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Hi All,
So the time has come when I need to sell my C40 that I had bought from this very forum barely a year ago from Retrodicorsa for which you can see the original sale thread here .I'm going to regret this a lot but I've got to sell it to save up some dough for a mortgage.
Not a lot has changed since I bought it off Retro so please read on for the good and not so good points.
For an excellent note on sizing (and Colnago's odd sizing method) I'd implore you to take a look at the original sale thread via the link above. Retro has written an excellent and concise guide to the sizing of these frames and I hope he doesn't mind me linking back to his thread.
In a nutshell I'm around 5'11 and this bike fits me like a glove. The actual sizing equates to 54cm seatpost and 54.6cm top tube c2c although this is a Colnago size 56cm frame.
Groupset is Campag Athena 11 with Ultrashift Ergo levers which was all in excellent condition until I had a crash a couple of months ago. Please see 'bad points' section for more info (pictures also detail damage).
Cranks are 172.5mm carbon compact 50/34 PowerTorque.
Cassette 12-27 Chorus and Chorus chain.
Bars are Deda 215, stem Deda Newton, headset Chris King 1"
Seatpost Colnago's own carbon 28mm (made by Selcof), saddle San Marco Aspide.
Bottle cages ITM carbon.Bad Stuff
As mentioned before I crashed this bike a couple of months ago and actually got off pretty lightly considering. The crash was me leaning to far into a roundabout and was basically the bike slipping from underneath me on the driveside. Most of the impact was into my right arm and thigh.
Anyway the worst damage was done to the rear dérailleur and hanger; the former was scratched and latter bent. I took the bike to my LBS and they straightened the hanger for me which and both are in perfect working order, so it's just the cosmetic issue you'll have to consider (please see appropriate photo). Please note that the frame was not damaged.
Also another note on the C40s is that they don't have replaceable hangers so bend it again at your peril.
I also scratched the right ergoshifter too but again it shifts fine so the damage is just superficial plus the saddle had a bit of a scuff - again these are all hopefully illustrated in the pictures.So hopefully I've covered most things. I'm based in Norwich but can hand deliver to London (up on the train). I will ship via courier to all parts of the UK and most of the world, just let me get a quote first.
I'm asking for £900 (includes donation) for the complete bike. I'm not really open to splitting as I've not got the space to start disassembling it. I am also open to sensible offers so please PM me.
A final note before I shut up: If you are genuinely interested or require further info, please PM me rather than reply to the thread, as I wouldn't like to miss a genuine question.
Please click here for some pics and let me know if you require me to take any more
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I HAVE a Camelbak 1.5L Hydropak what I want to get rid of. Literally used it once and barely then as I only used it as a second supply after my bottle ran out. I have thoroughly cleaned it out with a good dose of hot water and Milton. Selling because I didn't like the way it fitted.
Offering it for £15 although open to offers. Can meet in Norwich (evenings or weekends).Shitty camera pic here
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^^^^^ I went today although I did bits of it by train. Didn't see your note I'm afraid. I hadn;t posted up as I wasn't sure if i was going to be able to do it.
Cambridge was mad for it. You couldn't move on the street they started on. The organisation of the everything is huge. I came in at the same time as the tour buses (Garmin, Sky, BMC) and they had shut most of the centre dwon to get everything in. A very slick organisation. I'll post up a few pics later.
No worries. Don't think I would've made it anyway as I had no sleep the night before. Glad Cambridge was up for it though - get those pictures up asap.
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I noticed there seemed to be a number of Norwich to London (or vice versa) threads on here and interwebs but I was wondering if anyone had an actual route? I would be fine getting from Norwich to Ipswich but Ips to London I'm not sure about (in terms of roads/routes). Noticed the sustrans route 1 but was wondering if anyone had actually done it?
Max
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A bit OT but whereabouts in Suffolk are you from?
Depends who it is.
Strangers always get at least a nod, regardless of whether the have initiated the exchange or not.
Approaching riders in (local) club kit, get blanked or the finger; if I'm feeling playful I reply with a smile, a wave and a cheery "cunt".
If passing (local) club riders don't do so immediately, but try and strike-up a conversation, I tell them to "fuck off". Invariably this doesn't work first time, so I'm forced to expand: "If I wanted to ride with cunts like you, I would be. I'm not, so fuck off".
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Shoulda done this weeks ago but another +1 for retrodicorsa. He is a jolly helpful chap and also a purveyor of fine bicycles.
313 - Nice wheels. Easy transaction. Thanks, start of the new build.
