Singlespeed/fixed Gear vintage motobecane

Golfanatic · 20-03-2010 11:04am #1

hi, im selling this bike

its a motobecane freshly painted with decals,
lugged quill stem
chrome bars with handmade leather grips
selle san marco saddle
ex system alloy seatpost
reynolds tubing decal in french (orignal to the bike)
vintage rear hub on Mavic open pro sup with dt swiss double butted spokes
alloy headset
orignal headbadge
panaracer tyres 25 per tyre

as you can see all the parts together add upto more than the asking price
excellent condition

€400 ono

onesoma · 20-03-2010 2:47pm

hi,

do you have frame measurements for top tube and seat tube?

Golfanatic · 20-03-2010 6:40pm

sorry forget its a 54c-c and the top tube is 56 (center of headtube to cener of seat tube) average height is about 5ft 6" - 6 ft i tink

Golfanatic · 23-03-2010 10:08pm

bump ? anyone

beans · 25-03-2010 12:23pm

What's the gearing like on this? I've been keeping an eye out for a new commuter for a while, this could tick the boxes

Golfanatic · 25-03-2010 8:20pm

its 46-16 its about medium, you could go up a hill easily but nothing to soft perfect for a comuter. you can get going quite fast. i ride a 46-16 on my other fixie and its perfect

spikeymikey · 25-03-2010 9:49pm

Hi,
I am interested but I can't afford 400. Would come and collect it tomorrow for 250.
Send me a PM if that suits

beans · 26-03-2010 12:43am

If it's a fit, I'd offer €350. Dublin based?

Golfanatic · 27-03-2010 9:57pm

sold to beans. good luck with it and take care of her!

it's mick · 27-03-2010 10:17pm

i'm surprised it took that long, it's a very nice conversion.

Golfanatic · 27-03-2010 11:56pm

thanks i kinde miss it. im trying to figure out to do next with the money its so hard
A. Buy second hand paganini with full dura ace with new ksyrium carbon everything but the groupset is kinde old but gr8 condit v. nice bike. ill replace the crankset for external bb and sell the frame in a while and bb and cranks frame a bit to small. 700 euro(guy who is selling it owns a bike shop)

B. build up new bike with campy groupset mirage i think (cheapest one) ebay frame like others did. aksium wheels itll add up to a bit more.

id love all your opinions i need help!!! its so frustrating

abcdggs · 28-03-2010 4:19am

as someone that built up their own bike i'd suggest going for B, You'll be going into it from a much better perspective than me, i had no experience when i built up mine so it was a serious learning experience.

beans · 29-03-2010 9:22am

it's mick wrote: »

i'm surprised it took that long, it's a very nice conversion.

I was a bit surprised myself, I figured it would be well gone when I first saw it. It's a nice ride, and a wonderful job restoring it to it's former glory - my thanks to Golfanatic

snollup · 18-04-2010 8:43pm

Option B and keep us all posted on how your getting on.
Best of luck with whichever option you go with though.

Singlespeed/fixed Gear vintage motobecane

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