Second-hand frames

So, as part of my ongoing adventures, I'm looking to scrounge up one of
those old road frames which there must be millions of out there somewhere
- but where should I be looking? The LBSes deny the very existence of
second-hand road bikes (not quite); Brick Lane [1] apparently sell only
racing frames and braze-ons are the work of Stan.

I was wondering if urc have any suggestions.

[1] The fixed gear specialist, not the extensive nicked-bike collection.
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David Damerell flcl?
Today is Second Aponoia, January.

On 14 Jan, 14:56, David Damerell
wrote:
So, as part of my ongoing adventures, I'm looking to scrounge up one of
those old road frames which there must be millions of out there somewhere
- but where should I be looking?

I was wondering if urc have any suggestions.

eBay.

Marlboro Ultralight, Reylolds 531c: £26 plus shipping (last November,
been riding it ever since). Raleigh Equipe, £16+shipping, made of old
gas pipe but works as a winter hack- should be riding this instead of
the good one at the moment!

Worth watching Freecycle, too, and maybe stick a card up in your LBS
asking if anyone has a frame in the shed that they'd like to move on?
Ask around your local roadie club?

Cheers,
W.

On 14 Jan 2008 14:56:30 +0000 (GMT), David Damerell
wrote:

So, as part of my ongoing adventures, I'm looking to scrounge up one of
those old road frames which there must be millions of out there somewhere
- but where should I be looking? The LBSes deny the very existence of
second-hand road bikes (not quite); Brick Lane [1] apparently sell only
racing frames and braze-ons are the work of Stan.

I was wondering if urc have any suggestions.

My garage. There's a Raleigh frame, um, ovalised tubes made of not
very exciting steel, built for 27 inch as opposed to 700C wheel.
complete with (I think) shonky chainset, a probably handlebars.

I'll try and get a photo tonight.

Free to a good home. Crawley, W Sussex, but I do travel a bit for
work.



--

Tim

fast and gripping, non pompous, glossy and credible.

Tim Hall wrote:

On 14 Jan 2008 14:56:30 +0000 (GMT), David Damerell
wrote:

So, as part of my ongoing adventures, I'm looking to scrounge up one of
those old road frames which there must be millions of out there somewhere
- but where should I be looking? The LBSes deny the very existence of
second-hand road bikes (not quite); Brick Lane [1] apparently sell only
racing frames and braze-ons are the work of Stan.

I was wondering if urc have any suggestions.

My garage. There's a Raleigh frame, um, ovalised tubes made of not
very exciting steel, built for 27 inch as opposed to 700C wheel.
complete with (I think) shonky chainset, a probably handlebars.

I'll try and get a photo tonight.

Free to a good home. Crawley, W Sussex, but I do travel a bit for
work.

if no one else is intrested i'd very happy to give it a good home, i
don't live that far away (nr kingston) my partners sister lives in east
grinstead.

roger
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www.rogermerriman.com

In article
,
wrote:
Worth watching Freecycle, too, and maybe stick a card up in your
LBS asking if anyone has a frame in the shed that they'd like to
move on? Ask around your local roadie club?

Talk to your local bin men - you'll probably get 10 for £20.

On 14 Jan, 15:43, wrote:
On 14 Jan, 14:56, David Damerell
wrote:

So, as part of my ongoing adventures, I'm looking to scrounge up one of
those old road frames which there must be millions of out there somewhere
- but where should I be looking?
I was wondering if urc have any suggestions.

*eBay.

*Marlboro Ultralight, Reylolds 531c: £26 plus shipping (last November,
been riding it ever since). Raleigh Equipe, £16+shipping, made of old
gas pipe but works as a winter hack- should be riding this instead of
the good one at the moment!

Forget the equipe. Made from gas pipe, and about as brittle. I had one
of these 15 years ago, and it went through 3 broken frames and a
broken fork before Raleigh fixed it with somethng better. Readers with
long memories may remember the sorry tale of the broken bike and the
shocking incompetence of a "bike shop" near Cambridge.

TL

Well, there's one chained outside our local Sainsburys that's been there for
a while, so obviously nobody wants it.... already stripped for you, no
handlebars, wheels, chain, etc. etc. ;-)

Barb



"Roger Merriman" wrote in message
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Tim Hall wrote:

On 14 Jan 2008 14:56:30 +0000 (GMT), David Damerell
wrote:

So, as part of my ongoing adventures, I'm looking to scrounge up one of
those old road frames which there must be millions of out there
somewhere
- but where should I be looking?

In article 7fc435e1-24f8-4e58-b046-f321c7850e82
@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com, The Luggage
says...

Forget the equipe. Made from gas pipe, and about as brittle. I had one
of these 15 years ago, and it went through 3 broken frames and a
broken fork before Raleigh fixed it with somethng better.

Was it the dropouts that broke? ISTR seeing quite a lot of that on
cheap Raleigh road bikes.

Barb wrote:

Well, there's one chained outside our local Sainsburys that's been there for
a while, so obviously nobody wants it.... already stripped for you, no
handlebars, wheels, chain, etc. etc. ;-)

Barb


snips

well there is old bike chained up in kingston for at least a year, but
regardless can't say i'm tempted.

roger
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www.rogermerriman.com

On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:25:10 +0000, (Roger
Merriman) wrote:

Tim Hall wrote:

On 14 Jan 2008 14:56:30 +0000 (GMT), David Damerell


My garage. There's a Raleigh frame, um, ovalised tubes made of not
very exciting steel, built for 27 inch as opposed to 700C wheel.
complete with (I think) shonky chainset, a probably handlebars.

I'll try and get a photo tonight.


Still no photo. And now the garage has two inches ofwater across the
floor.

I'll try (yet again) tomorrow. And to wield a tape measure.

Free to a good home. Crawley, W Sussex, but I do travel a bit for
work.

if no one else is intrested i'd very happy to give it a good home, i
don't live that far away (nr kingston) my partners sister lives in east
grinstead.


David D. has been a bit quiet. (PING). It's yours if he hasn't
answered by, say, Thursday evening, 19:00.

My sister lives in Kingston. Spooky, innit.

Tim
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Tim

fast and gripping, non pompous, glossy and credible.