Just bought frame - mistake or bargain

Hi there,

I won this frame today on ebay:

Link

Just wanted your opinion was to whether or not it was a decent buy or a mistake.
The dent in the top tube doesn't look too bad but I'm no expert. The new looking paint job might suggest it has been crashed and resprayed though.
Is the B in the lug typical of any particular frame manufacturer?
BB threads look pretty clean like it hasn't had allot of use.

Cheers

cant go really wrong for that price, can you?

Looks very nicely put together particularly the rear brake bridge and fork crown. The dent is quite bad but probably safe. Still seems way too cheap at 31 quid. Is there something terminally wrong with the frame (cracks, really fucked threads anywhere etc.) If not I reckon it's a steal. Benotto??

Looks ok, hard to tell from the pics. The threads will look clean and perhaps even unused probably because they were mildly blasted before the frame was painted.

nice lugs around the BB shell

you did alright there. Shame it's not a lighter shade of blue...

its a decent price, i suspect tubing is not great (small seat post size is often [not always] an indicator of thicker tubes) but also not terrible given lugwork etc you'll have to wait till you've got it to get a sense of the tubing
buying frame and forks separately can work out to be expensive. you can get decent frame, forks, headset and poss BB for around 60 if you buy it as one thing, but its gonna be tricky to do the same if you buy individually... i would stick some chrome forks on it

I have heard strapping a bag of frozen peas to the dent can reduce it slightly.. now im trying to find that link about it and I cant...but it worked for that guy!

*FYI you dont have to leave the bag there forever

Remove Car Dent With Airduster - Video[URL="http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/501379/remove_car_dent_with_airduster.swf"][/URL]

^ lol - thats great...

.. surprised no one else has thought of that :)

that is great makes me want to dent something and try it out haha

that is great makes me want to dent something and try it out haha

Fell free to have a go at my shed:

I'd say that was a good buy.......to £31