The unwanted retro mtb child of recent builds. Ride it away for £140. 19"

Sold.

Alright here's a bike then. I'm going to donate £50 from this sale to our DIY skatepark project because we're constantly in need of funds. Whole bike for £140. It's in E8 and I won't post. The price to me reflects the BB situation below.

Bit of a mish mash of recent leftovers and new bits where you want them. It rides like a new bike (to me anyway... it's been a while since I've owned a new bike).

Run down:

• 1992 (I think?!) Giant Escaper, 17.5" CTC, 19" CTT. 1 1/8th. Original matching stem. Rad forks.
  
• New generic threaded headset, unsealed bearings
  
• All black wheels, bearings and freehub good. Deore hubs on standard rims, plenty wear left on braking surface. Schwalbe City Jets that could do with a wipe. It won’t come with these skewers as they belong with another wheelset.
  
• Might come with a different saddle, a retro WTB one which in my opinion is much nicer than the one shown, but my gf prefers it.
  
• The following has had about 100 miles use: cables, brake pads, chain, cassette, S&M Hoder grips (that don't match the decals as well as I thought they might)
  
• 1 x 7 drivetrain. Trigger shifter, XT mech, shimano cassette
  
• Retro shimano deore DX canti brakes, some unbranded levers, which are actually pretty nice.
  
• Retro Orange riser bars with the cross bar so you can fit a pad later ;)
  
  

The bad:

• No rust to write home about, but the paint is quite scratched in places. Hopefully the photos show that.
  
• The BB is siezed in the frame and the driveside teeth have gone. It's a shimano one I think, and it spins nicely and with no play. I imagine there's plenty of life in it but beyond that I can't say for sure. Winston Vaz might be able to burn it out - his website says prices from £20 for that service. It's a bit far for me to travel for a bike that's just taking up room now my 950 is finished.
  
• The cranks don't match. They're the same length (175), and they look like a pair, but they're not.
  
• The shifter is 8sp, and there's a 7sp cassette on it. It shifts really well considering (maybe 90% of perfect. 8speed shimano shifters pull 2.8mm of cable per shift, 7speed ones pull 2.7mm so there's not a lot in it). It would benefit from an 8sp cassette if you're fussy, and a retune of the mech to get it running perfectly, but it didn't bother me enough to do it.
  

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Very nice deal for someone

Very interested for a friend— I’m bad with mountain bike sizes, what sort of height do you think this would be good for?

This is great. Excellent deal.

I'm 5'9" and that's how it is set up in the photo and is kind of spot on for my height. there's lots of seat post in the frame but I guess beyond 5'11 it might be uncomfortable. Likewise lower than 5'7" and it might begin to feel too big.

Nice

I think it would be better with some laid back cruiser bars on it, but cba to do it for a bike I'm getting rid of.

This is lovely, and an absolute steal.

Ooof lovely!

Rad!

Dibs for a friend! have sent you a message

I would have snatched this up!!!

Is this gone ?

Sorry yeah this has now gone. Thanks all for comments and interest. No doubt more to come, slowly. PM me if you want to buy something like it

so dope, too small for me :(