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@leylandp38
My 11 year old daughter's 3/4 sized road bike stolen 30 March outside local Tesco's in Ham TW10. She worked with me aged 9 to rebuild this bike from end to end, naturally she is devastated at its loss. Yes it was reported to the local cops and now the Cycle Task Force.
Detailed description:
Apollo steel frame (late 1980's vintage) in original blue with a few scratches - for an older child. This is not a full sized road bike, more about 3/4 size (it actually started life as a very early 24" kids MTB but with thin steel tubing so more like a road bike)
ITM alloy drop handlebars in an alloy 1" threaded road style stem with shiny blue bar tape. Shimano indexed road shifter/brake lever assembly.
Gears: Shimano Sora front and rear.
Wheels: 26" (559) Mavic black rims (XM317 I think) with blue anodised spoke nipples, silver spokes laced to Campagnolo alloy hubs. These wheels are very distinctive having been handbuilt by me. Tyres: narrow "Bronx" black road tyres, showing some cracking in the surface.
Brakes: Miche alloy dual pivot road brakes. The rear brake is mounted on a modified hanger (as described by Sheldon) to reach the rim correctly. You can see the old canti bosses just below on the rear (not yet cut off, I did the front ones.)
Cranks: Black SR Suntour with blue translucent plastic pedals. The bolts holding the cranks on have anodised blue washers.
Gear and brake cables - blue housing, again very distinctive. The cable ends are also anodised blue.
Saddle: Dark blue (not the one in the photo) with blue flame motif.
Blue anodised bottle cage.
Thanks everyone, hoping against hope here.