Where I am now, I need better brakes – but I don’t want to get anything long drop, so I can’t really go any further with the frame. And anyway, I just got a hankering for a 531 – just like my Dad used to have.
A new frame is needed, and thanks to Tel’s spot on Retrobike, I got this
It’s got a little rust where the chain stay has got slapped,
there is what looks like a broken off pump peg stuck out the back of the head tube,
and I am not sure if this label means it is all 531, or just the main tubes -
But it is a reasonable 531 frame, my size and it cost me £45. So we are off, I hope.
Where I am now, I need better brakes – but I don’t want to get anything long drop, so I can’t really go any further with the frame. And anyway, I just got a hankering for a 531 – just like my Dad used to have.
A new frame is needed, and thanks to Tel’s spot on Retrobike, I got this
It’s got a little rust where the chain stay has got slapped,
there is what looks like a broken off pump peg stuck out the back of the head tube,
and I am not sure if this label means it is all 531, or just the main tubes -
But it is a reasonable 531 frame, my size and it cost me £45. So we are off, I hope.
More photos….
http://s1302.beta.photobucket.com/user/andrewhorton/library/Ritmo%20frame