Price cut – Now £1750 Shand Skinnymalinky Road Bike (56cm) Mint, Manchester

[DTD]

Shand Skinnymalinky Medium (56cm) £2000

Hand built in Scotland, not from girders but Reynolds 853 and Columbus tubes. Mark 1 version (fillet braised rather than TIG-welded, with external cable runs).
Pigeon Blue, white band, black rings and ‘Shand’ name – all painted – no transfers, real cast headtube badge.

This was my dream bike build, but Ill health has meant I haven’t been able to ride it more than a few miles and unfortunately won’t be able to ride it in the future.
It is in absolute mint condition. Looks like a traditional racer, rides like a modern road bike. You can read a review at: https://www.thewashingmachinepost.net/shand/skinnymalinky/review.html


Components
Campagnolo Veloce silver groupset, triple chainset, Centaur skeleton brakes, Jagwire Racer brake and gear cable.

Hope road stem 110/5° (painted to match frame)

Soma Highway drop bars (painted to match frame)

Chris King headset, Thomson Elite Seat post

Brooks Team Pro Chrome leather Saddle (brown)

Brooks leather bar tape (Fizzik Bar gel).

Wheels (hand built by DCR in East Sussex)
H Plus Son Archetype 28-hole rims, White Industry T11 hubs (polished silver), Sapim Laser spokes, Crank Brothers QR skewers.

I’m in Withington, Manchester – Buyer collects. Thanks.

 

[T4tomo]

That's a lovely bike and very sad you haven't been able to fully appreciate it.

I had a drool around the Shand stand at a cycle show, the quality of their finish is amazing.

Hope it goes to a good home

 

[DTD]

That's a lovely bike and very sad you haven't been able to fully appreciate it.

I had a drool around the Shand stand at a cycle show, the quality of their finish is amazing.

Hope it goes to a good home

You're right about the standard of their finishes. It's been in my study where I've been looking at it, putting off selling it for a couple of years – But it really is a bike that should be rode.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

I find myself aroused.😄

 

[Bonefish Blues]

You're right about the standard of their finishes. It's been in my study where I've been looking at it, putting off selling it for a couple of years – But it really is a bike that should be rode.

As it happens it's my size, I love the aesthetic, and I'm just about to get a Tax refund of just a fraction under £2K

But I still daren't 😠

 

[DTD]

As it happens it's my size, I love the aesthetic, and I'm just about to get a Tax refund of just a fraction under £2K

But I still daren't 😠

Oh go on – I did! ;-)

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Oh go on – I did! ;-)

Stop it now.

It looks a bit like Rob's bike in it's all about the bike - at least in my memory, anyway.

 

[DTD]

Stop it now.

It looks a bit like Rob's bike in it's all about the bike - at least in my memory, anyway.

Well, if it's a deal breaker I can throw in a copy to refresh your memory… ;-)
When I was going round bike shows looking for someone to build me a bike I did see Rob Penn give a talk – I'm not sure if that's why I went for a Brook's saddle and bar tape , butI later discovered my arse definitely prefers a Charge Spoon!

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Yours is more elegant than his, genuinely so

 

[I like Skol]

my arse definitely prefers a Charge Spoon!.......

It's a fact of life

 

[winjim]

That's beautiful.

 

[I like Skol]

That's beautiful.

Yes,...... and no. It's in the eye of the beholder etc. Not wanting to knock the OPs goals for this bike but, it is trying a bit too hard to achieve cool hipster status and those dead straight forks are going to be bloody harsh!

I prefer a bike that is more useable and less fashion statement

 

[winjim]

Yes,...... and no. It's in the eye of the beholder etc. Not wanting to knock the OPs goals for this bike but, it is trying a bit too hard to achieve cool hipster status and those dead straight forks are going to be bloody harsh!

I prefer a bike that is more useable and less fashion statement

At the end of the day it's gonna get knocked about, chipped, scratched, covered in muck and grease, and ridden out in the rain and thrown roughly in the shed with the kids' scooters. It is if I own it anyway, I hope it goes to someone who has the time and energy to look after it.

 

[dan_bo]

Lads just let him try and sell it instead of offering the bloke unsolicited style tips.

It's lovely. Wish I had a need for it. GLWS.

 

[biggs682]

It's lovely. Wish I had a need for it. GLWS.

Same