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frame - £85

wheels - £120

Ok, as some of you know, i bought the frame the other week for £85 on ebay. I've built it with a pretty newish wheelset, ambrosio hubs and rims, newish gatorskins.

it has a headclip, which suggests the frame is very early 50s, if not earlier. i am using a quill stem with the headclip.

disclaimers: this bike has been resprayed and decalled by bob jackson, but it is not a bob jackson. the fork appears to not be of the same origins as the frame. looking at the pencil thin stays and the really nice lugs it could be a holdsworth, or even a bates, but this is just speculation on my part. it is a very nice frame. it has had later cable bosses brazed on the top tube - i guess by bob jackson during the respray. slight dent in downtube. paintwork faded but lovely patina.

Nice work.
HIjack - if you're after a tourer I have a Dawes Super Galaxy sitting idle. 1982 - year of awesome. 58-60cm?

sounds promising - what condition and spec?

hehe I must remember that disclaimer when I come to sell my "Raleigh - Colonago" ;)

Sweet build up, luck with the sale.

pm'ed ya. :-)

very interested. 1st dibs? will have to check if it's not too small for me but might make good polo bike. could I come and see it somewhere?

ok, that's if pj doesn't want it

^ pj doesn't want it - he is selling it!
congrats you have won 1st dibs.

meneer - are you after the bob jackson or the dawes galaxy?

Seconds on the BJ frame, if you don't mind.
But can you tell me full ST, TT, OLN measurements perty please?

i don't have a tape measure i'm afraid. i do need one, and i may buy one today.

if these othe rtow fall through - i'll be keen -
This will be my first singlespd.
Looking forward to having my own - borrowed a mats a few time love it -

signed ex-track rider

meneer's holdsworth died a few weeks back, so it would be the bj pj

go on spoil yourself, you deserve it.

either that or soil yourself

hmm... sorry, wasn't fully awake before. I'm after the BJ. could I come and have a look at it?

woo late as usual.
the bike still around?

at the moment meneer has dibs. if he don't want it, then addie has two's-up, then benjo, and if it's still there and no-one wants it at all, mcbateso can have fourth dibs.

i worked this out by researching the times of the PMs and posts.

Hi pj,
a bit late, but hey, if the bike gods are good, and no-one has taken the BJ bike yet, I'm keen. 5th dibs?
cheers, Rudy

The rest of the carrion brigade will be pleased to know that I just snagged something on t'bay (hence me selling my old Holdsworth - and yes, it really is a Holdsworth) in another thread.

Ergo, consider my dibs gracefully removed to allow for the more needy party.

fourth dibs, woot woot.

gone now to meneer - have fun.

sorry to other dudes with slower fingers...

show us your new NJS tape measure

it's here:

loveley