Before you read any further, a disclaimer: this bike is stolen recovered. I bought the bike from the Bristol charity Life Cycle UK which receives unclaimed recovered bikes directly from the police and reconditions/services them before selling them on to fund a range of projects. I have the relevant receipt from Life Cycle, which I hope is sufficient proof of the bike's legitimacy to anyone who may be interested. The frame number has been filed off by whichever of Bristol's POS bike thieves took it in the first place.
Still with me? Good, here are some pictures of it:
The bike features the following spec (lifted from bikepedia, but accurate):
Brakes Avid Shorty 4 brakes
Levers Shimano Sora STI Dual Control levers
Shift Levers Shimano Sora STI Dual Control
Front Mech Shimano Sora
Rear Mech Shimano Tiagra
Crankset TruVativ Elita Triple, 28/38/48
Bottom Bracket TruVativ SLLT ISIS
Cassette 8-speed, 12 - 32 teeth
Chain Shimano CN-IG31, 1/2 x 3/32"
Seatpost Easton
Saddle WTB Rocket V Comp
Handlebar Easton OS
Handlebar Stem Easton OS
Headset Aheadset STS
Wheels
Hubs Front: Shimano Deore, Rear: Shimano Sora
Rims Sun Rims MZ-14, 32-hole
Tires 700 x 35c Nokian Ravagozzi Cross
I paid £250 for it in September 2011 and have ridden it no more than ten times. I like it, but I don't love it, and this has become the bike I'm least likely to take out on any given day. It all works as it should, there are some scratches as you'd expect but no dents or cracks anywhere on the bike. I don't think it's had a particularly hard life. One thing I would have liked to know when I bought it was that the rear shifter doesn't always seem to "engage" at the first time of asking, so could probably do with replacing/fettling/swearing at. It does change gear, but if you were racing, you'd rue the lost seconds.
I'd like £200ono for it, collected from near Bristol (or I'll deliver it locally for the cost of the petrol). I don't want to post it unless I absolutely have to, and payment will need to be cash or a bank transfer because of my irrational dislike of PayPal.
