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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U532lAiZHPM

Lovely, lovely, lovely

2nd dibs

Is this a 20" and where would the collection be from? Thanks in advance

Unlikely but in case it falls through I'll throw in a dibs as well

Nice, cheers for the responses guys, he does indeed have some impressive kit, just wanted to make sure it was all legit, glad to know that people have come across it

http://www.matuzmaster.hu/en/track-single-speed/

Anyone have any experience dealing with the above shop? They are based in Hungary?

Let me know?

Thanks

Undibs, all yours Marcus

Sent you a PM, provisional dibs

Price drop of £6.00, anyone interested before it goes on ebay?!! £230 including postage o.n.o

PM or dibs please

Hi all,

I bought this a while back from Hillary Stone. It is a gorgeous frame but regrettably not quite right for me. I am looking to get what I paid for it, £236 (including postage). Payment will be via bank transfer and collection from Hackney preferred. The alternative is £225 + postage pending payment.

This will make a gorgeous road bike or ss conversion. Details below.

CHAS ROBERTS ROAD FRAME 1988
Seat Tube (ctt): 58cm (23in)
Top Tube (ctc): 56cm (22in)
Rear dropout width: 126mm
Wheel size: 700C
Seatpost size: 27.2mm
Frame Tubing: Reynolds 700
This Chas Roberts road frame for the Ti-Reynolds stand at the 1988. Cologne cycle show and was built from Reynolds 700 tubing with spiral ribs with Cinelli lugs and Cinelli spoiler bottom bracket shell. Chas has sent me an email confirming this history. Because it was a special show frame to show off the new Reynolds tubing I would think it highly likely that Chas himself built this frame. It has been repainted and not used since - the lacquar has yellowed a little especially near the BB. And there are are couple of small scrapes to the paint on the forks. However this is really a rather special frame which will look superb once built up. It would make a very straightforward fixed/singlespeed conversion.

Simoncini, deal or no deal? Has someone taken it?

road bike geometry is generally considered more comfortable for road riding than track geometry, mainly because it's designed to be. the fact it's a road frame isn't why it should be built properly, it's because it's a hand-built frame built by one of the most respected framebuilders in the country/world.

there's also the problem that anyone who's been into cycling for over 20 minutes will take one look at you riding fixed on a classic frame like that and think "what a tool". also the fact that you spent £225 on a frame, having never built a bike before may also make people think "what a rich tool".

tl;dr: BUILT NICELY WITH GEARS PLEASE

Rich tool is not the look I was going for! Frame arrives today, i'll consider either gears or selling it on as there is a genuine 'Roberts' who is interested. I currently ride on a track frame so may be worthwhile getting another one for this new build instead of perverting a classic road frame with my filthy fixed gear ideas, Teenslain how many bikes do you have by the way!

Note: This is my first project/build up, not my first ss/fixed gear bike! Which is why all advice prior to spending cash on parts is much appreciated

Yep, should fit just right. I've got a set of wheels with track hubs so am inclined to get this set up as a ss, it does merit a new set of wheels though so I might keep the current set for a beater/pub project

I still don't get people that don't know what to do with a build, when I buy a frame I know exactly what I'm gonna do with it...

Lame thing to do to this gorgeous and very rare frame...

I have a good initial idea of what I want to do with it but there's no harm in getting advice right?

Fair enough, all input much appreciated, I respect all advice given on this thread

Not a big fan of gears, too much hassle, I like the burn...Any advice on stem, headset? Will I need a chain tensioner as this is a road frame and not track? I'm thinking classic racing style silver but also leaning towards riser bars and all black tyres + rims...

So, I'm building up a bike using this frame, (kindly found and sold by Hilary Stone),

Any advice on what parts i'll need, where to buy them and any ideas would be much appreciated as this will be my first fixed gear conversion!

Cheers

I've taken the Roberts, too nice to miss out on...cheers

Sent you a PM

Update on what's available, see first post.
The Cicli Berlineta is 58cm if I remember well. I'll post more dimensions over the weekend.

Whoaa mama...what a beautiful bike

Thanks for the replies, frame needs to fit 700c, 28 wheelset, still looking...

Dibs on the frame please, PM on the way...

Is the frame still for sale? If so dibs pls, I can meet at euston this Sunday