Offered to CR members are some beautiful, interesting and uncommon frames and a small Simoncini road bike suitable for a child or small adult. The Condor, Mondia, Gazelle and Major Nicholls frames are all specially worth a look.
I can take payment a number of ways - Paypal or cheque in GBP, cash sent registered post, Traveller\u2019s cheques in $, direct bank transfer within the UK or European Iban bank transfer. I will always combine shipping in order to reduce costs.
Frames and wheels cost 80 GBP to ship to the USA, 100 GBP to ship to Australia/New Zealand and 11 GBP within the UK. A complete bike is about 120 GBP to the USA.
With the pound being still quite low in value these are a real bargain... for US and European buyers. Paypal is quoting 1.65$ to 1 GBP.
Hilary Stone, Bristol, British Isles
SIMONCINI CHILDREN\u2019S ROAD BIKE c1990 Seat Tube (ctc): 46cm Top Tube (ctc): 46cm Rear dropout width: 126mm Wheel size: 24in Seatpost size: 26.4mm This is a lovely children\u2019s road bike from the late 1980s/early 1990s with Shimano 105 7-speed indexed gears and Miche 150mm cranks. It is at present on 24in sprint wheels with tubular tyres and could pretty much be used as is for youth racing. It would also be easy to build another pair of 24in clincher wheels \u2013 suitable rims and tyres are readily available from Airnimal (the Chameleon uses the ideal rims and they are very happy to sell you the rims and tyres). Its very rare to find a nicely proportioned child\u2019s road bike like this \u2013 it would also be very suitable for short adults around 4ft 10in \u2013 5ft 0in. 175 GBP
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MONDIA ROAD FRAME c1977
Seat Tube (ctc): 58cm
Top Tube (ctc): 58cm
Rear dropout width: 126mm
Wheel size: Sprints/700C
Brake drop with 700C/Sprint wheel: 45mm
Seatpost size: 26.6mm
Frame number: 287894
Mondia frames are really rather nice \u2013 the one is nicely finished in
gold \u2013 there are some marks to the paint but nothing very large.
Typically Swiss it uses metric sized 531 tubing combined with Italian BB
threads... 260 GBP
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GAZELLE CHAMPION MONDIAL ROAD FRAME 1990s Reynolds 531C Seat Tube (ctc): 53cm Top Tube (ctc): 54cm Rear dropout width: 130mm Wheel size: Sprints/700C Brake drop with 700C/Sprint wheel: 45mm Seatpost size 27.2mm This is a really very nice Gazelle 531C road frame from the early 1990s. Gazelle frames are well known for their beautiful handling and care in building \u2013 this is just gorgeous. The paint is very good with a only a few small marks. 165 GBP
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Seat Tube (ctt): 55cm (21.5in) Top Tube (ctc): 53cm (21in) Rear dropout width: 120mm Wheel size: 700C Brake drop with 700C/Sprint wheel: 42mm Seatpost size: 27.2mm This is one gorgeous Condor fillet brazed frame built by Vic Edwards probably around 1980 with track rear facing dropouts and a derailleur hanger \u2013 there was a real fashion for TT frames in the late 70s/early 80s for using track dropouts with gears. It has very close clearances and I think steep head and seat tube angles. One really special frame. The paint is excellent with a few very small marks. Gear and rear brake cables are internal. 265 GBP
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MOSER LEADER AX ROAD FRAME c1990
Seat Tube (ctt): 64cm 58cm (ctc)
Top Tube (ctc): 57cm
Rear dropout width: 130mm
Wheel size: 700C
Seatpost size: 27.2mm
Frame Tubing: Oria
The Leader AX frames were introduced by Moser in around 1989. They were
really quite stunning, fillet brazed with silver solder and an oversize
top tube they were one of the first of a new breed of steel road frames
and looked truly stunning. This one is in very sound condition with good
useable paintwork and no dents or dings. 195 GBP
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MAJOR NICHOLS ROAD FRAME c1976
Seat Tube (ctt): 52cm (20.5in)
Top Tube (ctc): 52cm (20.5in)
Rear dropout width: 125mm
Wheel size: 700C
Brake drop with 700C/Sprint wheel: 46mm
Seatpost size: 27.2mm
Major Nichols was a very highly regarded Birmingham framebuilder. This
frame built in about 1976 may well have been built for a rider who was a
member of some team \u2013 with relatively close clearances and true race
geometry this frame was built for road racing. It incorporates some
interesting little features \u2013 the brazed-on fittings for bottle cage and
top tube cable guides are not standard \u2013 such fittings were only just
coming into use on Italian frames it is easy to see the Italian
influence in this frame. The standard of workmanship is some of the best
I have seen for a long while. But it does require a repaint. Decals are
available. 135 GBP
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RALEIGH ILKESTON FRAME 1980
Seat Tube (ctt): 57cm
Top Tube (ctc): 56cm
Rear dropout width: 126mm
Brake drop with 700C wheels: 45mm
Tubing: Reynolds 753 metric
Frame number SB3868
Seatpost size: 27.0mm
This was made at the Raleigh Ilkeston plant under the direct supervision
of Gerald O\u2019Donovan. Mike Mullett was the foreman in the framebuilding
shop when this was built. There are some gorgeous touches such as the
slotted bottom bracket and oversize seatstay cap. It is designed for use
use with allen nut fitting brakes. The frame appears to be very sound
condition with no dents. In autumn 1974 Raleigh established a
specialist workshop (SBDU) capable of frame building to the very highest
standards at Ilkeston in Derbyshire. Frames were built for the
Ti-Raleigh continental pro team from the very beginning. They produced
the only British frame to ever win the Tour de France (Joop Zoetemelk,
1980). The unit worked with Reynolds in developing Reynolds 753 and the
first frames were tested by the Ti-Raleigh team in 1974. Genuine
Ilkeston frames can be identified by frame numbers with 1 to approx
9500, prefixed SB. For a company as large as Raleigh, the SBDU was quite
an unusual operation. Its production capacity was modest \u2013 at a maximum
only about 1000 frames or so a year from about four framebuilders. SBDU
frames were mostly built in stock designs except for the actual team
frames. The paint is in excellent condition with almost no marks. 375 GBP
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PALETTI ROAD FRAME 50cm 1980s
Seat Tube (ctc): 50cm
Top Tube (ctc): 52cm
Rear dropout width: 126mm
Wheel size: 700C
Brake drop with 700C/Sprint wheel: 46mm
Seatpost size: 27.0mm
Frame tubing: Columbus Aelle
Paletti are one of the lesser known Italian framebuilders which are
really rather good. This frame features very attractively shaped and
pantograpghed lugs and fork crown. Its nicely built and is in very
sound condition; the paint needs some careful touching up and there is a
small dent in the side of the down tube but that will not affect the
frame structurally. 125 GBP
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CARLTON ROAD FRAME Early 1960s 19.5in
Seat Tube (ctt): 19.5in 49.5cm
Top Tube (ctc): 21in (53cm)
Rear dropout width: 120mm
Wheel size: 26in/700C
Brake drop with 700C/Sprint wheel: 50mm
Seatpost size: 26.4mm
This is a rather nice little Carlton road frame from the early/mid
1960s. It has standard British threading (not Raleigh) but I am do not
know what tubing it is built from. The paint is in very sound
condition. 75 GBP
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