Jamiebysea
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Hi all, I was browsing the local classifieds this weekend and came across a Ribble road bike. Zero description regarding spec or size but as it was only down the road I thought I'd invest 20 minutes and go check it out.
So the guy was selling it on behalf of his Dad so didn't know anything about it other than apparently it was 'some kind of special edition and quite expensive when new'. Here's what I can tell;
Anyway I ended up buying it for £130. At the time of thought this was a good deal - now I'm not so sure.
Questions I have:
1) theres no model name so cant check average cost of used (anyone any ideas?) I guess this is because it was custom build for the original owner, or an unnamed 'special edition'.
2) 50cm frame is small - but so am I - so that's cool. Are the wheels still likely to be 700c? I tried to get official 700c measurements but got confused by all the different systems / conversations. It has mavic aksium wheels and gatorskin tyres and I can't find those for sale in anything other than 700c so guessing it might be - just they seem smaller to me. I have nothing to compare it to - but measured diameter outer edge rim to rim and I'm sure it was 25".
It Cleaned up well, and once I confirm wheel size I'll order some spokes. Hopefully I've not thrown my money away getting overly excited.
So the guy was selling it on behalf of his Dad so didn't know anything about it other than apparently it was 'some kind of special edition and quite expensive when new'. Here's what I can tell;
- Full Shimano 105 groupset
- Carbon forks (black blades)
- Carbon seat stays
- 30 gears rsi
- Mavic aksium wheels
- Abused condition (lots of scratches, missing spokes, bar tape etc).
- 50cm frame size
Anyway I ended up buying it for £130. At the time of thought this was a good deal - now I'm not so sure.
Questions I have:
1) theres no model name so cant check average cost of used (anyone any ideas?) I guess this is because it was custom build for the original owner, or an unnamed 'special edition'.
2) 50cm frame is small - but so am I - so that's cool. Are the wheels still likely to be 700c? I tried to get official 700c measurements but got confused by all the different systems / conversations. It has mavic aksium wheels and gatorskin tyres and I can't find those for sale in anything other than 700c so guessing it might be - just they seem smaller to me. I have nothing to compare it to - but measured diameter outer edge rim to rim and I'm sure it was 25".
It Cleaned up well, and once I confirm wheel size I'll order some spokes. Hopefully I've not thrown my money away getting overly excited.
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