HELP! Ritchey Frame

[St0ke]

Is it definitely steel?

Yep. If the brazed steel dropouts didn't give it away, the rust would.

a Taiwanese factory frame, rebadged and sold by any number of shops all over the world. In the UK, many were sold by Merlin.

If its a steel frame?! I Think so! Looks like!

About the frame, one-eyed_jim, thanks for let me know that.

Do you think thats a good one to create a single speed?!
For 40euros its expensive or it is ok?!

I'm from portugal and i never saw any frame like this one!

 

[one-eyed_jim]

Do you think thats a good one to create a single speed?!

It's not ideal (because of the vertical dropouts) but sure, why not? If it fits you and the frame's straight and strong, it's not a bad starting point.

For 40euros its expensive or it is ok?!

Well, what can you get for 40€ these days?

You could offer thirty...

 

[St0ke]

I know about the vertical dropouts, but its more versatile if one day i want to change for 1 x 9 combination.

The only thing about if it fits, is i'm 1.77m and the frame its 17". Normally its the size of my frames, only kona have to be a little big. In the past i had a marin bear valley se with 17,5" and it was good. Maybe 0.5" will not make so much different. I dont know! its just a guess!

The bad thing is that's not possible to see the frame if my own eyes. But is in good condition for sure. The guy that is selling this, have a great positive feedback in the portuguese forum where i found the frame. And seems like a nice guy.