- 36x18 - brilliant service, really quick wheel build turn around :) +2
- 606 - Bought a Langster off him, rides sweetly, he even threw in a 3rd tyre, mtb grips and straight handlebars and some road bike shifters
-Aches & Pains -- good delivery and super cheap!
-adman--did more web research on current price of bits between dibbing and picking them up and dropped price completely unprompted. + 2 very smooth transaction - Adroit- Great seller, honest prices. +2
- Adscan- bought a PSP of the man, better than well chuffed. package arrived via matter transfer.
- Aidy40 - bought a frame off him, nice frame, nice guy, nice delivery, well packaged. Very happy.
- ALDI
- amey
- andyfallsoff +2
- Andypancake +5 Absolute gent... and some nice goodies. Ta fella.
- Andy.W +2 (top trader - collected and posted a bike for me a long time ago)
- AngelD + 9: sold me some SRAM Omniums for a good price, and dealt with the shipping etc very well. They came polished to a shine and packed really safely in a proper chainset box. Nice one!
- apolloxl +21 met within 20 minutes of dibbing item, great guy!/ excellent sale /
- Arantrek - lovely wheels, run v nicely, v pleased & nice bloke
- Archie's Grobags +4
- Aroogah +2
- Arup +2
- Ascari - nice helpful guy, came to the station to meet me
- b4b - Good communication, deal was pretty good. Thanks!
- babydinotrackboy
- BareNecessaties - Held me a stem for a few weeks untill I got paid, and gave me at a very reasonable price. Very helpful and sorted seller!
- belgiangoth - sorted me out a nice cheap replacement wheel in double-quick time for polo
- Benjybars +5
- benottomadmax - Got a saddle and a couple of sprokets off Oscar - no messing around, good lad!
- Berniebike +1 great communication, frame packed brilliantly, next day delivery ace
- Bespokebicycle - exactly as the label on the tin. Many thanks.
- bicicletta6655, frame sent outside ebay, even made an effort to include a seat post!
- Bigben
- Bikejunk
- B'jammin - super helpful, thanks for the rims! +2
- Björn - They say good service only shows when something goes wrong; in this case inept couriers ;)
- Black Rainbow Project. +1 Brought from Scott twice now....A Top Bloke....Cheers.
- Bluerip00 easy transaction
- Bobbycutters
- Booba - Thanks, easy pickup, great communication.
- Brig7 - Bike arrived in perfect condition and well packed in about 3 days from Holland + 1 - pleasure dealing with
- broken_777 +7 Excellent speedy wheel builds at a great price and mega strong; always good work
- Buddha Fingaz +1
-c4shr +2 amazing response time and description of product, met up the very next day with the option of a couple times, good directions, honest description of product, fair price, good advice, top guy, 10/10 all round!!! - Cake - Item as described and pleasure to deal with!
- Carl
- CasaSteve - Stuff came in a Wiggle box and it was so well packed I actually thought I'd forgotten - about a wiggle order! Plus a good guy.
- catfood - bargain wheels and even brought them to Souths for me +1
- Chalfie - fuck yeah
- Chegas - Worked out a good deal, answered all my questions, stayed in touch etc etc.
- Cheesecake_intl - great packaging of frame and very easy to deal with +1
- Chompy - Nice wheels as promised, friendly Pm's, and delivery was swift. Cheers ears. +3
- ChrisMGS +2: great comms; fast post
- chokalateboywonder
- cipolinni +2 Well packaged, missing bit followed shortly afterwards
- Citron +1 Very friendly trader!
- Colm +4 Shiny Dura Ace by post at good prices, prompt delivery
- Cohen - great international transaction
- cornelius blackfoot - thanks for the wheels
- colnago_costa +27
- Crows +1
- D- Generate - The guy is an absolute don. Thanks for the light, and best of luck with the babe!
- Dalester
- 'Dan
- Danb - kept me up to date, well packaged and pretty speedy all things considered. +1
- darstachy (spent £300+ in one go, did exactly as he said he would)+1
- Darwin - fast and cheap
- Daz A - Fast postage, pleasant to deal with and offered to pay for return postage if I wasn't happy. +1
- Dazzling - Pleasure to deal with, good comms ;-)
- Deegee - Bought some campag crank bolts - very fast delivery, top notch bloke
- DFP (bought dropbars, quick delivery, considerately packed, good contact)
- Dirty Harry +2 (and his brother)
- dmczone +4 (very professional and good service)
- doglog - Quick post and good comms
- Dogsballs wheel builds -alarmingly quick but good wheel builds) +2
- Doktor P. Although I suspect he's not really a doctor ;-)
- Domwarman - Nice easy transaction and good communication.
