Small frame for a foreign girl

Yea, he's right. Carbolite is probably more comparable to 501 or 4130 CrMo. Would make a tough beater bike but nothing elegant. And the seatpost is a pain but any BMX seatpost with a proper shim would work.

those old carbolite jobs are lighter than the 501 of the time, but not by a great deal.
they ride a little better too. IME

I have the dubious pleasure of having owned both in the past.

incidentally, the seller of that bike has a seatpost for it that he'll throw in.

Is anyone bidding on the Pug?
I may purchase for the seatpost, but not if anyone else wants the frame...

BRM666 Is anyone bidding on the Pug?
I may purchase for the seatpost, but not if anyone else wants the frame...

hahaaa

Just gave away a minty 48" motobecane, wish I had seen this post.

48"? That's massive! ; )

sorry, I am working in CAD and trying to write on the board, The " key is instinctual.

Hey deadroxy, I'm just up the road from you in Stockwell. What brings you to London? Let me know if you want a riding partner (or two!) to get used to London riding. Er, once you have a bike sorted that is! Bear in mind that some of the suggestions are primarily fixed (the fuji track for eg) and come with no brakes (i think?) Not a major problem; most shops that sell them will also sell & fit the necessary parts to make them SS and have brakes. Is the charge plug on sale yet? Actually not sure what size that goes down to...............

the plugs now out apparently

Hmm evans lists the frame sizes as small medium and large... God everything about that bike just seems somehow cheap! Still the small may be worth a try.

i think the small is actually quite big 54cm... might be wrong though

i fondled a plug in moose cycles today, if you ditch the stupid heavy rims/tyres it's a nice bike.

if you are a giant!

deadroxy hmm... sounds a bit too complicated then for me. i want something i can ride -soon- without an insane amount of work. i'm still new to building things up so i don't want to start a project that will put me in over my head. maybe i'll go and have a look at somethings already built up as mentioned. any other strong recommendations for frames i should keep an eye out for on ebay/gumtree?

'm the same size as you and I ride a junior racer Raleigh that I bought off eBay for £40 (since spent about 4 times that on it). I find the best things to search for are 'boys racer' or 'junior racing' or variations on that. Mine was a '5 speed' that I stripped down - its certainly very hard to find any track frames (aside from NJS) that small so I generally look out for conversions.

The best track frame I've found that fits dinky people like us is a junior 650c pista from Harry Havnoonian at http://www.hhracinggroup.com (its not on their site but they definitely still do them - drop him an email). Although they're in the States, you can get frame and forks for US$710, which they can also drill for a front brake. With shipping, would probably end up around £400-£500 but you'd have to build the rest up yourself. If I had the money it'd be my next project for sure

trampsparadise
I just like to know the meaning behind usernames and I ask every new person this question in some form or another... Welcome to London.

didn't ask me - yet. those on here who've met me probably know, and those who don't: when are we going to meet?