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07Feb
Cannondale Prophet Med Manitou Swinger Frameset 26 Wheel Retro MTB
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There is a small dent on the top tube, which is shown in the photos. It is very minor and doesn’t affect the integrity of the frame whatsoever. There are the usual scuffs and marks from usage but still in good condition and fully functional. All the pivots are tight and moving smoothly with no play. The bottom bracket threads are mint as is the rear mech hanger and thread. The Manitou Swinger 3 way air shock is in great shape with no leaks, and the stanchion has no wear or scratches. The seal has no cracks or perishing and it holds sir. The rebound adjuster is working as it should. Frame size is MEDIUM and the dimensions are. 17 inches from centre of bottom bracket to top of seat tube. 22 inches from centre of seat tube to centre of headtube. 49mm external headset cup diameter. 68mm bottom bracket shell width. It is a very nice quality frame, and it would build a great bike. Please have a good look at the photos before purchasing and check out my other retro bicycle components listed.
06Feb
Pro Flex Frame And Rock Shox Mag 21 Fork Retro Vintage Mtb Mountainbike
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Proflex retro mtb frame, Aluminium front triangle, steel swingarm. With Rock Shox Mag 21 fork. Elastomers have perished on the frame but can be easily replaced (Cane creek thudbuster are a good one). STX headset, Bottom bracket, seatpost and clamp included. Also original canti rocker for rear swingarm. Any questions please ask. Please note, I can get to the post office only on a Friday.
02Feb
Bontrager Privateer Retro 1998 MTB Frame Size Large / 19
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Bontrager Privateer Retro 1998 MTB Frame Size Large / 19. In beautiful Condition having be re-painted to a very high standard about 5 years ago in gloss black with brand new decals from retro decals. They are a few very light marks here and there but nothing of note. This is a Trek-era Privateer, not that that is anything to get stuffy about as they were built to a very high standard in the USA. Despite being of 1998 vintage it had the classic 1 head tube and a rear canti brake hanger so you can build up an early-90′s looking bike with ease. Forks would have been either a 60mm travel Rockshox (I have these available if required) or a tig welded rigid fork with an axle to crown dimension of around 400mm. It’s a size large in Bontrager-speak, which means 19″ when measured in the “standard for the day” “centre to top way. Seat tube centre to centre: 17. Seat tube centre to top: 19. Top tube actual centre to centre: 22.25. Top tube effective horizontal c-c: 22.5. Head tube end to end: 4.25. Seatpost diameter: 27.0mm. Bottom bracket: 73mm BSA I have a suitable Shimano XT (UN72 in my other listings). Front mech: 28.6mm top pull. Will be well wrapped and posted using Parcel Force.
29Jan
2005 Turner 5 Spot Frame Horst Link Retro Bike Mtb Fox Evol Dps Factory Kashima
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Retro 2005 Turner 5 Spot frame with Fox Factory E VOL Float Kashima Coat rear shock. Early 00s Turner 5 Spot frame, Made in USA. This frame is finished in Red with Polished aluminium rear triangle, It is in good used condition for its with some age related scuffs, scratches and marks here and there on the frame. I have tried to show the worst areas of these in the pictures. The polished aluminium rear triangle has dulled over time and there is a couple of marks from chain drop behind where the chainrings sit, These are all purely cosmetic. There is one very tiny dent on the top tube from where the handle bars of another of my bikes fell against it. It is very minor but just want to be completely honest. No play in the pivots and bearings. The rear shock was upgraded to a Fox Float Factory E Vol (Extra volume for running low air pressures) DPS with the factory Kashima Coating. Dual Piston System with 3 positions, Open, Medium and firm options. The shock is in good condition and full working order. Please take a good look over the pictures as I have tried to show the true condition of this frame. The threads on the rear mech hanger, bottle bosses and bottom bracket housing are all in good condition. Cable guides are all good too. The head tube accepts standard 1 1/8th inch external cup headsets. The frame is classed as a Medium I would say at 17 inch. The frame measures 17 inch centre of Bottom bracket to top of seat tube. Inch centre of seat tube to centre of head tube. For 26 inch wheels and 135mm QR rear drop outs. Disc brake only with I. S disc mount fitting. A retro classic frame and would build up into an excellent retro bike. BE SURE TO CHECK OUT MY OTHER ITEMS FOR MORE GREAT LISTINGS AND OTHER RETRO BIKE PARTS. INCLUDING CARBON FIBRE, RACE FACE, HOPE, FOX, ROCKSHOX, CARBON FIBRE AND XTR PARTS.
