Good beginner frame for friction shift 12-14 speed build

[Garuf]

My budget initially is £200-300, more if I stretch the project out and do some saving.

The calagno's a very nice bike and would no doubt build up excellently but Ideally I was looking to get a good groupset already on a ridable frame that could be sold if a better one pops up meaning it'd be a cheap build up long term.
Though that could well mean nothing if the derailiour/gears aren't already on a cassette or able to be easily upgraded to more modern/common parts.

I already know the hassle and the extra cost of having to run a nos campy hub on my current pug because a modern hub wasn't readily available to take my freewheel.

 

[Garuf]

Well, a weekend well spent, bid on 7 bikes, won 0.
I'm most annoyed on missing out on this one to make a cup of tea.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/$(KGrHqN,!lcE3G ... g~~_12.JPG

Came back and pressed place bid, sorry you weren't fast enough, chump.

 

[Cossington]

Bad luck. It can be a frustrating game, can't it.

On the bright side, if you bid on 7 bikes there are plenty out there.

Good luck for the next one!

David

 

[Garuf]

I wouldn't be so sure that there's loads out there, I'd placed bids on everything from real restro frame only jobs to immaculate campy equipped ready to rides.

We'll see, I hope something crops up, Carbolites are lite in name only.

 

[Garuf]

http://www.retrospectivecycles.com/bianchi-white-/

I'm looking at getting this, any possible issues? Any one had any dealings with the seller?

 

[1duck]

apart from the fact it says sold above it? i really dislike retrospective cycles...i don't even know why, just something about it rubs me up the wrong way.

 

[Garuf]

Rather annoyingly it got sold in the space between you checking the thread and me posting it or so it looks!

I'm sick of looking my pugs falling apart, I snapped the fork on a pot hole near roundhay park, was lucky to not come off and get home on the bike, didn't realise how bad it was till I got home and was like. -> :shock:

 

[1duck]

i came off my bike as well thanks to a pot hole, the joys of west yorkshire! i was lucky there was no traffic behind me or i'd have been a duck pancake.

 

[Garuf]

I didn't come off, I managed to style it out and get home without leaving the saddle, didn't realise I'd torn the crown till I got home and saw. And yeah, I'd have gone headlong into oncoming if it wasn't 5am in the morning.

Where in W. Yorks are you out of curiosity?

 

[1duck]

the slum that is dewsbury! haha if you are just after a steel frame there are some good deals on at the moment on chain reaction cycles website.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Cate ... rtBy=Price

its all weird sizes and stuff thats left...infact looking at it just now i think you are about a fortnight too late.