woodbutchmaster
Veteran
This is for sale here in France ..... is it as silly as it looks (to me) or would anyone learn to love it . I have no idea of value (if any) , this is a face to face haggle situation 
Bendy bike
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biggs682
Touch it up and ride it
- Location
- Northamptonshire
@woodbutchmaster you need it for wall art and the occasional ride .
Just go and start with a low ball offer and see what happens
Just go and start with a low ball offer and see what happens
woodbutchmaster
Veteran
The bike is in Portugal so l have sent a cheeky offer for the frame and fork set as long as the seller will post to France
Cycleops
Legendary Member
- Location
- Accra, Ghana
Wasn't that at one time a state of the art TT bike? I’m sure someone on here will tell you. Lost its drop bars.
woodbutchmaster
Veteran
It looks as though you would loose more than the drops if you tried to ride it
Interesting though!
raleighnut
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Thats what I'm thinking, looks like someones converted it to normal road use, I would imagine its not the nicest ride.
Cross posted with Raleighnut.
raleighnut
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I dunno, my TT bike rides lovely it's very stable but then I suppose if you are riding on extension bars you need a bike that is happy going straight at high power input (you don't do well on time trials if you ain't happy on how the bike reacts)
I tried 'aero extensions' but couldn't get on with them so sold them on but kept the 'Bullhorns.and angled them up a bit (for comfort) so it looks a bit 'strange' unless you're riding it when it just 'fits' nicely. I loved riding it at night (when it seemed even faster) hence the bar extender fitted so that my Electron light set (twin 9 LED lamps) set up quite high on the bike to better see in front.
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I would imagine that used for its intended purpose it would be lovely, but used for normal road use it wouldn't be so good.
BalkanExpress
Guru
- Location
- Brussels
Portuguese colours so may have been a national team bike, in any case frames such as this were always low production specials, so expect high quality light tubing and excellent workmanship
woodbutchmaster
Veteran
I am in conversation with the seller (tricky because l don't speak Portuguese
)take a look at the headtube badge
woodbutchmaster
Veteran
Thanks for that , what do you make of the head tube badge ?
Cycleops
Legendary Member
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- Accra, Ghana
If you could get a reasonably comfortable position out of it I don't see why it couldn't be fun and enjoyable to ride. Certainly a conversation piece and you could provide some amusing answers to those that think it's been rear ended by a SUV.
What price are you haggling around?
You'll need a bit of provenance if you want to tie it to s particular rider or team
What price are you haggling around?
You'll need a bit of provenance if you want to tie it to s particular rider or team
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raleighnut
Legendary Member
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Nah it doesn't have the 'loping' quality of a Raleigh/Carlton frame but as a road bike it does ride nicely, steering is 'quick' but not twitchy and with it being 653 not too 'buzzy'. It does have a very short wheelbase though, cllimbs hills very well.
