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The 'old' bits he took off were probably worth more than the new bits put on...
When you say 'he' I am guessing you mean the dutch guy that sold me the frame on ebay.
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Thanks for all the interest, I will now try to answer some of your comments as best as I can.
Price: My thinking behind the £650 was the following. A frame of this quality all built up in its original road setup with good components goes for around £450 on here. If you want to go fixed you need to add a good pair of wheels, a decent crankest and probably puncture proof tyres. All that and I reckon you're looking around the £650 mark. Having said that I understand that some people disagree with my valuation. For that reason I have added ONO next to the price as I am open to sensible offers.
Choice of wheels and components: After lurking around on lfgss and looking around sheldonbrown and fixedgeargallery I decided to take the plunge and build one myself. I bought the frame and forks from ebay (came with the BB, headset and the stem). I knew I wanted to get some strong hand made wheels as I wanted to avoid breaking spokes in the pot holes of our beautiful capital. While I was in Paris I visited a cycle shop (rue Louis Blanc behind Stalingrad) where I saw some beautiful old school frames and wheels (if you ever get the chance I highly recommend a visit). As it happened the owner had just finished making a set of blue wheels (matching colour to my frame). To be honest I hesitated a lot before purchasing them as I didnt know if the blue rims would suit the frame. The guy promised me that although they are not deep section rims they would be able to take the hammering of the London roads (which is true as they are still as true as the day I bought them). In any case since these wheels had a Miche hub I thought I follow suit and buy the Crankset, chain ring and sprocket all from the Miche Pista range as I knew they were very good quality.
Splitting the frame into bits: As I mentioned before I prefer not to do this for a couple of reasons. First, although I realise the pictures don't do it justice the matching colour of the wheels only adds the the look of the bike (I get a lot of compliments on it). Second, as I am moving away soon I really don't have the time to split and sell it piece by piece.
As you can imagine after putting a lot of time and effort into building it and riding it for my daily commute I am really gutted to be selling it. Especially given the fact that it rides like a dream (I was doing almost 50kmph on the embankment road earlier today). The only reason I am selling is that I know I wont be able to commute by bicycle in my new home. I know it sounds like a cliché but it would make me happy knowing it is going to a good home, hence the reason for posting it in lfgss.
As I said before sensible offers will be considered.
I am really sorry its been a long post.
Thanks again for all your comments.
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i think he is asking what's it's doing there....
Sorry my bad. They were there when I bought the frame. I guess I just keep them for decoration.
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What's the downtube shifter?
Do you mean the make? It sais Patent Campagnolo. Hope that helps.
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Blue Colnago super 58cm with matching hand made colour wheels.
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£450 + £25 shiiping within the UK. International bidders pls as me for a quote. **Again due to time constraints i prefer selling it as whole rather than splitting into bits.Unfortunately I am having to sell this beauty as I moving out of the UK.
Location: WC2R London, you are welcome to see it for yourself.
Size: Seat tube: 58 cm (c-t); Top tube: 57 cm (c-c).
Condition: Bike is in a very good condition. It has minor marks/scratches on the top tube as seen on the pictures.To be honest I prefer selling this as a coplete bike. However, if there is not enough interest I might try splitting up into bits.
Parts:
- Bottom Bracket, Headset, downtube Shifters and Drops are all original Campagnolo.
- Crankset: Miche Pista Cranks
- Chainset and Chainring: Miche Pista 49T/16T all 1/8" (including chain)
- Hand Made wheels by an expert wheel builder in Paris: Bianchi Rims, Miche Pista Hubs
- Tyres: Specialized Armadillo (23mm)
- Brake lever: Black DirtyHarry
- Sadle: Old school blue Turbo
- Seatpost: Aero type
- Handle bar: Charge bullhorn
- Stem: Cinelli
- Pedals: Not included
I know the person who buys this will not regret it. It rides like a dream and looks the business.
Feel free to ask dibs and PM.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-xYZyf5CJTCU/Tf-y7pXQu2I/AAAAAAAADvY/mM4uefLZ8kE/s800/IMG_4184.JPG
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ELKm2ZT6By0/Tf-y8umtq8I/AAAAAAAADvc/6vdklMW7LUU/s800/IMG_2319.JPG
Additional pictures: https://picasaweb.google.com/lioreligal/ColnagoFixed?authkey=Gv1sRgCM2Hye-d-5K4SQ&feat=directlink
- Bottom Bracket, Headset, downtube Shifters and Drops are all original Campagnolo.
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As **Stonehedge pointed out b4
**Come on TFL...how about bike racks next to some of your BBike stations? -
Before you leave France check out saint jean de luz (near Biarritz) its a really cool little beach town. Oh and while you're in the Basque Country dont forget to eat a lot of pinchos (like tapas only nicer).
have a great time
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£450 + £25 shiiping within the UK. International bidders pls as me for a quote.