- Doosh - Quick, lots of communication.
- Dootroy - Bought some forks- great wrapping with kodak film paper! nice
- Downlo - Quicker than Wiggle.
- dr fast
- Dr Chan
- drunk - great contact, fast shipment
- Dumps, v. helpful seller.
- East End Images +6 very cheap and very quick, a lovely chap
- EdScoble - delivered a wheel to my work when I was in need. helpful and friendly, thanks.
- Eightball– great comms and quick post. Excellent deal on bag+2
- Erikfox, Erik supplied me with a lovely Gazelle frame with thanks +3
- eyebrows - Cannot BELIEVE he's not on this list yet! - agreed, the man is a legend - ta henry - super, cannot recommend enough, super cool! +5
- F34Rthefixed
- Fahrgestell - top bloke. joker! and good bit of banter when doing our deal.
- Faso
- fasteddy – recently purchased a fairly expensive wheelset from me and certainly deserves a bit of recognition for it!
-firyjack - Fisk - Lovely frame, great price, good communication and REALLY safely packaged.
- Fixado
- Flowmont
- Forms
- Fox +5
- Fruit (Just one of the most helpful people) +1
- furious tiles - Well packaged, good communication thoughout and Free Towels!! +2
- gav - Sold me some awesome wheels for an excellent price and even helped set up my gears. Thanks.
- Germaneddie - bought lots of stuff from him at jumbles and other places. very helpful and good prices +2
- George Sportif
- Goldbuddha +1 for making things simple and sorting out extra new bolts.
- Hammo +1 Posted despite saying pick up only and then didn't charge any extra for it. Great guy....This is also for the Condor Pista frame
- harlsden - good chap and experienced tourer with lots of stories - straight and honest
- Harry Major +1
- harv4130 - not only did he post me a cog for free/gratis/nada, he then sorted me a nice stem out for super cheap.
- Heythropbikepolosoc - all good
- Hilarystone (of course-he's like the lfgss Tesco, but better) +17
- Hilly Ben, good gear, good prices, speedy dispatch
- heavisides really nice guy, met me at euston, great bike and even better deal.
- Hobo - Great seller, kindly posted and in super quick time too!
- horatio +1
- Howard - Easy comms and good postage times!
- iamdavid - very quick delivery/postage, perfect as described
- i am john - great packing
- IAmNotARobot - Made a big diversion to meet me, then gave me stuff for free when I had no change.
- IDOnothing
- igloo69
- Jakowlew - Quick postage. Really well packed, use ALL the bubble wrap!
- jambon - +4, packaging was first rate
- Jammy - Top guy, was willing to hold seatpost while funds arrived! And it's the busniz! +1
- JB - Top seller, great prices.
- Janet Jackson
- JD - bought a frame to be sent to australia, ultra smooth transaction, good communication, all round stand up guy. Frame arrived packed excellent, cant wait to deal again.
- JC Chapi - Bought a frame. Very well packed. Great communication.
- Jed - brought the item to me to make my life easier. Lovely bloke.
- Jermaine Jackson
- Jessberry, nextday delivery
- Jimalex - +3 Honest and trustworthy fella, posted before i paid!
- jimjamosullivan- incredible effort. +2 never fails to respond to pm's, even if you are incredibly naggy! great seller
- JIMMEH (very quickly delivered.) +2
- jinjrich - friendly, informative PMs, posted a lock to me nice and quickly
- Joe1983 +3
- joelipol Thanks for the lovely red retro jersey....a star!
- jonny +1
- jontizzle91 - good price on Garmin speed sensor (new in box!) and fast post. Cheers
- kal_yxo
- Kay nice group set ad fast delivery from Belgium!
- kid_scruff quick delivery + quality sale
- Kingcutter +50[and more besides]
jenbrad123 fab wheels great service thanks. - King Saxlingham
- kkkkkkkk - Goldtech brake lever. Good comms and fast post.
- KLM - genuinely nice guy, I rate him
- knowthejo +1
- kucharz66 fast delivery and brilliant price!
- kymjc - Nice chap. Purchased a complete bike in excellent condition and well below going rate. Was even nice to throw in some extra parts (also like new and top notch) so I could ride the bike away.
- lae- +1 Good seller, polite, and offered me a drink! Honest too , wheels are just what i needed, thanks
- leotandph12 - Thank you for the snipe sir. Good man.
