Orbit’America 105′, Reynolds 653, road bike, Shimano 600/Dura Ace. The road bike has a Reynolds 653 frame with Shimano 600 groupset with Dura-Ace rear derailleur, Mavic and Rigida rims. The bike has had light domestic use and no daily commute. It has been cleaned and some refurbishment done. Comparison with contemporary bikes. Groupset and frame material of the bike correspond to it’s price. At many 1000′s you get carbon frames and top grade group sets like Ultegra and Dura-Ace (looking at Halford’s and Evans-cycles website). Steel alloy frames are no longer used for road bikes but are still used for touring bikes as far as I can tell. You are welcome to pick the bike up in person. It is a next day service and not the 2 day listed below. Tubing: Reynolds 653 (frame and front forks). Front deraileur: Shimano 600. Rear 8 cogs, fronts 2 cogs. Wheel rear: Shimano 600 hubs, rims Mavic Maxtals. 6000 open pro, dark grey. Wheel front: Shimano 600 hub, rim Rigida, black. Tyres: National tyre co. Made in Japan, 700x20C, Panaracer stradius sport, tour guard puncture protection. Saddle: Selie italia, flite’titanium’ with ally seat post. Handlebars: aluminium SR Road Champion. Gear shifters:Shimano 600. Brake levers:Shimano 600. Seat post to bottom bracket 60cm. Seat post to handle bar stem 59cm. Fork length 36.5cm. Seat stay 54.5cm. Down tube 64.75cm. Top Tube to ground 84cm. Width handle bars 44cm. (wheels 3.27kg, frame/gs 6.54kg, seat/post 0.48kg). Modification : Bike was changed from Shimano 105 to 600 and Dura Ace. Cosmetic Condition – saddle wear. Frame paint has chips and abrasions. Front right fork repainted. The Rear brake cable casing has some cracks in the plastic coating. Working condition: very Good – smooth, fast and light. Occasional weekly use, not daily commute. The bike had been cleaned and gears/chain lubricated. The bottom bracket, wheel axels and stem have not been touched but operate smoothly. Old mud guards were removed. Bottle cage bolts were replaced. Seat post bolt was replaced. Finishing tape was used on the handle bars. The frame paint was treated to reduced the appearance of scuffs and scratches. Chips where treated for rust and primed and painted. Pre-existing repainting was improved. A full respray was not undertaken to preserve decals. Replacement of old chain stay protector. Replacement of peddle toe clip straps. Bike bought from Rohan’s cycles, Rayner’s lane (now Kings cycles), 1989. It might be worth inspecting the stem, bottom bracket and wheel axels for maintenance purposes, though they do not appear to have any problems. The bike probably needs peddle, back/front and wheel reflectors, bikelights and a bell. Further improvement to frame paint. New rear brake cable casing. What is Reynolds 653 tubing? Reynolds tubing is aManganese/molybdenum steel alloy. From Wikipedia – Was a mixedtube-set with a non-heat treated 753 main triangle. Stays used 753rand fork blades were borrowed from the 531c tube set. YS/UTS: 695/803 MPa 45-52 Tsi, 100-130 ksi. Number quoted are for after (lower) and before (higher) brazing, density 7.85 g/cm. 753 -Heat-Treated Manganese-Molybdenum. Essentially 531 made with reducedwall thickness and heat treated to increase tensile strength. 753 can only be lugged andfillet-brazed with an alloy of 56% silver below 700 degrees Celsius and sale is restricted only to approved builders certified byReynolds. And other bicycle components based in Birmingham, England established in 1898. Shimano 600 was the predecessor of Shimano Ultegra the second grade below Dura-Ace(topgrade). The name was phased out in 1997 (Shimano website history). Small volume UK producer based in Sheffield.