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@vneilv
I had been looking for a langster steel frame for a while as I wanted to build one up into my work SS bike and to get me around from a to b etc.
Had a very specific look for the bike in my head - gloss black frame with chrome forks and rear triangle, loads of chrome parts and some brown bits for my ass and hands to make contact with.
Long story short, couldn't get a langster frame in the size I wanted or for the price I wanted to pay.
Saw this on the forum for super cheap (£60) and took a chance on it.
http://static.lfgss.com/attachments/57600d1345878770-image-7.jpg
I thought I would make do with the chrome chainstay.
Got the frame home and took a scraper to the paint and found that there was chrome on both dropouts so I've taken some nitromors to it and the entire rear triangle is chromed which is awesome.
Hacked off the downtube braze-ons and now I need to file off what is left. Will be running front and back brakes but I might saw the rear hanger and the cable guides on the bb shell off.
Just got back from NYC where I went to the bi-annual bike jumble in Brooklyn where I could have bought several bikes. It was unreal.
I actually came away with a C-Record headset and a Centaur chainset.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll94/vneilv/photo2.jpg
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll94/vneilv/photo1.jpg
Starting to collect other bits and bobs, will get some photos of the frame in its current state up tomorrow.