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Dibs please (if you will post) on ITM stem (black), 110mm, 26.0, good condition - £15
Hinged clamp to remove bars without taking off bar tape

dibs gipiemme sprint chainset with ita bb - 170mm - 52/42 - £31
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How long is the headtube please?

how long is the threaded portion on the forks please?

Possible interest in the frame subject to some questions. you have PM

Dibs Suntour superbe ex demo pedals (NOS) 20£
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what's the width CTC?

How wide is this, is it the same width as a Rolls or narrower like a Due please?

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Chaps I read the Columbus sticker as EL, even better.

What's the biggest it will take do you think?

Will it take a 30mm tyre?

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[SIZE=3]Used Mercier Formule 1 frameset. Pretty rare 'aero' frame from the 70s, made out of Vitus steel tubing that was, to my understanding, rolled to create an aero section. So it has ovalised sections on the top, down and seat tubes, a reduced profile headtube with flattened sides and the most beautiful flat seatstays and chainstays. The whole lot is fillet brazed. It really is a beautiful looking frame. It requires a unique aero-section seatpost with an expander bolt, which is included together with a superlight Brompton seat clamp. Seat tube 50cm CTC, 51.5cm CTT, Top tube 52.5cm CTC, head tube 10cm, rear end (Vitus dropouts) about 125mm and I get a 130mm in no problem. One set of bottle bosses, excellent French thread headset included, requires a French thread bottom bracket. It has its original paint and there's a bit of bubbling under the paint in a very few places and some scratches -- most are on the forks -- that could be touched up. £210 plus postage.

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I'll take the bb5 ce1l
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Steerer is 180mm which looks like it'll be too short for you. I can't insert a pic, please PM me your email if you're interested. I'd like £40

I have a carbon bladed, kinesis 1-inch, can't remember lkength of sterer but fairly long and in good nick. Will look them up if they sound right. What's your budget?

Drilling bars was very common before the grooves arrived. 3TTT even gave you a grid on some of their bends so you could match up the holes that you were supposed to drill yourself.

No, that's the very rare Colnago Sprout

I want to jump in because I feel Saarf is a little out on his own here. I agree with most of what Saarf has concluded. This has been an uncomfortable thread because it draws attention to something that we all know goes on. The reality is that the bikes in question at Retrospective are ordinary and unremarkable by any measure yet they are not for sale for small change. Their prices are higher than they should be purely because they have Colnago decals on them. I and many others who look at those pics know that those frames are not Colnagos -- Sports or other obscure 'entry level' mythical creations -- yet an unsuspecting and less well infomed buyer will have heard only of the Colnago brand. That's really what this comes down to -- misrepresentation -- and that is, unfortunately, deliberate. If you're confident enough to take the money then you should be confident in your knowledge of what you are selling. I also don't buy the bleeding heart, pity-me response. I'm sure Retrospective have many delighted customers. But these bikes should not trade on the Colnago brand association. That's all there is to it. Kudos to Saarf for pointing it out.

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