Wanted: Nice but tatty road frame (53–55cm)

Looking for a nice '90s road frame (130mm rear spacing) that's seen better days for a beater commuter conversion. Paint chips and scratches are fine (encouraged even), but no dents or structural rust please. Top tube needs to be in the region of 53, 54 or 55 cm, budget up to £120. Lemme know what you've got, cheers!

I have the frame I bought off Hilary Stone last year (https://www.lfgss.com/thread43326.html) that is a bit small for me. Needs to go soon, so £50 F+F?

HELYETT? ROAD FRAME c1983
Seat Tube (ctc): 54cm
Top Tube (ctc): 53cm
Rear dropout width: 126mm
Wheel size: 700C with brake drop of 45mm
Frame tubing: Probably Reynolds 531C
This is a really very beautiful road frame quite possibly built by Bernard Carré for Helyett who were by the 80s owned by another company. by this period but I would not be at all certain. But what is certain is that this frame is really very nicely built... The very chunky setstays and partial wrapover seatstay tops are very typical of Bernard Carré’s work. Threads are British and the seatpost size is 27.2mm. A really understated frame.

Pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/40698264@N05/sets/72157624383687714/detail/

Edit: Frame, forks and headset, that is. I'll be stripping the 8 speed campag gruppo in the next few days.

Paint chips and scratches are fine (encouraged even)

someones been lusting over the ratbike thread ha

I've got a GT that's been sitting in the shed for a while. Alu though.

Ratbike thread can get fcuked, its basic economics, paint chips = cheaper!

I've got a GT that's been sitting in the shed for a while. Alu though.

Horizontal dropouts?

Vertical I'm afraid. You running it fixed or ss?

i've got a raleigh mtrax 400 frame. optima tubing.
its 54 sq, i'm 5'8".
no dents, not bent, paint work ok - is scratched and chipped in places,
horizontal drop outs, i was running it fixed.
no rust.

problem - stuck seatpost
haven't really tried getting it out!

has a fsa headset / no bb

price - up to you

let me know if your keen and i'll take a snap or 2 for you

Vertical I'm afraid. You running it fixed or ss?

chris, what size is it? assuming C isn't interested of course.

'tis all yours jonny, needs to be horizontal dropouts to work with the budget/spare bits I've got, thanks for offer though Chris.

cheers C, will wait to hear about the size. am looking to build an alu SS and vert dropouts is fine. if i come across anything that might suit you will be sure to let you know

I have the frame I bought off Hilary Stone last year (https://www.lfgss.com/thread43326.html) that is a bit small for me. Needs to go soon, so £50 F+F?

Tempting, but in two minds.

i've got a raleigh mtrax 400 frame. optima tubing.

Pics if you don't mind? And let me know the length from centre BB to top of stuck post, cheers.

konijn.

will get some pics tonight and get them up.
will stick measurements with em.

if it fits you can have it!

chris, what size is it? assuming C isn't interested of course.

54 square? It needs a new headset fitting - which will come with the bike, and has some other bits and bobs (stem, bars, cranks). Was my beater for a few years, but realised it's slightly too big for me, and I went all fixified back in wild years of 2007.

Was always meaning to turn it back into a ss rat bike, but never found the time.

will pm chris

may be interested if he isn't :)

konijn.

will get some pics tonight and get them up.
will stick measurements with em.

if it fits you can have it!

may be interested if she isn't :)

ftfy

sorry

i'll get my coat...

Tempting, but in two minds.

Available to view in SW2 over the weekend if you want a squizz. Hell, you can have a ride on it if you don't mind a mismatched seatpost and shonky brakes. It didn't bother me as I only used it on the turbo for the last few months. If you decide you want it I can probably strip it in 10-15 minutes, and you can have first dibs on any parts.

pm with you sir.