Ellswick Whirlwind SS

[marko369]

This is a old steel Elswick whirlwind that I have updated a little & converted to single speed.





I have all the original stuff it came with(wheels, gears, bars ect ect) but have updated the following..
Frame was shotblasted and repainted red
New light 700c wheels(off a £1500.00 Giant defy, very light)
New Shimano crank with bottom bracket
Supertars single speed kit in place of rear cassette and mech
New Charge spoon seat
New Charge flat bars & Marin medium rise bars
New stem(cant remember brand but is a light roadie type thing)
New brake lever, cables, cable housing
Since the pic above its had a set of 2nd hand ITM spider carbon fibre forks fitted, I've not even road it with these on yet.
All in all reckon its cost me about £240 but only looking for £130 back for a quick sale. Its a great light training bike, and thats all I've used it for mostly, with the odd 25mile each way commute. The gearing is set to 46 - 18 I think which allows me to average 18mph on most rides, not as quick as a roadie with gears but a lot more effort has to be put in

BB to top of seat tube - 54cm
Top of seat tube to center of headtube - 58cm
Rear axle to front axle - 105cm
Based in north Liverpool

Let me know if your interested

 

[hamster]

Must be interesting with no front brake... :shock:

Usually you put the brake on the front if a fixie as you can slow the back with your pedalling.

 

[marko369]

Re:

Been ok for me

Front brake caliper n new lever included in sale if this worries you

 

[AndyMc]

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I've ridden plenty of bikes with just a rear brake with no issues... if I had any justification for buying this at all I would, but the Man cave is full of under used bikes as it is!

Have a bump for a great deal for someone

 

[marko369]

BUMP

Can I tempt anybody by reducing to £100 before I waste a load of time putting it on ebay?????

 

[simon-c]

Another newbie here

Looks like a nice bike, I assume gears etc could be retro fitted if needed (hills nearby)

I may be interested, but I'm along way from Liverpool!

Simon

 

[marko369]

Another newbie here

Looks like a nice bike, I assume gears etc could be retro fitted if needed (hills nearby)

I may be interested, but I'm along way from Liverpool!

Simon

Hi Simon,

Yeah gears could be fitted if wanted, the gears I took off are included in the sale(old but work very well) I could box it up if you arranged collection via Hermes/TNT/other if thats any good to you.

 

[simon-c]

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pm sent

 

[simon-c]

mmm sending a pm is a little baffling, not sure if a message has been sent or not

I'd be happy to pay for a courier if you could box up the bike

Please send me a pm with you contact details and I'll be in touch asap

Cheers

Simon

 

[marko369]

mmm sending a pm is a little baffling, not sure if a message has been sent or not

I'd be happy to pay for a courier if you could box up the bike

Please send me a pm with you contact details and I'll be in touch asap

Cheers

Simon

Ain't that the plain truth! Think I've replied pal, if you do t have a pm let me know n I'll email you lol

Mark