Wanted: My Dream Road Bike - 56/57 Italian Steel

Posted on Tue 23rd, February 2010

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• #26

dmczone

If you go for the vintage frame JayGee do you want NOS, used but clean or a fixer upper?
• #27

jaygee

Thank you gents and ladies and Rob.

Thank you all for the interest. I will look into all the suggestions.

To be honest, I am not the rider that most of you lot are, so the bike is unlikely to do many *"twisty descents" *a la Andy P. I would like to keep my options open though. I may overcome my fear of heights one day.

I'm looking for an excuse to go out on some longer faster rides.

Ideally I would like a used but clean bike built up. I am too lazy/impatient to get a frame and then spend the rest of the year looking for parts.

I have a dream bike (see above) in my head. I also have all sorts of OCDs about things (but not about putting Japanese on Italian).

I considered getting a bike built for me, either by Roberts or another Brit, but the frame alone would cost my budget. I don't like the look of new components either (tart).

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