20Jan
Spooky Metalhead Frame Dirt Retro Jump Bike Vintage Bandwagon Retro Downhill
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Somewhat of a rare pony this one. Really want to keep it, but it’s the time old story, too many projects and not enough space. Plus it’d be a waste of bike for the skills that I have nowadays. I believe it to be original paint and decals, which is nice, in pretty good condition all around really, its obviously been sat around as a project for more of its life than its been ridden for. Scuffs here and there, stuff that will polish out with some effort. Some paint chips from chain slap. And some tyre rub. There’s a crappy paint chip just infront of the seat post clamp from bad storage and moving. I’d say that’s the worst blemish. Original stickers I think with a bunch of period extra stickers which I’m always a fan of and really don’t like taking them off as they really show a place in time where it came from. Has a dmr bb adapter fitted which seems in good order. And, the very very rare original hope rear mount – along with a full set of hope brakes – front and rear. These will absolutely need a full rebuild. The rear lever was separated from the hose as the hose was already messed up and the lever waving around was risking chiping the frame some more, so off it came. Includes seatpost and clamp and 24seven seat. However, sadly and annoyingly it does not include the rear dropout kit. Although it seems these are slightly easier to get a hold of than the hope mount so at least there’s that. A really cool rig. It really deserves some energy to make it great again.
16Jan
Lee Cooper LA Cycles Retro Steel MTB Frame & Forks like Chas Roberts DOGSBOLX
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Lee Cooper LA Cycles Retro Steel MTB Frame and Forks like Chas Roberts DOGSBOLX 18.5. Here we have a very rare beast. In fact it’s the only one ever built. Lee Cooper is a master frame builder based in Coventry. He’s done contract building for most of the British frame manufacturers and for a time in the 1990′s he and business partner Al, ran LA Cycles behind John Atkins Cycles on Far Gosford Street. Lee was the builder and Al was the painter. Their bikes were fully custom in the vane of Dave Yates, Chas Roberts et al and on the rare occasion their bikes were tested in magazines, they loved them. In the late 80′s and early 90′s, spurred on by the popularity of mountain biking in USA, most of these British builders started adding MTB frames to their traditional road bike offerings. This is a prototype that Lee built for himself to test ideas. It uses a combination of fillet brazing and lugs for the high end skinny steel Columbus and Reynolds tubes (he can’t remember exactly what model they are). You can see where Lee has experimented with tyre vs crank clearance by heating the tubing and “manipulating” with a heavy object! It was originally built around the chrome-plated steel threaded fork but Lee also used the suspension forks seen in the photos which are SR Suntour 8500′s in a very similar (but not exact same) yellow shade with matching graphics. This has not been used for many years. The stanchions are good, the adjusters work and there is no excessive slop of play but they will need a full service if you intend to ride them. Please note these are threadless for aheadset systems and have a long 180mm 1 steerer. Both forks are included in this sale. The yellow frame paint is original and although there are quite a lot of chips, it’s deep and glossy. The chips could be easily touched in if required. I know Lee quite well both from bitd and from doing a lot of frame repairs on my retro MTB fleet and so when he was moving his workshop he offered me his old frames. All but two are now gone and this is the last one to be listed. I’ve got too many bikes so it’s time to move it on to an appreciative collector. Bring fully custom, it’s not a “size” as such but I guess you’d call it a 18.5 based on seat tube length centre to top. The actual dimensions are. Seat tube centre to top: 18.5. Seat tube centre to centre: 15.75. Top tube effective horizontal with the rigid forks: 23. Head tube end to end: 5. Seat post diameter: 27.2mm. Front mech diameter: 28.6mm. Headset: 1 threaded (rigid) / threadless (suspension). Fork axle to crown: 39cm (rigid) / 440mm suspension. Rear axle spacing is 130mm but you can splay them slightly to get a 135mm wide hub in if you like. Frame mass: 1915g. Rigid fork mass: 920g. Suspension fork mass: 1750g. Will be well packed and delivered insured to value by Parcel Force or you are welcome to collect from CV47 0HZ. Any questions, please ask.