- leozon - Great international transaction. thanks. +1
- Lew_redd - fast delivery, well packaged and even got insurance on the posting of the frame
- loafheads - everything went nice and smooth. thanks for the deal!
- longman1971- fast, simple and brilliant deal. Well pleased.
- Maelstrom
- Mantovelo - Sent wheels nicely packaged and great to deal with.
- Markairsy1 - Not just good trader but good guy, went to the trouble of bringing some bars over from Spain with him to save me some postage - A+++ would reccommend
- Markyboy: nice and quick handling!
- Marxist_fixie - + 1 Pleasure to deal with, Got what i wanted the next morning!
- marxist_vulcan - + 2 fast comms, same day shipping, cheap and as described. Perfect!
- mashergirl +2 Prompt, well packaged and all done through bank transfer and trust.
- MatP - Received a few parts in lovely condition, quite literally as new. safely packed and swiftly delivered. spot on!
- Mattias - bike turned up quickly and as described. He identified an issue between me paying and bike being posted... and the issue was resolved very fairly with offer of a refund but me taking compensation instead!
- Mattoo24 - a painless purchase that arrived beautifully packaged and as described.
- maxcrowe (traded seatpost + bought some sweet S75's)
- mdcc_tester +4 - Good Comms and very pleasant
- Mechamorgan - Great comms and pleasure to deal with!
- Mechanical_Vandal - good comms and quick postage. Items exactly as described.
- Meds
- Meetthebadger - Replies almost instantly, payment prompt! A+
- Michael Jackson
- miro_0 - Reliable, great price and super quick delivey. 531.
- Mountaingoatmatt - great price / good guy - thanks
- Mr Bump - nice guy!
- Mr Cow - +1 Needed rear wheel today, picked up today, great comms, what a gent.
- MrLemon - really helpful and well priced, worked around my schedule to meet
- Mr Lunch - Be confident that whatever you buy off him it'll be packaged so damn well it could likely survive a nuclear apocalypse - or worse - the cack-handedness of a courier.
- Munky + 1 - Had the bars in my hand half an hour after dibsing. Champ.
- nefarious + 1
- Nickyboy
- Nigel182 - Bought from and Sold to - smooth transaction both times.
- No1 - Bought a few bits of him on several occasions. Pleasure to deal with. Great guy! Thx;)
- ntc
- number6 - +6 quickest postage in the land! and good guy to boot.
- Nuknow +5
- NurseHolliday - went well out of his way to deliver me a part, top chap
- Nuts - very helpful in posting a cheap frame that I wasn't able to collect
- Oswald - a gent a & beyond generous. Thankyou.
- Orko42 +2 (Quality trader, did everything to make me as happy as possible, top man!)
- pajamas - Overdue Anyway, great build, great bike, fair price/top bloke/great wheels. +3
- Paramounted +2 (Dealt with 3 times, top bloke!)
- papercrate
- PeterV +14 (extremely helpful, extremely friendly and sends a well-packed bike fast)
- PhilD (Extremely quick delivery, meticulously packed bike, responsive on PM)
- Philosovril
- PhilS - Items well packaged and good communication. Decent chap!
- Philxthomas +1
- Pifko +2
- Pistanator +1
- Pistoffski +16 (super polite & straight up, delivered just as promised) A true Gent.
- Platini
- PortsmouthFixedGear - Had to go to portsmouth to trade frames but was worth it - chucked in some very nice parts too
- pricey
- primitive robot
- Prince
- ProMarker
- rhb
- Rawrrr - only a small sale but very helpful and friendly
- rbh0riz0n - Quick communication, posted asap, & pedals smoother than expected. Bam.
- Readview - Sold me a nice frame. Posted next day. Friendly too. Thanks.
- Re-cycled +1
- Red-biff. Nice guy, easy to deal with, great frame!
- Rega
- Reginald (bought bars months ago - v helpful)
- RetroDiCorsa +17 He is the Man!
- Roberto (example to follow) +2
- rocksteady
- richoking - great communication, friendly to deal with and a great price.
- RIH (bought bike very well packed from Holland) +14. MF says you a good man
- Rik +5
- Robertoegg
- Rodolfo
- roowilliams - picked up some forks - no fuss
- Roy_Airs - absolutely chuffed with the saddle, friendly and honest chap. Thanks! +1
- RPM
- Rupertbear - Brought back issues of Roleur from him, they were posted very quickly, in perfect condition and instead of using bubble wrap he used back issues of pro cycling to line the box so I got those too!
