BICYCLES • Road
I recently acquired this old school British-made bicycle from Jennifer's friend (just because it did not fit Jennifer!) and was told to take good care of it. It is a fine example of the early 1980s "sport touring" bicycle with a nice Reynolds 531 frame and fork and outfitted with an international mix of mid-range components of the period. For a small sized bicycle (52mm C-C), it has a slack seat angle (73º?) and quite a long top tube (55mm) – which suits me just fine! The bike is well used and could really use a repaint (the top tube is very chipped and touched up with non-matching paint – looks like liquid paper!) – but what a shame to lose the decals...
FRAME / FORK:
1981 Holdsworth Elan – Prugnat Type 62D lugs, Reynolds 531 (main) / Reynolds 531, original "ice blue" paint – chipped
HEADSET:
Generic (Stronglight?) steel
HANDLEBARS / STEM:
GB Ventoux, Benotto cello tape / GB Forged
WHEELS:
Shimano Deore DX (front), Exage (rear) hubs, stainless steel spokes, Super Champion Gentleman rims, Ritchey Tom Slick tires
DRIVETRAIN:
Stronglight 99 crankset – 36/48t, Shimano Hyperglide cassette – 14-32t, Campagnolo Rally (rear), Gran Sport (front) derailleurs, Shimano Hyperglide chain
PEDALS:
Sakae Ringyo (SR) SP-100BL, Christophe Special toe-clips, MKS leather toe straps
BRAKES / SHIFTERS:
Weinmann Carrera / Campagnolo Gran Sport
SADDLE / SEATPOST:
Avocet Racing II / Selle Italia Condor
NOTES:
Cobra steel cage - black
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