Recent content by Cotterpein

Now for sale on eBay starting price £50.

Thanks for pointing out my error. I prepared the text for an ebay advert, but posted here first and left that bit in by mistake. I have now removed the reference to bidding.

Bob Jackson Handbuilt Reynolds 531 Competition tubing frame, size 23 inch Frame number 19119. Please note this is made from 531 Competition tubing which is lighter than standard 531. The frame is a delight to ride. The original owner I bought it from had it built after 1980, this is born out...

Price reduced to £225. Relisted on ebay.

Listed on eBay starting this evening 16/8/23

I built up a.Rourke frame for a guy, it was 25inch and beautifully crafted. I can understand why you would buy it. I went out on my Raleigh SPD 853 tonight, nothing like a good steel frame.

Have a look here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberts_Cycles My Roberts is a 1982 with Anerley address. Sydenham was before that. According to the wikipedia entry, post 83 Roberts were at Gloucester road when your frame was built.

Yes, 27.2 seatpost.

Columbus SL. Nutted brakes but could be drilled for recessed allen key nuts, 68mm BSA BB shell, rear spacing 126mm OLD

On the analogue kitchen scales the frame, fork, headset and bb weigh 6lbs or 2.7kg. The scales are not calibrated so this is not an exact measurement.

Just received confirmation the tubing is Columbus.

Hopefully with sub compact chainrings, I will not need to go down the MTB cassette route, but it is a useful option to know about. I have a number of bikes I am thinking of stripping and considered using the group sets from. However I would like to keep compatibility of the wheelset with my...

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I may have more info to come from the previous owner later this week.

The wheel already has 10s SRAM cassette. I think from memory it is an 11-30 cassette