11Jan
Audi Quattro Pro Mountain Bike Frame MTB Bicycle Bike 44CM, Limited Retro
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Do some research on retro bike, it was a thing. I bought it as a project but not enough time and this one really is a big project. These frames have a habit of braking the bonds between the glued tubes and lugs. The paint on the lugs are one sneeze away from fully going, as the alloy has oxidised underneath the paint. It only has one brake mount so will need to source or make one. The main linkage between shock and rear stays is missing so again, source or make. Everything is rusted or oxidised. Seat post isn’t seized luckily. The bb present seems good but I dare try to take it out, I think it holds the chain stays in place as it pivots here. A big project but only if you’re brave. Not for me, I’ve got a house that needs rebuilding you know how it is. They do look very nice when fully built up, last picture is obviously for inspiration and is nothing to do with me.
05Jan
DeKerf Singlespeed Retro 18.5 MTB Frame Reynolds 725 Circa 2000
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DeKerf Singlespeed Retro 18.5 MTB Frame Reynolds 725 Circa 2000. If you know your retro and high-end Canadian steel, you’ll know that Chris DeKerf has been very highly rated right from when he first started making frames under his own name in the early 1990′s. He had previously worked at Rocky Mountain and others before deciding to go it alone. I first became aware of them in 1994, when they had only one model, the Mountain, made from the finest Ritchey WCS tubing, mainly TIG welded but with a’work-of-art’ fillet brazed wishbone and seat-cluster. They subsequently added a slightly cheaper model, the Generation, made from Reynolds 631 which lost the fillet brazed seat cluster area, and the top of the range hardtail was renamed the SL, made from Reynolds 853 tubing. The Singlespeed is effectively a gear-less version of the Generation. This is in one of the three iconic DeKerf colours: metallic Tangerine. I’ve taken photos on a dull-winter day to make the details stand out better but in a bright day, it really pops and sparkles in the sun. In very good used condition with superficial light scuffs and chips to the paint on most of the tubes, some of which have been touched in with a slightly lighter shade. No dents, cracks or corrosion other than to the chainstay bridge where the paint has bubbled. The previous owner said it had been like that “for years”. I’d say it’s an 8/10 cosmetically but it’s important to note that the paint and decals are original. You could definitely make it a 9/10 if you bought some touch up paint in the correct shade and were patient. Size wise it’s an 18.5. I’ve added a photo from the 2000 brochure with the frame dimensions which tally well with my own, taken with a 420mm a-c fork which would approximately tally with that fitted to the bike in the brochure. Seat tube c-c: 16 / 40.5cm. Seat tube c-t: 18.5 / 470mm. Top tube c-c horizontal: 22.75 / 580mm. Head tube: 4 / 100mm. Seatpost diameter: 27.2mm. Headset: 1 1/8. Rear dropout spacing: 135mm. Frame tubing: Reynolds 725. Frame mass: 1895g. I’m not certain it’s exactly a year 2000 bike but the specs mean it is from that era. Later models were renamed the Solitaire. Frame number is DEK1613. Chris never made production SS bike from the more expensive Reynolds 853 tubing but the mass difference is minimal; a few tens of grams. It’s for rim brakes and no gears! Will be carefully packed with each tube wrapped in new, thick plumbers foam pipe lagging and sent via parcel force. I’m thinning my collection of DeKerfs from 7 to 1! And also have an 18.5″ Team SL disc in goldy-green and great condition and a 17.6″ Team SL disc which needs a repaint. I’ll be listing these in time but let me know if you are interested and I can pop them up sooner.