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PM sent about the CDF frame
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Or for £280 more get a new frameset from Condor.
Tough decision...
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Potential dibs on the crankset and BB depending on price and length of cranks.
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"and yes....this bike has all the fixie point boxes ticked."
Ticking every single fixie box is a good reason to add a grand onto the asking price.
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They're selling at £155 at Sigma Sports so add in some import duty and a goodwill payment, would £250 be a fair price?
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Compare this thread to the one for the Parlee frame (a far more desirable frame IMO) listed at a sensible price and notice the difference. Treat the forum with respect and you'll get it back.
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Guessing that with that price and a seller with no history at all this is the definition of something that is too good to be true.
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Thank god this is a 54 and not a 56 otherwise I'd probably have made an offer...
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Dibs. I'll send over a PM
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Frame is gone
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100% agree he's a c word.
I've already mentioned above why I'm giving away for free and also the other reasons I'd rather give it away.
Don't particularly care about making any money, maybe whoever gets it can donate to the forum whatever they would have been willing to pay for it.
99% sure the frame will be absolutely fine and whoever gets it will really enjoy riding it.
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Check out the comments on here:
https://www.facebook.com/bowmancycles.uk
Also have a local bike shop mate who's seen quite a few come in with cracks.
As I said above, mine might be absolutely fine but I'm not keen on taking the risk, must be something to do with being a new dad.
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Provisionally dibs'd by PM
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https://www.hambini.com/bowman-bicycles-an-accident-waiting-to-happen/
Warning - Page is run by a sexist wanker, unfortunatelty it's a sexist wanker who does have a much better understanding of engineering than I do.
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We all know the story now so I won't go over it again. No visible issues with my frame so far and it's been ridden about 2000km but I personally can't be riding something that could break, no matter how unlikely it may be.
Hence why I'm giving away the frame for free, my conscience couldn't be dealing with taking money for something that may not be safe.
I'd probably get someone who knows about welding to check it out before putting it together.I must say that it's a lovely bike to ride, really enjoyable geometry. There's plenty of steerer left on the fork.
I'll provide headset and seatpost clamp as well, both were slightly non standard sizes that were a bit of a pain to get hold of. I left the cable outers in to help with routing, I was running the bike with mechanical disc brakes. Bottle cages come with the bike as the bolts were made of soft cheese and I managed to round them which I've never managed before.
As it's free I'm afraid I won't be washing the thing, collection only which is from Brockley, SE4.
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Unlikely I know but pop me on the queue if the other posters above pull out. Also live locally so can collect.
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A good price for a lovely frame, a lot of a hydraulic Ultegra groupset and some quality components:
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Very interested, PM sent
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Dibs on the Maxxis Ikons, I'll drop you a PM now
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Dibs. PM sent
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Pretty big frame, probably got to be at least 6' 3" to fit it properly
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Indeed, considering that the mount on the seat tube is in a really stupid position.
I had to drill another hole in my SKS guards but this is definitely a nicer job than mine.
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A freehub body swap is usually pretty straight forward. Why not just buy a Shimano freehub from a Giant dealer?
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Interested, PM sent
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We've already exchanged some PM's about the frameset and I just want to post a formal dibs on it now.