse, but I genuinely have no idea what to ask for this. It's an amazing and unusual frame but given its condition I'm just open to offers.

Collection from Turnpike Lane, N8 or I can post for an extra £10.

I've had this for years now and failed to do anything with it so I'd mainly just be happy to know that someone was going to get it back into use.

you got mail

pm'd too

hey, this is now still available after a buyer changed their mind.

offers welcome

wow - ok, STILL available after yet another person falling though.

come on people, give this little oddity a home! :)

give it a price and you are more likely to get a home for it....

well i seemed to have a steady trickle of people willing to pay £100 which seemed fair to me - tell me if that's way off, but it's a pretty unusual beast. anyone else up for it?

pm'ed