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I am going to move this onto retro bike tomorrow if there is no interest.

Monday price drop to £125.

I am selling my lovely 80's steel Witcomb racing frame. It is of usual Witcomb high quality with lovely lug work. The frame is in great condition with no dents or dings. The paint is non original and is a little tatty with some chips in the usual places, chain stays and drop outs, it is totally serviceable as is but could be refinished if you wish. All the threads are perfect and look like the frame has actually had very little use. I bought it off a collector who had it in dry storage for a number of years.

Frame details are:
Seat tube (centre to top): 54.5cm
Top tube (centre to centre): 56cm
Head tube 13.5cm
Front drop out spacing: 100mm
Rear drop out spacing: 126mm
Campagnolo drop outs
Gear shifter bosses brazed onto down tube
Gear cable guides on top of bottom bracket (Campagnolo)
Rear mech braze on
Brake cable guides on top of top tube
Water bottle bosses on down tube

I am sure you know about Witcomb but for those who don't there is much more information on classic lightweights. Needless to say they were extremely well respected frame builders the world over and were based in Deptford SE London.

http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/builders/witcomb.html

£135.
Collection from Clapton are or Highgate.

Sorry uncle jo you are right. But Ron is about penny's size (red Raleigh).

Is Ron still for sale?

Is this still up for grabs? If so dibs.

Dibs

Dibs seatpost pm sent

Tuesday price reduction to £75, if it doesn't go soon ill pop it on ebay.

Hi

I still have my Vitus 979 for sales. The frame is 56cm and is in overall good condition for an aluminum frame of this age. There are some scuffs and scratches but these are to be expected. The only issue I can see really is that one of the water bottle bosses has come loose and requires re-gluing with epoxy or something similar. Unfortunately the frame does not come with the original Vitus forks but does come with some super lovely aluminum ones. I have only owned this frame and forks for a few months and I planned to build It up into a summer ride but unfortunately the frame is a tad to big for me.

I would like £85 for the frame and forks which is what I payed for them:

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Hi all, the open pros have now gone and the vitus is provisionally sold.

Thanks Richard

No worries at all, thanks for the interest.

Hi unfortunately they are 32 hole ones. Let me know if this is any use and there yours.

Sunday price drop:

Vitus now £100
Dave Marsh now £75
Open Pro wheels now £50

Hi all,

I am finally having a long overdue clear out, I am putting a few things up today including a couple of lovely frames and will add a few more things when I can decide what to part with.

This first frame I am selling is my Vitus 979. The frame is 56cm and is in overall good condition for an aluminum frame of this age. There are some scuffs and scratches but these are to be expected. The only issue I can see really is that one of the water bottle bosses has come loose and requires re-gluing with epoxy or something similar. Unfortunately the frame does not come with the original Vitus forks but does come with some super lovely aluminum bonded ones. I have only owned this frame and forks for a few months and I planned to build It up into a summer ride but unfortunately the frame is a tad to big for me.

I would like £125 for the frame and forks:

The second frame I am selling is my old Dave Marsh Reynolds 531 competition frame, it has a 55cm seat tube ctc, a 55cm top tube ctc. This frame has been my main frame for a number of years and is only going as I have replaced it with a 653 Dolan Cougar. This is a lovely example of a lightweight steel racing frame from this master builder and is consequently an amazing frame to ride. The frame was re-sprayed two years ago but has chipped quite badly so really could do with a re-spray, if you want a pristine looking frame. I am including the Schimano 105 head set and Campagnolo bottom bracket with the frame. There are a number of key things to note with regards to the condition of this frame, which I will detail as best possible and I stress you read before buying this frame as I don’t want to sell this frame to under any false pretences. The first and most important thing to not is that the seat post started to split just beneath the lug. After deliberation and consulting a number of frame experts I have drilled a hole in the seat post to prevent this spilt from continuing down the seat tube, this seems to have resolved the splitting issue. Having a hole just beneath the lug might worry some people but this seems to be standard practice to resolve this issue and infact some frames I have seen come with this section drilled from new, including my good friends Witcomb. If you are not too sure about this please don’t buy the frame, unless you plan just to hang it on your wall where I’m sure it would look lovely, but honestly I would much rather the frame is ridden. The second issue that I am aware of is that the fork seems to have been filed down a little too much by a previous owner and consequently the crown race has a shim to make it fit snugly. I have ridden this frame like this for a long time and it has never caused any problems. The final thing of note is that I tried to remove the bottom bracket but it did not seem to undo easily so I left it as it is as the bearings seem to be OK as it runs fairly smoothly. This is just a note that if you want to remove it you may struggle, then again you might not struggle where I did.

As I mentioned this is a great frame but has some issues, so please feel free to ask questions and I’m happy for people to come see the frame before committing to buying it.

I am pricing the frame accordingly at £85:

I am also selling some Mavic 700c Open Pro rims, these are in great condition and have seen very little use:

£60 for the pair:

I am also selling a 9 speed Campagnolo front derailleur, this is in good used condition.
£10

That’s all for now I will hopefully add a few more things on or before the weekend. Feel free to ask questions and PM me if you want to buy anything or make me a sensible offer. I don’t really want to post the frames or rims so they are local pick up only, I am based in East London (Either Victoria park area or New Cross/Deptford area).

Are the time forks still available? Sending a PM.

Hi is the dynatech frame still for sale? If so what size is the frame and are there any dents cracks or issues with it?

Is the Vitus still available?