roberts sportif

http://www.cyclesecrets.com Cycle Secrets has delivered a master stroke, in our collection we have the Sportif shown here by Roberts, Bicycle Techincal Expert or sholud we say fanatic Brian Phillips.
And yes this is the Frame that was featured in the magazine cyclingweekly.
What make this bike so special, apart from the Famous Roberts name, is the build Quality.
Chas Roberts is the leader of custom built bicycle in the UK.
This machine rides like a sports due to the long wheel base. Here what Richard Hallett had to say "With a combination of carefully cleaned up lugs and flawless fillet brazing this bike is a real joy to ride at sustained pace, communicative, relaxing, reassuring and comforable it most certainly is"
Frame 57cm, Reynolds,Columbus, 853 for the seat and down tubes, 531, roberts Frames are not always built using a tubeset they mix and match in search of perfection, using the skills of a 60+ year old company..

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[n1ckma]

@singapore7773 They do indeed take clip ons when needed. Much nicer without guards for the majority of rides.

[singapore7773]

pretty frame

[singapore7773]

@10lx they have "clip-on" mudgaurds

[n1ckma]

A year on, I've completed lots of sportives on the Roberts Sportif, and a longer ride from Lowestoft to Dingle Way, 2 coast to coasts in a week.

1" Carbon forks, Mavic SSC brakes, Ksyrium SL wheels, Easton and Pro Vibe contact points build up into a bike that tops out around 8kg and I really felt it this year, making light work of 20 percent hills in Pembrokeshire and around the Killarney hills. Super-stable descents, even on very patchy tarmac top surfaces at 40 mph. Above all, v. comfortable

[n1ckma]

Fabulous frame, highly communicative and very comfortable. I bought this compact frame from Chas in the summer (09) who built it up with Ultegra transmission, Campag Ergo and a range of simple alloy components seleted by him. A major change was to swop over the steel 531 forks for carbon as a slightly longer steerer was required. It has just completed Lands End to Joh O'Groats, covering 992 miles in 10 days and 54000 ft of elevation. It felt more surefooted by the day, and lively on descents,