carreravirtuoso03

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• Wanted: Track or path frameset 58cm

  in Wanted Adverts • 12 years, 8 months

  

  A couple of very decent suggestions there. Only problem is money. 1st is too expensive, 2nd is just right, but I then can't afford to powderblast & recoat it :/

  I know I'm picky but I want this to be perfect.

  Couple of days before I wimp out and go for a Pre Cursa

• Wanted: Track or path frameset 58cm

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• For Sale: Retro's frame sale - road, track, various sizes and prices

  in Complete bikes and frame & forks • 12 years, 8 months

  

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• Wanted: Track or path frameset 58cm

  in Wanted Adverts • 12 years, 8 months

  

  Evening all

  I be after a frame that I can kick ass on at Welwyn on a friday and use for commuting on monday to thurday (by this I just mean a track frame with a drilled fork). Needs to be 58-62 cm and with fork ends. Don't mind steel or alloy, whatever there is.

  I'm looking to spend no more than £130

  OR

  I could trade for a very nice raleigh frame I have (53cm I believe) which I've been running fixed for a while. Ex cond.

  Luke

• For Sale: Raleigh Frame and forks in excellent condition

  in Complete bikes and frame & forks • 13 years, 2 months

  

  gorgeous, prov. dibs please

• £100 UH Cro Mo ebay frames

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• £100 UH Cro Mo ebay frames

  in Bikes & Bits • 13 years, 2 months

  

  looks to me like a cycle speedway frame, very steep headangle and no rake on the fork. there are a lot of these available cheap. i chap i knew was considering buying a load to sell on at a tidy profit for a similar price. its cheap its heavy = slow. speedway geometry = stupid toe overlap and shit steering. it just makes no sense to buy it! why ask for opinions and then completely disregard them.

  OK I may be asking for opinions, but that doesn't make me stupid. First of all, it is definitely not a speedway frame, end of.
  Second, hardly any track bikes or modern road bikes have noticeable fork rake.
  Third, many expensive track bikes/fixed gears have toe overlap, and nobody seems to care.
  Fourth, I realise it's heavy, about a kilo heavier than a £500 frameset, and when built up you'd be talking nuts to think a kilo of non rotational weight makes a big difference in speed.
  Fifth, the steep headtube angle does not mean shit steering, it means very responsive steering, like a track bike and unlike a time trial bike.
  Finally, I'm not disregarding people's opinions, and Iam keeping my eye out for a nice frame in the classifieds, I was just wondering if there was any GOOD reasons why I shouldn't consider it. /rant

• £100 UH Cro Mo ebay frames

  in Bikes & Bits • 13 years, 2 months

  

  thanks for the replies everyone, I do have to consider the fact that at my age the only good reason to ride fixed vs gears is that they look cool 8)
  I've already got a ton of stems, front brakes etc, why would I need to change the BB?
  I live in Cambridge (equally flat)so weight isn't much of an issue, and my current fixed is no spring chicken either! I was thinking of the red frame with white wheels and accessories.
  Finally I don't want something I'm too attached to, as cambridge is a hotbed for bike theft

• £100 UH Cro Mo ebay frames

  in Bikes & Bits • 13 years, 2 months

  

  ok thanks, I'm now keeping an eye on the classifieds.

  pickup for a complete bike for £200.

  sorry, I couldn't bring myself to do that!

• £100 UH Cro Mo ebay frames

  in Bikes & Bits • 13 years, 2 months

  

  Jeez have some patience, its only been 20mins!

  haha sorry I'm not the patient type ;)