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Roll back nearly 6 years (six???!!! WTF!) and I had scored this tidy baby, built it up and the damn thing was too small...
It was in exceptional condition and as NOS roadie parts didnt require a remortgage at the time, I'd managed to build it up with some pretty good spec parts:
So anyway, these 853 frames had appeared just as steel was going out of fashion. Aluminium and carbon were muscling in leaving steel shed bound for a few years. So, £899 in 1997 got you one of these rather tasty frames with RX100 itching to be removed and replaced immediately by DA or at least Ultegra. The ideal upgrade path of the day - buy a decent frame and upgrade the drivetrain later.
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Why am I babbling on? Because I've just scored another one, in blue and white as above and its in my size. Although, how on earth I'm going to put it together, I dont know!
656 version looks identical
Updates later.
It was in exceptional condition and as NOS roadie parts didnt require a remortgage at the time, I'd managed to build it up with some pretty good spec parts:
So anyway, these 853 frames had appeared just as steel was going out of fashion. Aluminium and carbon were muscling in leaving steel shed bound for a few years. So, £899 in 1997 got you one of these rather tasty frames with RX100 itching to be removed and replaced immediately by DA or at least Ultegra. The ideal upgrade path of the day - buy a decent frame and upgrade the drivetrain later.
viewtopic.php?p=1344080
Why am I babbling on? Because I've just scored another one, in blue and white as above and its in my size. Although, how on earth I'm going to put it together, I dont know!
656 version looks identical
Updates later.
