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Selling my Brick Lane Bikes Steel Track Bike. Has had zero use over the past couple of years due to moving out to the sticks. Recently completely stripped and rebuilt and is in immaculate condition.

BLB Steel Track Bike
49cm frame size with classic horizontal top tube
42x16 gearing (fixed cog/flip flop)
Freedom Rims with Rat-pack track hubs
BLB rainbow bar with Diacompe Goldfinger single lever

Pick up in W1 London
Looking for £SOLD

Sold!

Hi Zeee - have PMd you..

Ribble Winter Trainer Frame and Fork Only

Having a clearout and surplus to requirements is my Aluminium Ribble Winter Trainer - Frame & Alpina Fork in good condtion. A few paint chips, scratches and touch-ups, but structurally sound with no dents.
Includes fitted Crane Creek headset.

Frame size is 45cm ctt - effective top tube is 520mm See attached photos of built-up bike to give you an idea of sizing and proportion. Would suit rider height of 5ft through to 5ft 8"

Pick-up from Central London W1

£70.00

Sorry my bad - The Ribble is now no longer available.

Thank you for the interest, dibs and PMs. The Ribble is now longer available.

5ft 2 to 5ft 6. The actual toptube is 510mm (Effective is 520mm). I have an 80mm stem for fit. This means no toe-overlap, even with the full guards.

Apologies to the people who have pm'd me (been busy at work and I wasn't getting notifications of messages, so wasn't logging in to check.) Yes - the Ribble is still available, and I've pm'd you back. Thanks for your interest and I promise to check in regularly now.

Selling my Aluminium Ribble Winter Trainer - Frame in good condtion with a few chips and touch-ups, but otherwise no dents, and is stiff and sound.

Built this up last year as a winter project, but have found I hardly ever ride it (probably 30 miles max in total). Frame was 2nd hand - but the Groupset and Shimano RS10/tyres were brought brand new.

Frame size is 45cm ctt - effective top tube is 520mm

Groupset excluding brake calipers is full 2013 9 speed Sora (as tiagra and no thumb shifter) and as new conditon. Brake calipers are Tekro long reach. Chainset is 170mm compact 50/34.

Contact points are a mixture of FSA bars, kona seatpost/stem.

Wheelset is Shimano RS10 (As new condition)

Finsbury Park / Central London.

Looking for £250.00

Possibly of interest for my girlfriend. She's 5ft 4 ish... would you be able to measure from the pedal axle to the top of the seat? Just so I could get an idea if the saddle would go low enough.
Thanks

I've aligned the crank arm (170mm) to the seat-tube (74.5 degrees) to measure. As per the photo saddle height - the measurement to top of the saddle from the pedal axle is 800mm. The seatpost can go down a further 3cm, and the current WTB saddle has high rails and can be swapped for a lower profile saddle which can lower by an additional 2cm I reckon.

The standover height from ground to top of the toptube is 745mm if that helps.

ok -this goes onto ebay this week - any takers for £260?

I'm 5ft 5inches - it's a classic horizontal top tube which is rare for "small" 49cm frames so probrably equivalent to a 52cm road bike frame. As you can see from the pics the saddle can still go much higher. The effective top-tube is 520mm if that helps.

Unfortunately, I need a quick sale and unable to get drawn into the process of stripping, advertising and selling each of the parts separately, so I am looking to sell the bike complete.

Price-drop to £280 for quick sale before it goes onto Ebay

For sale is my stealth black BLB Steel Track Bike in 49cm frame size. Condition of frame is excellent with no dings or scratches and is as good as new. Reluctant sale to fund new project.

Built up with components from a 2011 Kona Paddy Wagon except for BLB rainbow handlebars, black dia-compe Goldfinger brake lever, Sram Apex front brake and bontrager hardpack 25mm puncture resistant tyres.

Rear wheel is flip flop with fixed and single speed freewheel
Gearing is 42x16
Component/wheel specs can be found here:
http://2011.konaworld.com/bike.cfm?content=paddy_wagon

Currently fitted with sks mudguards attached via P-clips. These can be removed if fenders are not your thing.

Bike is located in W1 London

Looking for £300.00

I've got the old one and I wouldn't describe it like that. I've had it for quite a while now and the overall condition is still good. Definitely nothing that would notice. But there is the type of bobbling you'd get with any cuffs like that.

