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I’m thinning down my collection of bikes and so am selling my less frequently used bikes/parts. So now this Knight sadly has to go.
It's a Knight Cycles of Wolverhampton bike built up for touring/fast commuting which I believe is from the early 80s judging from the frame and parts originally fitted. The bike’s frame is well made from a respected builder with a nicely done paint job. I’ve upgraded it with some 90s parts that I feel don’t spoil the 80s look of the bike. These are the Shimano 105 7 speed shifters, Rigida wheels with 105 hubs (same gen as the shifters), Shimano Tiagra rear mech and Tektro dual caliper brakes, plus SKS mudgurards. Tyres, cassette and chain are more modern.
57cm frame size (from centre bottom bracket to top of seat tube), with top tube measuring 55.5cm. Rear wheel OLN is 126mm.
Spec as follows:
Reynolds 531 butted tubing frame and chromed forks.
Cast lugs with cutouts. Dropouts are by Campagnolo.
Colour is greyish blue with red decals that have a gold border, paintwork is pretty new looking with no chips although there's a few scuffs around the frame. There's also a slight dink to the top tube, please check out the images. Chrome on the forks is excellent.
Wheels are Shimano 105 hubs laced to Rigida SX100 rims, wheels are an upgrade made prior to listing the bike for sale, and rims show virtually no wear and wheels are pretty much as new generally.
Selle Italia Turbo Lite saddle.
Shimano 105 7 speed shifters.
Stronglight 99 triple chainset, 170mm cranks, 52/40/32 ratios, with Stronglight bottom bracket.
Shimano Tiagra long cage rear mech.
Shimano Exage triple front mech.
Shimano7 speed freewheel 24/12t ratios.
Shimano chain.
Tektro brakes with modern, little worn pads.
Tektro brake levers.
SR Road Champion bars, 40cm width, Italamundi leather effect tape fitted.
SR stem.
Stronglight A1 headset.
Schwalbe Blizzard and Vittoria Zaffiro modern tyres, both 23c.
Lyotard 82 pedals.
Kalloy seatpost.
Campagnolo seatpost clamp bolt.
SKS mudguards.
I have a quality saddle bag and same era dynamo front/rear light set up I can sell to the new owner if required. I can also provide clips and straps for the pedals, if that's your thing.
The bike is in pretty excellent condition throughout and I've fully rebuilt it from the ground up, servicing all parts and checking for any wear/damage. So all parts work as they should and set up has been fine tuned to give optimum performance. The bike is ready for some serious touring/road use action:)
Collection is preferred (Hendon, NW4), but I have a bike box handy so can post the bike if needs be, ask for details.
£200 including postage, or collect the bike for £185.
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Sure, well this seems to be a popular thread:) I guess the attraction to the 600 kit is still strong. I have too much of it myself so happy to help you out. I probably have all the bits you're after except for the dual pivot brakes I sold to the OP chap (and keeping a set in reserve) but can let you have single pivots if any good?
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Righto, well I now found the wheel in storage and have a few pics:
I also found the 18t cog I mentioned so that will be included. And there's a tyre as well, if you want it. There's also a single speed freewheel on there, but again I can remove it if it's not wanted. The wheel's rim isn't actually No Logo like I mentioned, but the rim is unstickered and was originally Rigida. Any questions, just fire away. My price will be £15.
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OK, glad it will do. It will certainly be fairly priced. Although I can't tell you exactly what it'll be immediately as the bike is still in storage, although I remember that condition is fine. Also don't know the number of teeth on the cog, but this shouldn't be an issue as I have many in various ratios, so can let you have one that suits. And I'm in London, NW4.
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I have one in this old sales thread:
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/381858/#comment16777615
Look near to the end of the list. Not exactly new condition although the carbon is very clean and the scuffs on the clamp aren't visible once a saddle is fitted. I think the length would be around 400mm (ignore what it says on the thread).
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I actually have a few you can choose from. One is a steel ITM Eclipse, another is an ITM Big One, although this one will possibly be too long (haven't seen either of these stems for a while). Another one I do have to hand it a 3ttt in 100mm length, although this has slight scuffing on the top of the head which shows through the black finish.
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I have a Deda one that can't be longer than 40mm, I'd say. Any good?