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For sale, my 1979 Carlton Grand Prix frame. I bought this with the intention of building it up into a single-speed after having it refinished, but it's actually a touch too big for me, and not quite the caliber of frame I want to put my best components on.

I'm going to be honest, the frame is rather tatty in appearance, but it's straight and true, with no damage. It would make an excellent beater/winter frame as is, or you could get it resprayed (I bought some decals with the intention of doing this). It's Carlton's tru-wel tubing, so although not quite as light as 531, it's not a heavy frame.

Included in this sale:
Frame and forks
Headset (the original?)
25.4mm seatpost and bolt (if you want it, and I have a choice of two lengths of post)
Carlton block letter decals (again, if you want them, I'll knock £5 off if you don't)

I also have some other parts available that would fit this bike, that I'd be willing to throw in (mostly for slight cost) if the buyer wanted.

£60
(or £75 shipped)

Ask any questions if you want! Let me know if this is unreasonable! Pictures coming ASAP.

Right, I'll sell the frame.

PM sent

That's what I guessed. I mean, to be honest, it's probably a touch big, it's a 22 inch frame and my inside leg is 30 inches, so swapping for something a little smaller might be needed anyway!

Is that a 531 model or gas pipe?
It's tru-wel, which was, I believe, a TI/Raleigh/Carlton proprietary tubing. Unfortunately, I know nothing else about it, other than it's not quite as light as 531. I'm not sure it quite falls into the gas-pipe category, but is it that bad?

So, I have a 1979 Carlton Grand Prix frame in my garage, that I bought, planning on it being a project. I have around £200 worth of decent parts that I could put on it to build up a nice single-speed or fixed gear out of it, minus a wheel-set and a bottom bracket that fits.

I'd be looking to get a respray (which I guess would be around £100) because the frame is just unreasonably tatty, as well as some 27 inch wheels similar to those on my fixed gear, which cost me around £120 if I remember correctly. I've also seen cheaper 27 inch single speed wheels for around half that.
Is this frame worth spending £100 on respraying, plus putting £350 worth of parts on?
If I was to spend £450 on this restoration, would I actually stand to make that back if I ever sold it on?

headbadge states "Andria" and seller states Italian frame, nothing I am familiar with.

Well, that's a Flandria headbadge. They're certainly not Italian, but Belgian! That would make me suspicious- the description is terrible, and only showing part of the name when it's that obviously printed there.

Price? Location? Picture?

Corner of Little Clarendon and Walton Street, about 3pm yesterday, Fausto Coppi SS with chrome forks. On here?

Terrible description but http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Colnago-vintage-steel-/281281602512

Is it too late to enter? Is entry guaranteed if you pay?

It might be a guy who works as a mechanic in a couple of local shops- I know he rides a light blue bike, but I can't recall whether it's fixed gear or not.

Sorry guys! (and with my first foray into both fixed-gear (rather than ss) riding and the bicycle tagging world too!)

@Raeba I think I know who that might have been- did he have a massive helmet on?

Old:
http://www.lfgss.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=81212&stc=1&d=1394369988Rhodes House, South Parks Road (actually, this one was done before!)
New:
http://www.lfgss.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=81213&stc=1&d=1394369988

Today: Riding my fixed-gear along a nice quiet back street, when suddenly I feel a strange tugging and tightening sensation on my right foot. By the time I have slammed on the brakes and stopped, my foot is in excruciating pain. I had forgotten I was wearing shoes with long laces, didn't tie them back, and they got caught around both the chain ring and crank arm. This meant that I was unable to reach down to unhook my laces, or to get off my bike, as with one foot stuck, I couldn't actually dismount the bike. I ended up sort of hopping around in the middle of the road and winding the cranks back, while balancing on one leg, and trying not to bash my bike into the ground, much to the amusement of bystanders.
I am fine, but my pedals are scratched. And I need new shoes, it tore the eyelets clean out of the canvas...

Will you split?
Actually, how much for everything *except *the bullhorns?
And where would you be prepared to travel in London to drop it?
(Possible dibs)
Undibs, my current project is going to need more time than I thought.

I did go looking for it, but I had no bike or camera with me. Also it was dark.

Okay, I'll have a go at cold setting them, and see how it goes. I guess in the worst case scenario, I'll go buy new forks, or just hang the frame up for a rainy-day project when I'm less skint.
As a purely hypothetical question, what sort of price did Mercian charge compared to new forks i.e. does a professional frame builder consider it worthwhile to do this?

Obviously if you have evidence that it has been in a smash then go over the frame and forks in detail to check for any more serious damage.

Already done. Apart from the forks, there's no creasing or cracking on the tubes, and the rest of the frame is nice and straight. As far as I know, the only thing the forks hit was the road as the wheel buckled.

Here are some pictures to show the forks. There seems to be some paint brushed on just below the lamp braze-on, suspicious?

This week I got given a late 60s Carlton that was otherwise headed for the tip/skip.
When I first saw it, it looked pretty good, but the front wheel was bent beyond all salvation (basically, some spokes went, and the wheel collapsed). This didn't bother me, as I figured it would be a great frame to build up as a fixed-gear/single-speed hack bike.
The only thing is, on putting a wheel in to set the bars and stem straight, it became pretty obvious that the forks are bent- the right hand side is about 1/2 an inch back. I want a second opinion on whether it's worth the risk to cold set them back to true. I've got access to a full workshop of bike tools, so the actual truing won't be an issue.
The only reasons I'm not just chucking the forks are that as far as I know, they're 531 (and I'm poor!), and they're nicely half-chromed, not too pitted.

Possibly the weirdest behaviour I see on a bike - if you have bothered to buy a helmet and taken it with you, it's surely easier just to wear it?

I did the helmet dangling thing yesterday- it was strapped quite firmly to my bag, as I was walking with some friends, and I (literally!) rode the bike 20 metres down the road, to avoid pushing it past a huge crowd of very slow walking tourists. Although that doesn't explain commuters carrying the things.

Wait so has the chainset gone if LievenDeVlaminck undibbed it? If it's not gone, how much to post?