I'd like to find a new home for this frame. Its too small for me to ever use again, and its been in the garage for years now. I'm hoping that since Nobilette builds some frames for RBW these days offering it here won't be too far off topic.
What it is: This is a Mark Nobilette built frame I bought new in the late 70's. Reynolds 531 tubing of standard for the time diameters (i.e. not "oversize" like most steel frames these days). About 51.5 cm seat tube measured c-t-c. Takes a 27.2 seat post. It takes "normal" reach (from back when, not the current normal that is actually short) side/center pull brakes of the through bolt style. I used both mafac racer and suntour campi copy side pulls on it. I believe it was supposed to be able to accommodate either 27" or 700c wheels. I had 700c tubular wheels on in most of the time I rode it. Long horizontal campi drop outs. It has short fancier lugs, as opposed to the simple long point lugs. The chain stays are on the longer side, and not crimped. The uncrimped stays limit tire clearance but I did fit tubular cyclocross tires (33mm?) on it 20 odd years ago. It also required a long bb for the small ring of a road double crank to clear the stay. There are baze ons for fenders and a rear rack. Downtube decals age gone, most of the N on the seat tube is still there. Paint is rough with badly touched up scratches and primer on the down tube where Tallerico added dt shifter bosses for me in the 90s. If you want pretty get it painted and get some resurecto decals from RBW (if they still have those someplace). I think this could make an excellent sport touring / rando bike for a shorter individual. Not a race bike but I did race on it back in the early 90s. Should be able to be seen as a "go fast" ride. Probably too flexy for a real touring bike. The frame and I are close to the 580 680 interchange, and I'm willing to drive a ways to deliver. But I'm not willing to ship it. I would like to get this to somebody who will build it up and enjoy it, not somebody looking to flip it to make some money. I don't know what its worth but a glance at 531 frames on clist suggests $80 cash and carry might be a good deal for the buyer. Any interest? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3b6e06a3-d46b-468a-b2b6-2564c62f1924%40googlegroups.com.
