Ordered an ENO eccentric hub from Dan at Atomic Industries. 130mm spaced, 32h, $225. Arrival time = ?<\/p>\n
Drove (urgh) to Bicycle Recycle in the hope of picking up a used road frame for my ‘road-fixie’ project.<\/p>\n
This shop is COOL! So much bike stuff! I was there all afternoon – which kinda made up for the crappy drive over.<\/p>\n
Spotted some suitable but cheap\/heavy bikes out front and looked at a few candidates inside – some frames, some complete bikes.<\/p>\n
Looking at 54-56cm frames. The Perkins that “Jay” mentioned on the phone the week before was 56cm seat tube but 58cm top tube (C-C) which I thought too long and moved onto measuring:<\/p>\n
– nice white pearl Perkins, 54cm, $650 complete bike<\/p>\n
– grey Viner who’s silly owner had painted over the original paint! 54cm $550 complete bike, waiting on whether or not they will strip it down to frame only for $200.<\/p>\n
– nice red Viner frame $350<\/p>\n
– MBK(?) yellow frame $250<\/p>\n
– pink Vetta w\/ Campy 8spd, $200 for frame\/fork only<\/p>\n
The pink Vetta would’ve been perfect (I would’ve left it pink too!) but it had internal cable routing and the grey Viner seemed much nicer to ride for some reason.<\/p>\n
So, I’m waiting to see whether or not they pull down the grey Viner and how much its frame would be…<\/p>\n
Now that I think about it, the 58cm toptube on the red Perkins might be okay for me, given that I ride a 56cm toptube + 10cm stem now.. can’t test ride a frame though \ud83d\ude41 Need some a.b opinions about this…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ordered an ENO eccentric hub from Dan at Atomic Industries. 130mm spaced, 32h, $225. Arrival time = ? Drove (urgh) to Bicycle Recycle in the hope of picking up a used road frame for my ‘road-fixie’ project. This shop is … Continue reading