For Sale: Jack Taylor Mixte, Arabesque Groupset, New decals

I'm selling my Jack Taylor Mixte bike.
This is my pride and joy, and I spent a few years looking for it and collecting Shimano arabesque parts for it.
Now I'm broke, and I love it, but it's time for it to move on to a new home.

I'm never sure what a helpful measurement is with mixte, frames, but it should fit a rider that is 5'10" and smaller, as this is my height and I kinda wish it was a little bigger.

I have not applied the new decals, the frame has some cosmetic wear and you may want to have it re-painted first. I personally wouldn't has it has all of the hand lining work on it, and the rust is minimal.

This is a new build. All of the cables, the chain and the cassette are new. I've done less than 30 miles on it since I built it.

The wheels are tri-colour Shimano 600, 8 speed but because of the spacing on the frame the mech is set to not go into the smallest cog.
The headset, cranks, chainrings, and mechs are Shimano 600 arabesque, the brakes are Mapec (I think).

Pick up only from Green Lanes.

This is the groupset on another frame:

£460 for the complete bike.

Please make me an offer if you are at all interested, I'm also open to the idea of just selling the frame.

More Photos, also now available frame, fork, new decals and headset only, £300

No! *no! *don't sell it! that's fucking amazing!

Yeah try to hang onto bikes like Ed does.....

Dude, I know. In some ways I hope it doesn't sell. But really, I'm in between a rock and a hard place.

Stick it in ladies forum too?

I'm in between a rock and a hard place.

You're in Maine??

In a word, no.

Lovely good luck with sale!

http://www.collectmyparcel.com/other/bike_delivery.html I heard somebody used this on another bike forum I am on and worked for him. If you are really stuck and people don't want to collect.

(I am 5"5' this makes me feel tiny lol)

Well, it's a lovely bike, but 700 for a mixte with Shimano old school 600? Seems optimistic to me, but the market will tell...

Not surprised that is your pride and joy. Lugless, probably bronze welded. I think that 'top' tube is really unusual - single tube between the head and seat tubes and then splitting to two stays down to the rear drop out. A special bike that. I'd get it for mrs d4, but we have no room for more bikes. Hope it goes to a very good home...

more pictures?

Well, Shaws, I did say I was open to offers.

Dave4, the Taylor brothers were the pioneers of fillet brazing, and this frame shows it off very well.

I'll take some more photos over the weekend.

I have a fillet brazed Thorn XTC (done by LA cycles seen their frames on here too) and well done fillet brazing is beautiful in an understated manner.

If you want classy with no lugs it's the way to go for sure.

Frame is top end work.

I hope to dog no-one repaints this. Sorry you have to sell it Nhatt.

Sorry I haven't gotten around to posting more photos. My laptop got a little damp and has lost the use of it's vowels.

Monday price drop, and a few components photos to add in the next few minutes.

Oh, and if you want to know more about the Taylor brothers...

http://www.classicrendezvous.com/British_isles/Taylor_Jack/taylor_movie.asx

Just realized I'd raised the price instead of lowering it...doh. Now at £550

I really do love the arabesque groupset. Now all I need is a road bike. And an arabesque groupset. and 550 quid.

And to be a lady.

I know, totally kills me to be getting rid of this. It is my dream bike, I horded the groupset bit by bit till the right frame came up.

/Grumble

I really do love the arabesque groupset. Now all I need is a road bike. And an arabesque groupset. and 550 quid.

And to be a lady.

I have an arabesque (part) groupset that I am never going to do justice too. You have a PM.

Merry Wednesday price drop... now £500.

For £500, you need more photos!!! I'm sure its lovely but I cant really tell with only one picture.

There we go.

More photos added.

I'm moving back to the states in a month, and I've had rather a lot to sort out, but this needs a new home before I go.

Price drop.

If I don't sell it soon I'll be selling the groupset separate.