https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/vintage-...ke-clements-shimano-cycle-eroica/401793917292
Does this look alright? It's the right size, colour etc. I'm very taken with it.
Does this look alright? It's the right size, colour etc. I'm very taken with it.
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Cycleops
Guru
- Location
- Accra, Ghana
That's very nice. Get it bought!
Racing roadkill
Guru
The second I see. “Eroica” in a description , I run for the hills.
Cycleops
Guru
- Location
- Accra, Ghana
How are you going to get it? Bit of trek from Barnet to Staffordshire. I think biggsy knows of some good couriers if the seller can pack it for you.
This phrase/word seems to be the default for any bike older than 30 years.
Racing roadkill
Guru
It’s nearly as bad as “Audax ready” ( it’s totally knackered, but has mudguards and a Brookes saddle) or “Sportive ready” ( it’s been crashed about a million times, and comes with instructions on how to put a helmet on back to front).
raleighnut
Guru
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
Are you ready to experience steel rims. 
Would have been pushing it at £40 for me.
Would have been pushing it at £40 for me.
Steel rimsAre you ready to experience steel rims.
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, From my childhood/ youth I remember how bad they were at stopping, or not stopping in the wet. I don't think this bike would be going out knowingly in the wet. I do have a pair of 27 inch Rigida alloy wheels to fit if they are particularly bad.
raleighnut
Guru
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
Yep the dimple pattern on the rims gives em away as steel in the pictures.Steel rims
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
The seller may be a fetishist who omitted a t.
Looks OK otherwise, but probably a bit overpriced for one with steels, as if you're actually going to ride it, I'd factor in the price of some alloys and maybe brake upgrades (my not-as-good Falcon has alloys but I still feel like it's trying to kill me in town, accelerating far more easily than it stops).
What with the suicide bars, my life expectancy is reducing rapidly.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
It could be worse: I grew up with them and when I reach for them on a road bike now, they're not there!What with the suicide bars, my life expectancy is reducing rapidly.
raleighnut
Guru
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
What with the suicide bars, my life expectancy is reducing rapidly.
nowt wrong with 'suicide levers' as long as you don't need to stop in a hurry, I've got em on my Raleigh Equipe and they're great for just slowing down a bit. 
My normal hand position is on the bend of the drops
(as shown by the wear on the handlebar tape)
and from there I can push up on the extension bit with a couple of fingertips
