Hi, first post on here.
I keep spending evenings on the internet trying to decide on the right thing to get as I come close to having enough money for a frame for my second bike. I'm trying to build a general shopping / pootling around bike with the abillity to do a laden tour next summer. I was originally thinking about being able to set it up to do a bit of off-road too, but on second thoughts I think it'll be too much faff to switch between the set-ups and so should save up for something dedicated to off-road when I have this one sorted.
So...
I have come to the conclusion that I have two options that seem good. I have wheels and most of the other kit sorted already, just the frame to decide on.
1) New kit - On one inbred frame with swap-out dropouts paired with a thorn mt. Tura fork.
pros - loads of braze ons for racks, totally futureproof, with the ability to swap to discs / suss forks if I so wish in future
cons - cost: £300
2) Retro mtb frame - Kona Kilauea / Orange prestige etc
pros - cheap: £50-150
cons - no ability to upgrade. I'm also a woried that the geometry or these frames mill be a bit aggressive, a lot of pics of bikes I've seen look like they have a large saddle to bar drop.
To be honest writing it down like that it seems like a no-brainer, that the new frame seems like a much better idea. But just interested in the input of people on this board.
Thanks.
I keep spending evenings on the internet trying to decide on the right thing to get as I come close to having enough money for a frame for my second bike. I'm trying to build a general shopping / pootling around bike with the abillity to do a laden tour next summer. I was originally thinking about being able to set it up to do a bit of off-road too, but on second thoughts I think it'll be too much faff to switch between the set-ups and so should save up for something dedicated to off-road when I have this one sorted.
So...
I have come to the conclusion that I have two options that seem good. I have wheels and most of the other kit sorted already, just the frame to decide on.
1) New kit - On one inbred frame with swap-out dropouts paired with a thorn mt. Tura fork.
pros - loads of braze ons for racks, totally futureproof, with the ability to swap to discs / suss forks if I so wish in future
cons - cost: £300
2) Retro mtb frame - Kona Kilauea / Orange prestige etc
pros - cheap: £50-150
cons - no ability to upgrade. I'm also a woried that the geometry or these frames mill be a bit aggressive, a lot of pics of bikes I've seen look like they have a large saddle to bar drop.
To be honest writing it down like that it seems like a no-brainer, that the new frame seems like a much better idea. But just interested in the input of people on this board.
Thanks.
