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Oi Joe is it one of these Sparton frames?
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PJ if there are any holdsworths in a 55 ish, pick them up for me and I'll pay you back tomorrow/ tuesday?
There was a really nice looking black Holdsworth, about 55ish. If I had your number I would've......oh well
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Nice to see the forum peeps at HH... I bought a black sparkle track frame for £75... Sweeeeeet!!!
Sparkle stealth bike is almost in effect...
Time for more pain-killers... :DPic? Didn't see you there mate
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Oi Joe is it one of these Sparton frames?
Connection's too slow to see the vid... What happens? Bad stuff? :S
It is a Sparton, black sparkle, no decals... Just need a 26.0 seatpost, a 1" stem, Sugino 75 BB (all Arrotexed) and I'm good to go... :D
@ Pistanator: Still want that 26.0 Nitto 65? It's available now... :) -
Connection's too slow to see the vid... What happens? Bad stuff? :S
It is a Sparton, black sparkle, no decals... Just need a 26.0 seatpost, a 1" stem, Sugino 75 BB (all Arrotexed) and I'm good to go... :D
@ Pistanator: Still want that 26.0 Nitto 65? It's available now... :)No you're fine; they are made in Chile and imported to USA. Interesting if AW Cycles have got any more on the way. There's a few built up on Velospace looking good for the money!
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Connection's too slow to see the vid... What happens? Bad stuff? :S
It is a Sparton, black sparkle, no decals... Just need a 26.0 seatpost, a 1" stem, Sugino 75 BB (all Arrotexed) and I'm good to go... :D
@** Pistanator: Still want that 26.0 Nitto 65? It's available now...** :)YEP!!! PMed ya with my number, thanks
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No you're fine; they are made in Chile and imported to USA. Interesting if AW Cycles have got any more on the way. There's a few built up on Velospace looking good for the money!
Thought the name was familiar, they had shit-loads of 'em when I was at King Kog last year... My one's obviously the, ahem, Custom Pro model... ;)
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Found a site re. bike jumbles which might be good for people to know...
What are those Sparton frames like? Saw them on USA ebay on Friday, and was wondering if anyone imported them to the UK.
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@ BigFatAl and to all, i'm quite a new member here on this forum and i'm from The Netherlands. Well... i'm following this forum for over a few months now, but this is the first time i post/reply since this is the first time i've got something to add to the discussion. I was waiting for my first badge of parts + frame to build my first fixed gear bike. I'm a bmx rider (street) and always felt kinda connected to fixed gear riding, so i thought, let's build one. Having looked at some very nice frames which were somewhat expensive to me (Kalavinka, Nagasawa, Level etc.) So i went on to ebay (usa) and found a Sparton there which was very cheapy and looked sweet to me. (this is where we're getting more to the point). I bought it from the seller and received it very quick (after he sent it to the wrong address and it got sent back to the states and from there back to me) haha, and that all within 3 weeks. Ordered myself a wheelset, crankset, 2nd hand stem (thanks to Roberto), cut an old mountainbike straight bar and bought a seatpost + seat. All went well when building it up. ( had to cut alot of my fork though. approx. 12 cm.)
Came to the seatpost and found that it didn't fit! measured the frame and it and came to a size of 26.0 which didn't work with my current bought seatpost. So, i ripped a beercan apart (knew this trick from bmx riding when breaking seatpostclamps/bolts) rolled the piece of beercan around my seatpost and put the seatpost in the frame and it worked. Took it out for a ride and to me (not much experienced with fixed gear riding) it rides very good! Though i might wanna consider riding a bit longer frame size. My ride has a 54cm top-tube. (I'm 1.76m high)
I heard different things about Sparton frames, both positive as well as negative ones. I just though, well, for €126,- it's at least worth a try. And till now i'm still satisfied. Might be different when i saved enough money to build the next project with another frame, but till now, it's all good. I ride about 175km per week from my house to my job and something like 75km in my spare time riding through the city and around and it works for me. So i'm very positive about my Sparton frame. As i said, i'm not experienced with fixed gear riding as this is my first ride, so yeah, the somewhat more experienced riders will maybe doubt the Sparton frame, but let's say it's a good bike to start with?
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Of course by then I may not have any money because of my college fining me.