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Thanks to Zizka for a smooth deal. The bars are now gone.

Thanks Mudd. I have one dibser. Chloe may yet get her machine. Daughter Jess has a peugeot comp on the way, currently at wingedangel's

That Romulus is gorgeous. I absolutely LOVE Rivendells! look on Flickr.com/groups/rivenedll_bicycles

Right Im lost now! Ive got a dibs, I may have a second dibs unless its the same person (that's forum aliases for you). Anyone else before I log off for the weekend?

The photos dont do the paint justice. The paint would cost 150. Anyway its been claimed provisionally by PM.
If this chap decodes against it, my stepdaughter gets a new schoolbike!

Well said that man!

Whoa there! the dibser just told me she lives in fucking carrot-crunching country! I hate posting stuff, so the bars are open to dibs for the rest of today. PM me your contact number.

@edscoble...
see, that Urban looks fabby, cos the tyres go with the colour of the bike, but gum and pink/purple whateverthehell the Colnago is?
The Yellow/orange/red range, and pink, are the only colours i'd fit black to, and they look shite with amber/honey/tan/gum accessories

Scorch is roght.
@skully, the naswer to your logo question is of course, the scourge of the West End... wankers who work in marketing!

A PM tells me the maker is Kevin Winter, and is highly regarded.
A dibs has been received but wants it posting which I prefer not to do.
Anyone want to dibs before end of today?

Im usually a fan of tan/amber/gum walls, but not in this case. Only certain colours can take black contacts and tyres IMHO, and this wouldnt look right with anything else, except perhaps white, but as its gonna be ridden and not just posed around E1 on, black is the choice.

Now contacted and arranged. sorry other Dibsers, but Beaker was first to get in direct contact. That's how it works.
Beaker, I'd suggest deleting your email address now.

Get it out into Essex and Suffolk, and enjoy the miles.
Lovely bike considering lack of mudguards.

Right fellas, after Webof's unfortunate recent accident, he's had to honourably pull out, so the Evans is back up for grabs.
Please PM me asap with your contact number, as Im going offline tonight.
Sorry for the short notice.

It's a small custom builder. Also known for painting, hence the airbrush work.
I bought it off the original owner at an event, but im sorry to say i didnt get more details.

Im coming to london tonight, so last chance on this frame
those who pmd, and anyone else, the first person to pm me their contact number gets the frame

Still no response from dibsers so the item is now open to the first person to pm me their contact number

It turns out that the winning dibser was dibsing for the second one, and both are ging quiet when adked for their contact numbers, so its now open to the first person to pm me their number.

@Tyronebblack and Se22
Please can either of you PM me if you want this frame. Other dibsers gone quiet again, and I leave for London (and therefore offline) in 24 hours.
Thanks

Decal-less bikes are therefore cooler. if a bike is so gorgeous it still looks good without them, it raises the bar for everyone else.
A now-dead mate used to polish the decals of components, black them out on tyres, and even ordered a Carradice bag sans label. That was more a political gesture than an aesthetic one though, cos he painted his Flying gate yellow!
I'm gradually cutting down on decals, and no longer add them on resprays - cept the old "Guaranteed built with..." of course! No-brand is the new brand.

Well Tiswas, the TA adapter was only a minor delay. Ive had prople never contact me back at all. If anyone had that much time on their hands, they could look through my posts at the Trek frame and the first dibsers on the Evans.
It would be helpful to let my know if youre going away though, cos the item can then be passed to the second dibser. I always try to point out on my ads about my 'double life' and when I will next be in town or offline.

Anyways, you popped back up again and honoured your dibs, so there we are folks. Tiswas is ok, just a bit absent minded sometimes!
Heehee!
See you at the end of the week, with your Adapteur.

Well, i put these on here ages ago and not a tickle, then 5 dibses in 2 days!
Im pming you in order!

OK, here are some pics....
In daylight, it's more original than I thought, with less paint on it! There is a tiny ding, but not really worthy of the word 'dent', and there's evidence of a crank strike on the RH chainstay, but theres so much metal there, that it's no wory either.
The frame finishing looks rough by modern standards - a real 'blacksmith's job', and its up to you how you wish to finish it. A little dressing with emery would smooth it out, but destroy the originality of it.
Incidentally, I bought it at the CTC York Rally, from a V-CC official, who verified name and maker through the frame number.
im sorry the photos are really rubbish. Its my phone, not my eyes, I hope.
The frame will be in London by the end of the week, and I can bring it to CritMass

Youre third in the queue Tyrone, but I'll get back to you depending how hings go. Yes this friday, which is the 25th. Can bring it to CritMass if you like.

Yes Skully, Brokks had never seen sew-on sleeves before. The guy (Im not naming!) asked in my mudguards were from Velo Orange. "So youve heard of VO then" thought I "Well look down their list for elk hide sew-on handlebar covers, cos thats what these are. Duh!"

Mass, Friday?