531 Help

The Raleigh is only plain gauge 531 main tubes. Stays and forks are gaspipe, whatever the seller claims. Its chainset is not suitable for a fixed wheel (it's Biopace which is oval rather than circular), so you'd still need to budget for a new BB and chainset.

biopace rings can be used for fixed, they do not affect chain tension, the amount of teeth in contact with the chain is constant.

having checked inches ...yes it probably is too big, metric fail.

Secondly you can tell it's not a 'terrible' frame by merely observing the gap the back wheel has...it's fairly tight, which as you know means it will be livelier than some nasty gate that some of the foffa's were ...though I am sure you know this.

though I said that already, are you going to try and be helpful to the guy or follow me around the threads taking umbrage with everything I type?

oh...and read the damned post. I said the cranks..ie not the chainrings...are reasonable, ie...he can polish of the adonising and have a reaonable crank...spending...no money.

Unless you have something useful to contribute I suggest you stop acting like a child, and shut up.

did i ever say it was a "terrible" frame as your quote marks like to suggest? no.

large clearances do not mean a frame is bad.

i suggest you read my post, where did i say the cranks or chainring were bad? the biopace comment was genuine, i would like to see what they ride like, as they are rare.

my post was useful (as you agree), in that i corrected your mistake of advising them to buy a frame that is too big for them.