ICC AIMS TO RAISE £20K FOR SPINAL RESEARCH AFTER MEMBER PARALYSED

SALE OF LOVINGLY RESTORED VINTAGE ROAD BIKE WILL ACHIEVE OUR TARGET

Islington Cycling Club is offering a lovingly restored vintage 1979 Alan Super Record road bike in return for a donation of £2,000 to the charity Spinal Research, the UK’s leading medical charity focused on the repair and restoration of the spinal cord.

Cycling is one of the sports associated with the risk of spinal injuries and, while accidents are rare, the consequences can be catastrophic. We set a target of raising £20,000 for Spinal Research after our club member James “Gino” Murphy was paralysed below the shoulders in a freak accident.

The Alan Super Record bike has been built back to the original top-of-the-range specification with Campagnolo Super Record components, which were the best available in their day and used by almost every pro rider. It meets the “heroic” criteria for road-racing bikes taking part in the famous Eroica events in Italy and around the world. See below for full specifications.

Alan made the first modern aluminium bike frames in the early 1970s out of Ergal, an aerospace grade alloy. Alan bikes were ridden to over 20 world championship titles in both road and cyclocross including by Mathieu van der Poel, World Junior CX champion in 2012.

Club member Jeremy Antscherl, a consultant facial surgeon who restores bikes in his spare time, said: “Over my career I have treated many cyclists who have crashed or been knocked off their bikes and fully appreciate the lifechanging consequences of cycling injuries. This historic bike is a real piece of Italian sculpture and whoever buys it will know their money is going to a cause that should be close to every cyclist’s heart.”

You can contact Jeremy to ask questions and arrange to view the bike using the email chair@islington.cc. If you would like to own the bike we suggest you make the donation when you come to collect it.

A £2,000 donation will take us to our £20,000 fundraising target. You can view our press release here and donate here.

1979 Alan Super Record Specification

• 54 x 55 cm frame with age correct reproduction ALAN decals

• Campagnolo Super Record group set:

  • Front derailleur

  • Rear derailleur

  • Drilled brake levers

  • Cobalto brake calipers

  • Crankset 52 42

  • Bottom bracket

  • Pedals with toe caps (colour co-ordinated toe straps)

  • Headset

  • Seatpost

• Simplex SLJ retro friction downtube levers

• Cinelli Giro D’Italia 64 42 bars

• Cinelli 1A 120 mm stem

• Cinelli cork bar tape (colour co-ordinated)

• Selle Italia Berand Hinault Turbo saddle

• Mavic GP4 Tubular rims with Miche competition hubs

• Vittoria Strada Tubular tyres

• Maillard – Sachs 13-19 free wheel

We will also provide an additional set of Mavic open Pro / Campagnolo clincher wheels with Panaracer road tyres and 13-24 free wheel and a collection of Alan documentation, adverts and posters.