My friend Donna is 4'11" tall, she is a strong rider and just loves riding with the local club, which is how I got to know her as my daughter also rides with that club. After riding with me and hearing my constant babble about steel framed bikes, she issued me with a challenge "find me a vintage bike"... vintage meaning retro steel, I agreed, despite knowing that she rides a 44cm / 17" frame.
So having accepted the task, I started to talk to a few forum members and search all the usual places, and then it just popped up, a Dave Lloyd in exactly the right size, admittedly a little more money than we were hoping to pay, but never the less the right bike.
Not being a lady to be rushed into anything Donna decided to wait....if only I had such patience, and the wait paid off and today we picked up this delightful little bike.
It was made in 1995 from Reynolds 531, has 650c wheels, 8 speed Campag Mirage running gear and looks like it has hardly been used as it is in such good condition.
The saddle and pedals will soon be changed and the Campag aero seatpost we collected the bike with has already been replaced with a different Campag seatpost I had in stock, so it's pretty much ready to go.
And for comparison, here are a couple of pictures with my Quantum 650
And an arty shot, just because...
So having accepted the task, I started to talk to a few forum members and search all the usual places, and then it just popped up, a Dave Lloyd in exactly the right size, admittedly a little more money than we were hoping to pay, but never the less the right bike.
Not being a lady to be rushed into anything Donna decided to wait....if only I had such patience, and the wait paid off and today we picked up this delightful little bike.
It was made in 1995 from Reynolds 531, has 650c wheels, 8 speed Campag Mirage running gear and looks like it has hardly been used as it is in such good condition.
The saddle and pedals will soon be changed and the Campag aero seatpost we collected the bike with has already been replaced with a different Campag seatpost I had in stock, so it's pretty much ready to go.
And for comparison, here are a couple of pictures with my Quantum 650
And an arty shot, just because...