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Some of you may have seen this on retrobike and/or the classifieds thread.
For those who haven't, here's the wrap-up. A Gentleman who's currently residing in Vienna offered this rate Falcon track bike on Retrobike. Quite a few people were initially interested but later backed out when they heard that packaging and shipping would be 170€. The reason for this rather large sum is that the Gentleman in question does not have a lot of time and asked a LBS to take care of it, the latter quoted him with this rather stupid amount god knows why. Luckily I got a couple of friends living in Vienna, one of which collected the bike for me today. Since I disturbed his hangover and it was quite a hassle for him to pick up the frame today (he has no car and it was not that close to his place...) I insisted on offering him a little compensation, which he initially denied but I eventually convinced him that it would be for my own peace of mind.
Anyway, he picked up the frame today and will ship it to me within the next week. I decided to start a Project thread so as to gather some Information and ideas for the build.
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