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Raleigh is outside my house now... Motobecane will be slung out once I get round to removing headset and BB...

Sorry just seen this, yep still got it.

Yes.

Final price drops before I stick them out in the street...

2nd down in the bottom pic gone

2nd up in the bottom pic gone

BUMP for price drops.

Open to offers. Postage not an option at the moment.

OP updated to show what's left.

Going fast :)

New alloy riser bars. £10 ea.
482mm end to end
25.4mm in the middle
21mm at the ends

New alloy straight bars. £10 ea.
420mm end to end
25.4mm in the middle
21mm at the ends

Various used steel handlebars £5 ea. (or some beer)

I'm saying collection only from N. London for the time being but if no interest I will work out postage. No dibs, PM me and come get 'em. Got quite a few of the risers and straights...

Just added a couple more.

PMs received and replied to... Is it OK to say "no dibs"? Would prefer to let stuff go on a first come first served basis...

Clearout time! Anyone for some cheap vintage steel?

Raleigh 60s (?) frame. £10
Hand painted and scruffy but looks sound and straight
Includes original headset
Seat tube 21.5" C-T
Top tube 22.5" C-C
Dropouts 120mm

Motobecane frame. £10
Vitus 172 double butted cro-moly tubing
Original paint with marks as pictured.
Includes original (french) headset and BB - worth the asking price just for the headset!
Forks look slightly twisted & possibly some damage to top tube. As-seen!
Seat tube 57cm C-T
Top tube 57cm C-C
Rear dropouts 120mm
Nice french frame with pretty wrap-around seat stay ends

Got some more bits lurking in the workshop, if there's any interest in these I will post more pics and info when I get a moment.

How big is it? (Seat tube c-t)

If it doesn't shift here, put it on gumtree. I know Moultoneers regularly check there for bargains. At that price in London, it will get snapped up. Would go for it myself but currently working on a vintage Moulton as I type. Good luck with the sale/swap.

Comments here and elsewhere have convinced me to put it on eBay and get top dollar for it. It's listed now with no reserve and a penny start. I hope it finds a good home.

it is against the forum rules to advertise it elsewhere (retrobike)

Really? Why's that then?

I was often found riding in one of those around 35 years ago. Think it was vintage back then

lol, yeah looks some kind of medieval torture device but no reason why it wouldn't work well today. if no one wants it i might put it back into use myself. would be good for carrying stuff, too.

I'm never going to get round to doing this so here goes. A potentially very nice, very original Moulton Major - with 4 speed Sturmey FW, front dynohub, and front and rear racks. This is a "shed find" in sound condition in spite of lots of surface rust. When I got it I gave it a quick wash and a squirt of oil here and there. Following this, (with the exception of the front wheel) everything was found to be functional and nothing seized as far as I can tell. Hub gears work fine. Suspension seems to work well! I also started giving the seat tube a polish to see how it would come up - you can probably see in the picture.

Only issue other than cosmetics is the front wheel, which was obviously left in a damp patch in the shed as the tyre was wrecked and the rim was too rotten to get a new tyre on.

I bought some used but good Brompton alloy rims, as well as the correct size schwalbe tyres and tubes about a year ago. I am happy to haggle if you want these too. My plan was to rebuild the wheels and ride it for a while while pondering whether to restore it fully.

Collection only from North London. Swaps considered - try me.

Will need new base making but frame is sound. Collection N. London.

Still got this and no room in the shed. Free to a good home!

Collection only, Manor House N4. Nicely made but not particularly lightweight. Seems sound but very scruffy.

Sorry but I can not be bothered with this sort of negativity yes it was not perfect but actually we got 10,000 cyclists on the streets and it was pissing with rain so stop being so bloody negative

OK, sorry I didn't mean to be as "bloody negative" as I perhaps came across - I agree that it was a great achievement. But the person I went with - a rain or shine commuting cyclist - commented that she wouldn't go on another. That's a shame. I would go again cos I think it's a great idea and I support any event which raises the profile of cycling in the capital.

Could my post be reinterpreted as constructive criticism? I'd just like to see the next one even better. :)

Was big, wet, slow, controlled, sociable, hi-viz, invisible and sterile.
Not sure what the point was

I was there, and enjoyed it on balance, although I sort of agree.

At the start, at the back of the ride the marshalls were telling everyone to speed up and bunch up with the main group, which led predictably to congestion and a slower than walking pace. After a few minutes of scooting along in the cold and wet we decided to stop off for a coffee.

After the coffee we enjoyed a ride along a deserted, closed street (still marshalled - we got told off for going through a stop sign) and rejoined the back of the ride some 15 minutes later.

Event was badly marshalled / planned IMHO. Would have been much better (more enjoyable and more visible) to let people set off at a slower pace and with bigger gaps between the riders.

bump missed a woodrup on eBay...still looking