Nice little run-around

[M-Power]

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Wow...dream bike and so cheap for what it is, a part of British MTB history

Not cheap enough, after all it is just a worn out race bike surely

The Joke is, if this was a Yeti ex-team bike, or Tinkers Klein, it would be Four figures plus already.

Go figure.

Exactly. She is a racing legend and her Islabikes continue her uncompromising legacy for kids. British and iconic, this bike is and i hope it ends up in a museum with the kudos it deserves, after a good fettling as you say.

 

[66 triumph daytona]

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Bloody bargain if you asked me.Agreed that a total stripdown/service would be the first thing to do.Interesting and cool to see she used Mavic hubs with the Campag group.Off the charts cool bike.

 

[sinnerman]

There are some really HOT bargains around at the moment for sure...!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Retro-V ... 3738794979

You couldnt get a thief to steel it for you for less, im sure....!!!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Retro-V ... 3738794979

And this one, not quite as rare as the seller believes, but still as hard to find as a successful thief in Hatton Garden...!!!

 

[sinnerman]

Theirs never been a better time to Buy Quality.

 

[Takingabreak]

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Wait, roll back a bit.....

I've just checked out the ebay listing.

Is that a sturmey archer cable pulley?

Do they scientifically give less friction and improve gear changes?

I think sturmey have missed a marketing opportunity here

 

[sinnerman]

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Wait, roll back a bit.....

I've just checked out the ebay listing.

Is that a sturmey archer cable pulley?

Do they scientifically give less friction and improve gear changes?

I think sturmey have missed a marketing opportunity here

What cant speak cant lie...

 

[fatfixie]

Hey Sinnerman. I sent you a Pm re a Zinn I came across recently ....

 

[M-Power]

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Said it before, a Zinn full 753 is the nicest British steel bike ever made,
soz G Roberts. Never ridden one alas.

 

[66 triumph daytona]

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I briefly had a Centaur in the mid 90s,531 frame and (Im open to correction here)753 forks.Had it for a year and traded it in for a shite full sus(I know).It was super quick but the groupset was woeful,anyone know what numbers were built,any catalogues out there?

 

[sinnerman]

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I briefly had a Centaur in the mid 90s,531 frame and (Im open to correction here)753 forks.Had it for a year and traded it in for a shite full sus(I know).It was super quick but the groupset was woeful,anyone know what numbers were built,any catalogues out there?

The catalogues are here. viewtopic.php?t=156265&highlight=zinn+z753

And its not secret Campagnolo is heavy, overbuilt, and by any standard no where near as efficient as the Japanese. But God it was stunning..., in a way that the Japanese manufacturers couldn't even come close too. Ferrari 355 and Honda NSX...