For Sale: Pearl blue Colomb French road bike & Mixte

a french ladies mixte frame, very light, red/orange metallic paint work and white pinstripe detailing, has all parts except BB, crank and pedals. also needs wheels. good condition. ideal vintage bike to build for your woman. £50

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22.5" Colomb Road bike from approx 1970s.

This came from the south west of France and has the owners name "Merci Jeanot" written on the top tube with a marker pen, although this comes off pretty easily so I have left it as is, for whoever takes it on next to decide what they do with it. In a fetching shade of pearl sky blue, with original decals although theyre a little flakey. Campagnolo hub on the front, large flange Maillard on the back, polished 700c alloy rims. Huret gears, Dual pivot Mafac brakes with an unusual rack type thing on the front, i suppose to rest your garlic upon, and pretty tight clearances all round. A really nice bike, would make an easy single speed conversion, i think it would suit it quite well, I can do this if needed. very good looking light weight, vintage racer.

Only down side is that it has been soaking up the sun and therefore aged in places, it also has minor surface rust in places too although it cleans up easily as its very light.

Nothing required, you could ride this home.

£150
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I am in Brighton - can meet at the train station or bring up to London if my fares are paid before hand, around £25.

im open to offers on the Colomb

Do the mudguards on the mixte hold 700c wheels?

pretty certain it fits 700c and 27, if youre interested i can dig it out and put some wheels on.

Any chance you'd post the mixte frame?

£150 on the Colomb now.

sending the mixte, maybe - its a pain waiting around for couriers. if youre cool with the post office price then i guess it could be done, might be cheaper for me to bring it to london and meet you somewhere.

Evening,

Is the Colomb bike still going?

yeah the colomb is still here!

Cool, I'd be interested in taking off your hands

ok cool, when do you want to come grab it? i presume youre in London? im in Brighton as stated in the ad so can bring it to the train station if youre not driving.

Alright man, I'll be around to pick it up next Saturday if that's cool will private message you if the forum allows me to now

ok nice one, i think you need to post a few times in order to message people. drop some compliments on peoples bikes that will sort it out!

I'm stil quite interested in the mixte frame - is it still around or have I left it too long?
Can you drop me an email on jet.s.white AT gmail .com ?

I like the mixte too. Do you have TT and ST measurement to hand?

both now sold