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Bumpity bump - we had to get another bike and there's now really no room in the shed. The Rudi hasn't been ridden since I last posted and I'd really like to shift it. I took it out to clean the cobwebs off and for a run around the block to check it was all working fine - it's a lovely ride and really needs to get some use now!

I'd take £200 collected to shift it.

replied to your pm, benjam

That's understandable if you're just getting back into it. Getting a set of flat-bar or gripshift shifters on ebay would be a pretty easy mod to make, though... :-)

jules, as shown in the pic is set up for my wife who's 5'7, so the saddle could probably go down about another inch but no more than that. I'd say it might be slightly on the big side.

Wow, that's certainly a looker. Reckon Rudi would be a fine companion for that one.

Yep - Charge saddle and tape was my attempt at a similar look on a smaller budget, but you're right, it would look lovely with the real thing. It's a really nice bike to ride - too small for me - but I've ridden it around when I was setting up the gears etc and it has a real old-world charm to it, but with the new wheels and a decent number of gears then it's plenty useable as a day-to-day ride.

OP edited to add weight.

hiya benjam
I can weigh it for you, no probs. It's 70s steel, so it ain't exactly troubling the UCI, but it's not that bad - my wife's made it back up to odd down on it countless times without a problem.
pm me if you guys would like to view it.

Afternoon all. The mrs doesn’t ride this that much so we’ve decided to sell it. Rather pretty vintage 14-spd bike from Rudi Altig, perhaps one of cycling's classic dudes . It’s a lugged steel frame with original paintwork and decals.

Since buying it I’ve modernised it a little:

• new vaguely-aero wheels, bought these in France, bladed spokes, nothing fancy but they’ve run smooth and true ever since.
  
• new tyres, white Vittoria Zaffiro, probably done less than 200 miles.
  
• new handlebar, it’s a Velo Orange one, the Porteur I think
  
• new saddle, Charge Stool
  
• new bar-tape, also Charge, matching colour to saddle
  
• new 7-spd cassette (was 5) and I think I put all new cables on too.
  
  

The downtube shifters, derailleurs and brakes are all original and work well, no issues there.
Top tube 580mm, seat tube 530mm, so long but fairly low. Works well with the swept back bars for the wife, who's 5″7; would be ok for someone a bit taller too.
Weight is a little over 12kg.
Added bonus – it has the world’s smallest mudguards.
Looking for £300. We're in Bath. Let me know if you'd like more info or pictures or whatever.

join the (rather select) club. i bought a nice Rudi Altig that doesn't look too dissimilar to yours a month or so ago, and have been setting it up for the mrs. just finished it a couple of days ago.

there's some pics here

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jezash/sets/72157624714624690/

we paid £100 for the bike, have upgraded the wheels, bars and so on, so I think your price is probably fair. doesn't appear that they are particularly high-end machines, so I wouldn't expect them to go for big money.

this seems sooooo dodgy:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Pro-Lite-Racing-Bike-very-good-condition-/290452247812?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item43a04d9504

anyone (with a passport) familiar with Lucien Aimar?

Now you're just being stupid.

indeed - your plan sounds a good one tho.

oh i went to test ride one of these today but tooo wet to be allowed... =( gonna have to wait till march now!

I'm sure i saw the exact same comment on another forum about ladies' electric friends.

bicycle pole vaulting

regarding insurers giving you vouchers - i had a 4 bike claim last year on norwich union. it was a total pain in the arse - i had paid for the additional bike cover, and they tried to cheat me by saying i was still limited to a total claim of £1500 for everything in the shed. the bike add-on supposedly covered them for £1500 per bike anywhere in the world, and it took ages and lots of calls to india to convince them that my shed was in the world.

anyway, the point being - they tried their utmost to replace my bikes with halfords, and insisted that was the only offer on the table, but in end gave way and wired me cold hard cash. so even if you insurer tries the vouchers thing - it's worth persisting.

Take care of it.

A used MXL frame went for 900 quid last week.

Wow - thanks for the link. Yeah, that's def the same frame. I had a feeling I'd got something of a bargain (ebay.fr, €400 inc lots of campy kit and nice wheels)

I believe it's an MX Leader (feel free to correct me - it's been a bit hard to find definitive info).

Yeah, 69" gearing for the hills that are my Bath commute. Was a bit low for London :-)

My knife still dripping from the puppy massacre - bring the abuse.
Here is my freshly finished Merckx conversion on its first day out.

(Edit - sorry, first pic was a bit big)

(partial) groupset and saddle may well be available. will post on here if so.

it's a rather large 58cm apparently. i'm 6"3 and moved the seat about 1" higher than shown to suit my gangly pins.

@sparky - no thanks.

morning all. pretty new to this, so interested to see what people have to say. bought this at the weekend:
http://i36.tinypic.com/1pwa2w.jpg
it's a 2000 Merckx - I think it's the MX Leader but minus the decals. got the Merckx (panto'd?) logo in all the right places and some lovely lugs. Pretty unbelievable condition - got it from France and they know how to cherish their bikes over there.
Campy Chorus throughout, campy hubs with nice Ambrosio Excellence rims.
planning on going fixed on it (that's puppy killing, right?) and need - as a priority - to lose the saddle and hideous bar tape.
would also be interested to know what people think this bike would be worth....

afternoon all.

new here - thought you might enjoy this

http://www.troc-velo.com/velos-route-piste-inconnue-1-1-237939.htm

ouch, i bet. i'm a lowly 36/16 at present ... my daily commute also include summer lane so wouldn't want to be a whole lot more than that (plus those were the gears i had available!)

cheers mista s - sent you an email. let me know if you don't get it.