Dale cannon
Senior Retro Guru
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I've been looking for a large British steel frameset since my selling my Rourke 853 that didn't quit fit correctly.
I got a message from THM about the Roberts road frame that he was selling but it was the Alves that I really wanted. I used to live in the next village to where these were built but had never made the connection before.
I happen to be working in the south west next week so a deal was struck and I'm now counting down the days till I can pick it up.
I ride 99% of the time on the road apart from the occasional loop around Sherwood pines. I love the idea of an 'all-road' bike and hate the idea of driving somewhere to ride a bike so this will be built into a do it all drop bar bike that I can go anywhere on.
Starting to get a few bits together already but this won't be an especially quick project but hopefully will have everything I need in the next month or two.
I've been looking for a large British steel frameset since my selling my Rourke 853 that didn't quit fit correctly.
I got a message from THM about the Roberts road frame that he was selling but it was the Alves that I really wanted. I used to live in the next village to where these were built but had never made the connection before.
I happen to be working in the south west next week so a deal was struck and I'm now counting down the days till I can pick it up.
I ride 99% of the time on the road apart from the occasional loop around Sherwood pines. I love the idea of an 'all-road' bike and hate the idea of driving somewhere to ride a bike so this will be built into a do it all drop bar bike that I can go anywhere on.
Starting to get a few bits together already but this won't be an especially quick project but hopefully will have everything I need in the next month or two.