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Barry Hoban Tour de France frame.
53cm c-t, with a 54cm c-c top tube. The dropouts are spaced 126mm, the forks are 100mm.
I bought this a few weeks ago as a whole bike, from a murkily photographed ebay auction. Unfortuntately my gamble didn't pay off and it came with odd sized crank arms, odd sized wheels, and a very odd mish-mash of bits. The only original components remaining were the remaining Arabesque shifters, front mech and the frame fork headset and bb you can see here.
I was hoping it'd turn out to be more like a Barry Hoban I sold last year and miss (if you search the forums you'll find it), but as it stands I don't have the time or money to make a decent build of it at the mo.
It was a high-spec sports tourer with Shimano Arabesque components when new.
It takes a band-on front mech and has no brazed-on cable guides so would make a very clean, fixed build.
Good quality steel headset and Sugino 118mm BB included. Both are easy to remove and not stuck in there.
The paint very well worn and been badly touched up in a couple of places, but the chrome is clean and there's no structural rust or rattles, the frame is straight and dent free.
It has a tubing sticker like that of a Falcon I had some years ago, which I think means Tange Champion tubing - decent stuff and reasonably lightweight. - http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2577/3754417825_4f5409a529_b.jpg
The lugs are neat and simple - near identical to the Nervex Pros on my px-10.
Good quality, long, forged dropouts. Eyelets for mudguards front + rear.
It's not a top-end race frame, but it's a properly built sports tourer and in solid if unattractive condition. Probably a good candidate for Armortexing, but I'd run it as is.
It would also make a great winter/year round road bike.
I'm around all weekend so anyone would be welcome to have a look.
£35 collected from Hove, or £42 posted in the UK. SOLD PENDING PAYMENT
I'll send internationally at cost.
Dibs then PM. Please ask any questions in the comments below so that I don't need to answer the same thing more than once.