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Crushed bike under a tipper truck turning left.. same old sad story.

Looks very bad.

I'll throw in the previous tyres too if the buyer wants them... a set of 650b 40c Marathons. They are literally double the weight of the horizons but despite thousands of miles (on various wheelsets) they look barely used... they will outlast your grandchildren

Selling my 650b wheel set. Not strictly road per se, whack 'em on your MTB if you wish - but most MTB hubs are mad-wide bolt thru these days! These were used for maybe 6 months of dry commuting over this Summer .. tyres only done 3 months or so.

XT M756 6-bolt hubs
Commencal Alpha Enduro Rims
Fancy lightweight spokes (sapim D-light?)
Horizon tyres

Excellent condition. Surprisingly lightweight and even more surprisingly fast! The tyres are only 400g IIRC so they are very supple and mucho rapido! Tread is also very meaty and I've not had a single puncture.

Hubs roll well, maintained & full of Phil Wood grease for maximum cool. These are proper hubs, steel axle and big balls. Newer XT hubs are a bit lighter but the bearings are teeny and will wear out long before these hit puberty. The rims are 500g / 28mm wide and allegedly tubeless compatible (as are the tyres) although I always ran tubes.

£100 and you even get a spare tube!

Pick-up from London

PM on the way ... For Paul and DT shifters

Split prices:

Frame & fork (plus surly fork) inc. cane creek 40 headset and tektro brakes - £250

Hope / Velocity A23 wheels 10sp - £130

I'm the same person... Not sure why my username is different when I use my phone

Custom Paint. Hope Wheels. 105 drivetrain

What's up with the headset lower cup? Is it integrated into the head tube?

Very educational! Certainly a unusual frame

I'm going to have to concede here... It seems Noblex was producing stainless steel back in 1995

"The Noblex tubing is an Austenitic stainless steel made by Poppe & Potthoff in Germany to specification X5CrNi18-10. It is similar to AISI 304.

Chemistry

C Carbon max 0.07%
Si Silicon max 1.00%
Mn Manganese max 2.00%
P Phosphorus max 0.045%
S Sulphur max 0.015%
Cr Chromium 17.5-19.5%
Ni Nickel 8.0-10.5%

Mechanical Properties

Tensile Strength 1000 N/mm2 (1000 MPa)
Yield Strength 900 N/mm2 (900 MPa)
Elongation 10%

The 653 tubes have the same metallurgy as 531 but are thinner (so lighter)

I don't know of anyone making stainless steel bicycle tubing in 1995! Happy to be proved wrong but I'd be surprised.

Not exactly.

REYNOLDS 501 2025
REYNOLDS 531C 1800
REYNOLDS 531P 1700
REYNOLDS 531ST 1935
REYNOLDS 653 1700
REYNOLDS 753 1650

EDIT - Stays not chromed (as I assumed) genuinely Stainless steel

Reynolds say:

"531 Main tubes drawn thinner than 531C; 725 rear stays (replaced 531P)"

126mm rear spacing? Does not compute

It's not a bargain.

It is a weird, weird bike with some bizarre component choices.

S/H prices if split

titanium frame - £400
R500 wheels - £50
Drivetrain - £100
Tyres - £20
Saddle - £40
Seatpost - £40
Bar & stem - £20
Brakes & levers - £20

Being kind with the above, I reckon about £800 quid in split prices. £700 seems more like a realistic whole price (especially considering the limited appeal)

That all changes if the frame is something special - can you elaborate on the brand, provenance or design of the frame?

Is the zip-tie structural?