Cicli B - new retro road

[Michum]

Hello, I'm super excited to post my new retro road. I bought it today for ~50$.
It's reynolds 531 so a top notch frameset.
There are some beautiful parts on it.
I still need to decide if i should either strip it and sell for parts on eBay or keep it and get suntour brake levers + suntour cyclone shifters.

 

[zerogravitas]

Bargain!

 

[non-fixie]

Frame made by Martens in Zwevezele, circa 1980 I'd say. Very nice! A bargain indeed.

If the size is right I'd at least take it for a spin before making any decisions.

 

[Michum]

Frame made by Martens in Zwevezele, circa 1980 I'd say. Very nice! A bargain indeed.

If the size is right I'd at least take it for a spin before making any decisions.

I guess that the size is right, seller claimed it's 58 do for 181cm rider it should be ok. I think that i will give it a try on Polonika (Polish annualy retro race) because i really like this thing and i have red dolphin seat + some red old benotto tapes that would fit perfectly on this

 

[Michum]

One more question guys, i have to change seatpost as the one that was inside the bike is cut and is extremely short. 26.6mm seatpost won't fit so considering it's reynolds 531 now i should try 26.4mm right?

 

[SteelNipple]

I've had metric Reynolds frames with both 26.4mm and 26.6mm seatposts. My 531c frame had 26.4mm seatpost from factory but it seemed little loose and 26.6mm size post did fit great. The other 531 (double butted?) could only fit a 26.4mm post. But I did not measure the actual post OD or seat tube ID on those. Larger frames might have thicker/heavier gauge tubes but I'd say the 26.4mm will fit. The 531c is usually stated to be 0.8/0.5 so in 28.0mm OD tubing that would make the ID 26.4mm.