Ken Ryall frame

HI All
I'm new to this business and, after opting out of the cycle to work program, have decided to build myself a fixed gear bike.
I went to Kiwi cycles and saw a Ken Ryall frame that was my size and seemed pretty light yest pretty strong for £100.

I read the other thread relating to these frames and I'm now worried I might be paying too much! I have to say I liked it and I loved the gritty basement, and I don't think I'm being ripped off, but I want to make sure I'm not paying a lot for a frame that might not be all that...

Any help appreciated!

L.

Ive never heard of Ken Ryall. But £100 for a track frame, from a shop. Seems like a bargain.

paul @ kiwi is a good bloke he sells some nice stuff my guess the frame won't be a crap one

That's the impression I had. Really enjoyed hanging out there and would rather spend my money in place like that tbh.

I'd second that for Kiwi. Good place, run by good folks.

Ive never heard of Ken Ryall. But £100 for a track frame, from a shop. Seems like a bargain.

why you suppose is a track frame?

El toro de osborne?

Oh, the frame didn't have any numbers anywhere. Paul said it's probably reynolds tubing and built by Witcomb, but hasn't really checked it...

si, si el toro...

no, I was asking if was a track frame or a conversion, last time I been to Kiwi, Paul only had road frames.

It's a road frame indeed, with horizontal dropouts. It's a nice frame... I think I should just get it. I trust that guy for some reason.

£100 is quite a lot for a 2nd hand road frame that is only probably reynolds tubing. £45ish gets you an 80's 531 frame on t'bay. Have you checked out if Tour de Ville have anything in you size?

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/funeral_for_twickenham_ccs_ken_ryall_on_friday_morning_article_266469.html

if paul thinks it's reynolds and witcomb then paul should check it by ringing witcomb and asking them.

and 'only reynolds tubing' seems a bit harsh when 531 was the standard for many a year and still rides like a dream. what else would it be in the days of yore? uranium?

Yeah I saw that! I know there aren't a lot of his frames around but like Bombadil says, it might be a bit pricey? It also needs a to be repainted, which is another £80.
What to do...

I think he already did and the reply was that it was probably them, but like I said the frame has no numbers.