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For sale this tiny yellow De Rosa built with Columbus EL oversize tubing . Top tube is 51.2cm centre to centre , seat tube is 50.2cm centre to top . Seat post size is 27.2mm and bottom bracket is Italian threaded . The drop outs front and rear are engraved De Rosa and the heart shape is...

At first glance looks like a Colnago super from around 1983 . I think Mexico Colnago's were made of lighter tubing so if you know the average weight of this size Colnago super and compare it with the same size Mexico that might tell you what frame you have .

I was in London last year to pick a bike up from South London and ride it back up to kings cross from Balham via Clapham Common . From what I saw cyclists had achieved a critical mass and there was a lot of them about . Multiple cyclists running red lights , a messenger guy falling foul of a...

Being the retro technophobe neanderthal that I am I recently sold an item on e-bay and bypassed the simple delivery and paid my own postage and hand wrote the postal address on the item package I had sold has I have done for the past seventeen years . Of course e-bay generated its own label...

My N plus one limit on bikes and frames was exceeded many years ago so I will have to pass on this Austrian built frame in pearl rose colour .

My first 531 complete bike was one of these , did my first races as a schoolboy on one . Sold to me by Bill Hargreaves's cycles in Dewsbury West Yorkshire. This was also sold at Bill Hargreaves's cycles hence the large BH sticker .

I have shopped with blue lug and keep it under 135 pounds and have had zero HMRC problems . Very fast service quicker sometimes than the UK . They always have some interesting items that are unavailable in the UK .

I was out on my clubs "club run " today. which is a lot more like a cafe race . One of the blokes asked when would I be buying a carbon Trek . I replied unless the local bike shop owner Dan gives me a new Trek I will never own one . It's just not my thing . Also I did not like the way Trek...

Hi Joe , I have a brand new chorus 50 teeth compact chain ring for 26 pounds posted if that is any good for you ?

That is a beautiful bike , it looks fast stood still enjoy !

I had a Panasonic pr 6000 actual team bike in Tange Prestige as good as anything the Italians can muster . Also would have liked to have met Mister Hirose of cycle store Hirose . What a grand master of bicycle engineering he was .

Yes they are still available Muz . Thank you for the interest . Can you PM me and have you got PayPal ? cheers Stuart.

Absolutely beautiful bike . The market for sellers is weak in the UK and Europe now . Has others have said finding a buyer that is willing to part with the right amount of money will be difficult . The retro bike museum idea is a good one but finding a location and managing it might be an...

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For sale these very good condition one inch forks . These were fitted to a steel frame I bought which also had the original chrome fork so these are surplus to requirements . They are virtually unmarked and have not been used in bad weather . 173mm of steerer tube with good one inch British...