Dave Yates 853, full bike

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This is actually a mates bike.

The frame is 853, in an 18" flavour

There are no dents or damage although there are a few rust spots creeping through. The workmanship on the frame is lovely, right down to the Ritchey socket style dropouts.

The kits is a mix of modern-ish Shimano Deore (rear mech, shifters, v brakes) and more period (beautiful Pulstar hubs, titec Hellbent bars) and all is in very good, working condition - just needs a clean!

There is, however, one issue: the seatpost is stuck!

I haven't had a go at shifting it myself and the owner has only tried moving it with hand-force on the saddle - it may come free with some brute force. However, in my opinion the frame warrants some refurb anyway and would looks stunning with a respray so may be best to just get the post melted out whilst getting the respray sorted.

The bike is in Wrexham.

After £400

More pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25072052@N ... 8261652385

 

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Have we got the pricing wrong on this?

Happy to consider offers -

 

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This is still here and offers happily considered....

and a load of pics here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25072052@N02/

 

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After some email communication ref the above, I've had a rethink on pricing:

I had a seatpost removed from a Mercian time trial frame last year - it needed to be melted out by a framebuilder, which cost me £20. Obviously, it needed a respray afterwards but given that was needed anyway it wasn't much a of a problem. No matter how bad the seatpost is stuck, it certainly won't result in junking what is an exceptional quality frame.

Most of the Deore kit is nearly new in condition, so I reckon a breakdown would result in about £70 for the brakes, shifters, cassette, chain & mechs, £100 for the wheels and tyres, £10 bars, £40 cranks/BB (£220 total) ...... leaving the frame...... which even with a stuck seatpost is £100 of anyone's money.....that's £320 in total.....

So how about £300?