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Proper bargain. No need for this and no space, but someone's got to snap that up sharpish surely, especially with £100+ of recent respray. GLWS

Chic, for the trumpian dictator in your life

Top tube always had a bit of a bend from before I got it, but it rode fine with no issues I will feel for additional creases etc though just in case

Had a front on crash I to the side of a deliveroo scooter. Does this fork/steerer look bent to you? My bashed up brain is finding it hard to figure out:

Idiot motorbike/scooter turned left across the front of me on lea bridge road. He stopped in the middle of the cycle path about 1 or 2 metres in front of me, so I hit him side on, at full pelt & whet flying through him. Now in whipps Cross A&E with a probable broken wrist, a cut head and a fooked knee. Several other cycling casualties here.be careful out there kids

Ok. Not sure how much postage is but shall we call it £7.50 posted and if postage is cheaper than expected I'll give you a £1 back?

Did you want the saddle clamp with it or do you already have one of those?

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Not sure it's 50s or later but I have this

Might have a suitable 50s seatpost, but of a rough state though. Will check tomorrow if you like.

Gone to @mig pending collection tomorrow

Will get better photos tomorrow if any interest.

Oh yeah, forgot to mention, the current track end has a gear hanger so frame most likely a TT frame in past, drilled front and rear. In case anyone wonders, the forks are included- they are on the shelf in the background in photo one, but the headset is not.

The broken track end joint

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Just wanted to see if anyone was interested in this-its a late 50s track/path frame and fork with mudguard eyes etc.
The bad first- the drive side track end/ dropouts has snapped off the chain stay where it was brazed on. I took it to Winston Vaz and he said he didn't want to re-braze it as he couldn't guarantee it like that, and that it was more complicated than simply refitting a new track end as the frame had pencil stays that are narrower than modern track end fittings.
The good- frame is nice, nervex lugs etc, was refurbished by Bob Jackson probably in the late 80s, but I fitted some period New old stock varnish fix JRJ decals to the downtube that are more in keeping with Bob Jackson's JRJ transfers of the late 50s.
Someone may want this to have a go at rebrazing it themselves or want to cut out and fit a new plate steel dropout themselves, or maybe you know a frame builder who would fix it cheaply and get yourself a nice track /path frame for not bad money?
I Think It Is 56cm square, I'll check for sure tomorrow.

I need to get a bit of money for it if I can so anyone interested for £25

He's retired. Try home on Facebook, he seems to be slowly getting rid of old stock there

Sounds almost exactly like what I'm looking for but I have a feeling it's going to be way out of my price range at the moment. Sigh. Hope you find a buyer for it

Lovely frame, bit small for me. Is this the one that was on eBay recently as a full build?

Incidentally, do you still run it as a b and b and do you have a website for it? Just in case anyone fancies an Italian holiday? ( I always fancy an Italian holiday)

If it helps, I just bought a drive side 49d crank that was sold as french threaded and marked as such on the rear of the crank, but when I got it my British threaded pedal screwed right in no problem, didn't even need any convincing to go in. So I think you may be able to do this the other way around, brit thread to french pedal. Seems solidwhen ridden. My guess is the threads are similar enough and the alloy is soft enough/pedal steel hard enough that it just cuts a thread. +Having said that, when I check it it doesn't look like a new thread has been cut so maybe my crank had been rethreaded in then past?)

Bargain Mercian Audax, maybe a classy commuter: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285653675777

Not really, but I know some say Renaissance wax is meant to be good and makes existing paint look a treat as well

Rust looks fine, as long as you give it a bit of a wax shouldn't be a problem. Matching that paint may be tricky though. I think Argos Bikes do a brown (tobacco?) metallic finish? Maybe you could try and get some touch up paint from them if you don't want to respray fully

If you can match it I would try and match the paint. That said, looks like it might have been flamboyant or some sort of metallic paint, in which case it'll be almost impossible to match I would imagine.

If you do manage to match it okay, you can always get waterslide decals from h Lloyd for a bit extra or try and find original decals. Seem to match in much better this way than using vinyl decals .

What frame is it?