Hi all,
I am just after a bit of advice regarding rebuilding an old frame into a tourer. Basically, I have always bought bikes 'off the shelf' and would like to know if it is a good idea to rebuild.
I have a raleigh clubman frame, it is old, my mum used to use it years ago, but it looks a good frame.
My girlfriend was going to buy a new bike to go touring on, so I was just wondering if it would be better to just buy the parts and fit them on the old Raleigh frame?
We have a budget of about £350 for her and I would like to build up a decent bike. When i look online(chainreaction) they always seem to have stuff at great prices, so would this be realistic?
I am not really sure which chainsets or derailers I need for the bike - surely not all will be compatable? some i see down from £100 to £40, (
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/M...?ModelID=11832 ) would any one fit or how do i find out which ones will fit?
Any advice is much appriciated (before I go out buying stuff thats not compatible!)
Here is a few pics of the steed