Can you post some pictures?

Also, just as a friendly pointer, if you start to get in slanging matches with people it's much easier to ignore them:

"View Public Profile" > "User Lists" (just under their name) > "Add to Ignore List"

Thank you Hugo7 on getting back on forum subject, and also for the friendly pointers on the ignore list. There is absolutely no need to ever use the disgusting "C" word, and appreciate the knowledge I can ignore stalking users who like to use it.

stop stalking me you twat

Christ, not you again...

paging Señor Bear

Rapha Bomber Jacket - anyone else find the knitted cuffs and waistband fluffing and pilling like there is no tomorrow very, very quickly?

Thank you for the heads up bobbo, maybe we should hire someone like you, as we obviously know bugger all about manufacturing, supply and profit margins. Ping me your cv

Last post on the matter.

Both your numbered comments above are wrong.

1. Product that comes back 'not perfect' would not be taken back, if a customer has used something or altered it from it's sale state then a return would not be accepted.
   
2. The cost price of a jersey may not be as low as you believe, and once you factor in the operating costs of the Company and all other associated costs of selling something then £40 may not make them profit. The point of a sample sale is to sell product not fit to be sold through normal channels, ie; sample product, faulty/damaged product. It's not a liquidation.
   
   

There is also nobody at Rapha who would say that their 'business plan' is to accept returns and place that product in the sample sale. It's ridiculous.

My family's business is part of the supply chain that works with companies supplying wholesale materials to various clothing manufacturers in the world including 'small' companies like Rapha. I am not going to get in an argument with you as you Senor Bear as you obviously know more about the retail clothing industry than me.
However, you would not ask for a galling discount in an LBS in real life, and i'm sure you would not take the piss out of me to my face either. No - you would only do that hiding behind a computer on an internet because you are a coward.

this is a public forum, and i am just sharing what I know.. so why would you want to say something like that to me Senor Bear?

Why would they put stock that's in perfect condition in a sample sale? If they do that then their operation will not last. I wonder at what point in their brief history they started to run at a profit?

1) not everything that comes back is perfect - the perfect stuff gets restocked
2) jerseys being sold in the sample sale at £40 still still make profit

high street clothing stores are still in cost/sale profit when then sell for 75% off and the bulk of profit for the big name designer brands make their money from so called outlet stores. Rapha operate from a cheap part of London in a warehouse with a handfull of staff. They are one of Uks top 50 fastest growing businesses

That's so untrue, what they've done is extend some goodwill to a customer who has then posted an account of it on an open forum where anyone with the ability to Google can find it, therefore setting a precedent. You've exploited the Company's good nature. They know full well you could return said items for free, get a refund and then re-buy at the cheaper price so it's less work for them to give you back the difference, it's not because they want to.

Would you have the cheek to walk back in to your LBS a week after purchasing something and say "I bought this last week and am perfectly happy with it but notice this week you're selling it for a bit less, can I have the difference back?" Would you fuck, it'd be far too embarrassing. Rapha is a privately owned business much like your LBS and should be dealt with in the same way.

No I would not. I wouldn't have the gall.

It is all part of the Rapha business plan... and they know it
Heard it from a direct source within Rapha, that post Christmas, once the sales are in full swing, a sizable percentage of items brought at full price come back for refunds and exchanges. These returned items then go into the sample sale a few weeks later, so Rapha end up selling all their stock (new and returned). Notice there are 2 sample sales a year, and they always directly follow the winter and summer sale. Have you seen the amount of stock at a Rapha sample sale? - where do you think it comes from? The fact is, the profit margins are so large in clothing retail (even more when there are no high street overheads or store managers to pay), that Rapha are always quids in and it's all part of their business plan.

I got 50% off my softshell when I complained about the quality - there you go I said it.. is that a precedent?

Wankers!

I bought the cross bib shorts for £120 last week, they are now £90.

I've not worn them and they still have tags- tempted to return them.

Apparantly this happens a lot and they completely expect this - this is why there will be a sample sale in a week or two..
Either return and buy again at a cheaper price OR just phone them and they will likely refund you the difference as they have great customer service

tempted by a pair of 3/4 shorts for £60 (£56 with 10% discount)
I'm 31" waist normally - anyone with a pair and experience of sizing?? - should i buy 30" or 32"??
thanks for your help..

Prices have just dropped further in Rapha Winter sale.