- Sacredhart - Lovely bike, good price, good trader. Would recommend
- Sainsburys Ed - Quick postage and good vibes
- samdaniel +1 winner of best packaged frame award - and best packaged wheels award
- samson + 1, great swap made bloody easy, much appreciated.
- sash +4 Very nice, sat and had a cuppa and a free camera to boot!
- Sharkstar - went out of his way
- Schnitter - 2 good transactions
- Scilly Suffolk - great items, pleasure to deal with
- Scrafton - Good lad, bought a groupset (inc wheels) good price, good natured when there were a couple of payment glitches, excellent packaging.
- Sheathy
- shinkuu kiss +2
- Shuai - Good transaction, fast shipping, great packaging.
- Simplex NL +18 (extremely nice and an excellent bike packer, great bike, perfect condition, great price. excellent communication and good delivery)
- Singspeed - punctual. friendly, and good guy. +3
- Sirf - couple of things weren't originally perfect and he fixed it up! great guy.
- skelator - +1 good price, well packaged and just as described. sorted thanks!
- Skully
- Smallbrownbike (Matt) - Fast shipping, nice guy to deal with. Cheers.
- snowyagain
- socialamnesia +7 (very Excellent - total dude- more than helpful. cannot fault.)
- Snoops - nice bloke, easy to deal with
- Solarider
- spaghettihoops +2
- Sparky - Cheers for the cateye!
- Spinto - bought some well used Ksyriums at a good price, friendly chap and didn't mind my getting caught in traffic and turning up late...
- spin2win
- Spotter - +4. I generally like him =))
- Stedlocks - nice bike, super condition, great price, lovely guy. Safe.+1 gave up his violet hip pouch for me!
- Steelarts +1 This guy sure knows how to pack a bike.
- Sumo - +2 Bought forks and headset, lovely job, simple as.
- supersonik-zlad - thanks for Les
- sushigeezer - bought half link chain and hurley laptop bag today - almost brand new for £20, thanks dude : )
-swedeee Fast, simple transaction! - teenslain +2 top sowf london geezer
- Taba
- Tee Tee +1
- Tel +22 - friendly, fast and fantastic packaging.
- Temper_Temper
- Tenderloin - thanks!
- The Bonk +4
- The_BMX-KId
- TheBrick(Tommy)
- The Caped Crusader - Quick delivery, 2 days from Lisboa! well packaged, kosher.
- TheCrane +2
- The devils falcon - +4 Really nice guy and he goes the extra mile with requests
- Tilover +3 prompt delivery, and reserved an item for me for a very long time, cheers!
- Tito Jackson +1
- TM/Malaysian +6 - send me a saddle as good as new, before even having paid, at very reasonable price. cheers / excellent communication, very helpful, well packed frame
- ToeByeErs
- tolokobcn, easy transaction and fast shipping!
- Tombardo- good comms, bike as described, great price
- tomd - reliable, very quick postage, items always as promised
- tommmmmmm +3
- tomsvoboda - bought a saddle, excellent condition and top bloke
- Tonydiamond
- tsou +1
- Twatith
- twiltshire
- Unit lost +1 - Nice chap in Lithuania, helpful and prompt.
- umop3pisdn +1 - Quick shipping, good communication! Thanks
- Upstart - top bloke, I know I'm not the only one.
- Varno +9 (Five brilliant transactions, good seller)
- velocipede65
- Vince +2
- VintageBikeCave - found some obscure parts for me then sorted me out with new bits when I found some of the old stuff was worn. Graham & Betty, legends.
- Virgil +3 Great price and well packaged - cheers!
- wblenkin - +2 > 2 deals, one sale, one buy, both good
- weaselyone - pleasure to do business with
- Weslito - stand up guy, really nice & easy to deal with
- Wharry - Cheers for the setup, well packaged and in pretty much mint condition!
- whatok was very easy to contact and meet up with, and friendly once I got there. And gave me what - I wanted for free.
- Wicksie
-Willem - WjPrince
- Xander - Excellent guy.
- XMAN
- Yap
- yeahnerdz +5 - Good Comms, and a speedy delivery too... Top Bloke. And give out free nuts!
- YesNoGame
- Yetidamo - good deal! +1 a pleasure to do business with.
- yogicabbage
- Yorkiefix: great deal, came real quick
- zieleman +3
- zygowsk
- 36x18 - brilliant service, really quick wheel build turn around :) +2
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Hi all,
Just put my 'Nag up for sale here if anyone's interested. Let me know.