For Sale: 1980s Soviet Steel - XB3 Record 58cm track bike

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• XB3 Record, year 1985
  
• Original paint in good condition
  
• New Sugino Messenger crankset
  
• Sakae Custom Road Champion handlebar
  
• Wheels - Novatec track hubs, Taurus rims, cnSPOKEs and Vittoria Rubino tyres
  
• Selle Italia Turbo custom saddle
  
  

I'm selling this for a friend, who is hoping to get £410 or near offers. The frameset was used in Soviet Union junior team training camps in Ventspils, Latvia from 1986-1989. After the collapse of Union, the frame was placed in a shed and forgotten about, together with other frames and bicycle parts until 2011 when it was built up in a look it is today. It has lived in Riga and been lightly used and well looked after since then, and only for sale as the owner is now more into polo and can't justify N+1 bikes... Set up as shown for the 180cm owner (approx 5'10"/5'11").

The bike can be brought to London for the London Bike Polo 2013 Open so will be available from 23 - 25 August. The If there's no interest on here or the price is wrong it will go on ebay.

There's lots of information on XB3 on the web, it was the biggest and best known bicycle factory in the Soviet Union, located in Kharkov, Ukraine (established in 1923).

Very interested in this bike. Just finally registered (rather than months of lurking) to let you know.

Sorry, should have mentioned - happy to wait til 23-25 August for London purchase. I'm in East London. hello [at] angusyoung.com.au

looks cool! Great piece of history, nice that you have a whole story on it :)

hi - thanks PSbyAY - email on its way

Having to let this one go as its not right for my girl. Such a beautiful bike though.

I'll be in LDN from the 16th. Pretty interested in this for a different price maybe. Hit me up. lemontimes at gmail.

emailed you both, thank you

Interested if the previous fall through, email m.p.england at gmail

Sold! thank you Matt - hope you enjoy it.