For Sale: Lee Cooper 653 Audax / Light Tourer F&F

For the past few months I've been trying to convince myself that this wasn't too big for me, but alas, it is. It's a lovely fillet brazed frame in a super deep flam red colour, and when riding it fully loaded, the fillet brazing comes into it's own providing extra stiffness where needed.

Reynolds 653 tubing
62cm seat tube c-t and 60cm top tube c-c.
1" ahead steerer
130mm rear spacing
Braze-ons for 2 bottle cages, mudguards, rear pannier rack and a pump!

Bad bits. The only thing really is that the hole is the chainstay bridge has corroded a bit, ovalising the hole (see pic). Structurally this shouldn't affect anything, and with mudguards fitted it's un-noticeable. Other than this, for some reason the forks are a slightly different colour; they're a slightly more orangey red than the frame, although both frame and forks have a matching frame number (see pic).

Was £250, now £240 ono. It's at Fitzrovia Bicycles for anyone who wants a closer look. Dibs followed by PM.

Tidy.

Bargain.

Saturday morning price drop. Someone massive must need a tasty audax frame?
Forgot to mention that the last pic is just for illustration purposes.

this frame looks absolutely TIDY in the flesh

this frame looks absolutely TIDY in the flesh

Cheers dude. And yes, it really does.

Got a Thorn XTC made by Lee Cooper, the fillet brazing looks ace in the flesh and it's a joy to ride. Can wholeheartedly recommend his work.

(I'd need to grow about 9 inches for this...)

Just been having a rummage through the bits I've got lying around, and I've probably got enough stuff to build this up for someone if need be. Maybe for around £600ish (probably with shimano 10 speed). Send a pm if you'd be interested.