Wanted: 51cm to 53cm steel road bike. Vintage. Pretty paint

My wife is looking a for a steel road bike. 51cm to 53cm top tube (her tarck bike is 53cm square, but she rides with risers and a 90mm stem). After something reasonably light with nice tubing (Columbus / Reynolds / Tange, etc). Down tube shifters okay, complete or just frame is fine. The frame HAS to be "pretty" though. Was watching a pink Merckx on eBay, but it's too long in the top tube. The frame must be steel with threaded forks and pretty. Simple really. The maxium is ~$1,000 (AUD) for a complete bike. Obviosuly less for a frame only.

Also, it will need to be shipped to Australia.

Just to reiterate: Steel. Threaded forks (no threadless stems) and pretty paint. Just a nice little race frame really. This will be built up with drops, so she doesn't want a relaxed town bike.

I have an Albert Eisentraut frameset from the 1970s which is really beautifully built. Size 50cm c-t seat tube and 53cm c-c top tube. Threaded fork.

It is as new. Just had it resprayed in off-white that I find very pretty(...) and have an EPS file with the decals you can (have) print(ed by a decal maker).

If this sounds good please let me know and I'll send some pics.

Hi Dan,

Obviosuly you are an idiot. What you are spamming my thread with is a tarck bike. I am looking for a road bike. Please take your posts elsewhere.

V&N

there's also a serious reply above mr the man's, please let me know if you are at all interested

sorry Darling

Yeah, I asked my wife and we're waiting on a few other pics to come through. I'll let you know.

k, thnx

This: http://www.lfgss.com/thread79010.html

ladies road bike on reynolds:

http://www.aukcjoner.pl/gallery/008426272-.html#I1

This: http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=185100