Good frame to start with for a frankenbike?
09-08-14, 01:31 PM
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The same may hold true for French bikes as well, unless French parts are used.
09-08-14, 01:43 PM
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Based on the parts you are considering, I would think a Fuji from the late 70's or early 80's would be good. A Raleigh Grand Prix with the plastic Simplex derailleurs, cottered cranks, and steel wheels might also be a good starting point. I'm not sure of the threading on those, but some of them are pretty cool looking with their wrap around stays, chrome socks, and paint panel schemes. They are also not special enough that anyone would cry foul if you frankified them.
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Lots of great choices, some of which may require a bit of a drive:
Vintage Schwinn Letour Men's 10 Speed Roadbike
SCHWINN LeTour
Road Bike, Bridgestone 400 19" frame
old bikes
Sekai Road Bike .... Made in Japan
Rare Sekai Grandtour racing/tour
Vintage RoadBikes Raleigh Miyata Schwinn Fuji Giant & more
Beautiful Centurion LeMans - Need to Sell Before Move - $100 OBO
VINTAGE SCHWINN PRELUDE RACING ROAD BIKE BICYCLE
fuji road bike
Vintage Schwinn Letour Men's 10 Speed Roadbike
SCHWINN LeTour
Road Bike, Bridgestone 400 19" frame
old bikes
Sekai Road Bike .... Made in Japan
Rare Sekai Grandtour racing/tour
Vintage RoadBikes Raleigh Miyata Schwinn Fuji Giant & more
Beautiful Centurion LeMans - Need to Sell Before Move - $100 OBO
VINTAGE SCHWINN PRELUDE RACING ROAD BIKE BICYCLE
fuji road bike
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Go win that Bridgestone if it fits.
Now.
BTW- that's not a 19" bike. Looks bigger than 21.
Now.
BTW- that's not a 19" bike. Looks bigger than 21.
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+1. That's what comes to my mind when I think "frankenbike" -- "What the heck am I gonna do with this extra frame?"
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I did the same thing for a SS conversion. I found an old Kabuki hilltopper 12 in horrendous shape at a pawn shop for 40 bucks. handlebars/frame were fine. Found another crappy Hiawatha dimestore POS that had decent brakes and some other components I needed(lady sold it to me for $5) and an Araya front rim with a decent hub. Luckily I found one of those Ebay Eight Inch conversion kits with a 27" back wheel locally from a girl who didnt know hers was fitted for 700c for $50. Spray bombed the frame light pink and threw some white bar tape on there.
Man does that think look like crap. But no one has ever had the desire to steal a pink, multicolored, mismatched bike in my crappy neighborhood. If only they knew how well it rides. I dare never post pictures on C & V because it would probably be torn apart.
Man does that think look like crap. But no one has ever had the desire to steal a pink, multicolored, mismatched bike in my crappy neighborhood. If only they knew how well it rides. I dare never post pictures on C & V because it would probably be torn apart.
09-08-14, 02:28 PM
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If you get it you'll have something to post on the purple bike thread!
[edit] Here's another. Not sure what you'd do with all those extra parts though...
https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/bik/4612151906.html
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09-08-14, 10:07 PM
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09-09-14, 07:48 AM
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Some of the other bikes that have been proposed are pretty nice too, and don't need to be broken up. Would you really be upgrading them? Building a Frankenbike is fun and I've done a few, but I only do it to bare frames or cool bikes that need upgrades. Not only that, but I wouldn't spend more than $50 for any bike/frame that I was looking to do this to. My advice is to find a bike with a Simplex prestige group that is all busted up. My U08 was $30, and I used lots of parts from my bins plus around $50 in consumables, and had a blast doing it.
09-09-14, 08:49 AM
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Some of the other bikes that have been proposed are pretty nice too, and don't need to be broken up. Would you really be upgrading them? Building a Frankenbike is fun and I've done a few, but I only do it to bare frames or cool bikes that need upgrades. Not only that, but I wouldn't spend more than $50 for any bike/frame that I was looking to do this to. My advice is to find a bike with a Simplex prestige group that is all busted up. My U08 was $30, and I used lots of parts from my bins plus around $50 in consumables, and had a blast doing it.
A low-cost frame, maybe find a good one in rough shape on the cheap, just something that isn't K-Mart Huffy or Schwinn or 83lbs of black pipe. If I can do a frame for $50-75, any extra usable parts would be gravy.
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Candidates?
Schwinn Wold 10spd 23in frame
Lower end Schwinn, 4130 chrome-moly double butted main tubes, Centeny dropouts with eyelets and stainless steel faces. Fork is high-tensile steel blades... Catalog specs: Schwinn catalogs, 1981 - 1990 (330 of 456)
Mystery frame, looks a little small, not a Schwinn though...
schiwnn mens 10 speed vintage
Schwinn Wold 10spd 23in frame
Lower end Schwinn, 4130 chrome-moly double butted main tubes, Centeny dropouts with eyelets and stainless steel faces. Fork is high-tensile steel blades... Catalog specs: Schwinn catalogs, 1981 - 1990 (330 of 456)
Mystery frame, looks a little small, not a Schwinn though...
schiwnn mens 10 speed vintage
09-11-14, 09:49 AM
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That Schwinn is probably a World and not a World Sport. Either way, that's not a bad place to start. See if you can get it for ~$50.
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A low-cost frame, maybe find a good one in rough shape on the cheap, just something that isn't K-Mart Huffy or Schwinn or 83lbs of black pipe. If I can do a frame for $50-75, any extra usable parts would be gravy.
I may have something you would be interested in, but I can't PM yet.
09-11-14, 01:29 PM
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I think it makes more sense to focus on learning the characteristics of a quality frame (tubing differences, forged vs. stamped dropouts, assessing crash and/or corrosion damage, understanding how frame geometry affects ride characteristics, etc.), and also assessing your needs (frame size, do you want eyelets for racks/fenders?, standard brakes okay or do you want cantilever brakes?, tire clearance expectations, etc.) makes more sense than searching for a specific brand or model (unless you have specific/nostalgic reasons for doing so). Usually the best deals are opportunistic. By focusing on needs and quality, you open yourself up to a lot more options.
09-20-14, 04:55 AM
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I built up 3 frankenbikes last year. I moved so I could no longer walk to work and so I built up a pair of commuters from frames and parts I had lying around. I also finally got around to building up a gravel bike from a 1993 Bridgestone XO-2 frame. I'd been reading a lot about gravel bikes and decided I wanted one. I have more fun building up frankenbikes than pretty much anything else. I like starting with something I need and then looking around for a bike that can do the job.
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To resurrect this a bit... I ended up with the '87 Schwinn Super Sport. Collecting parts as of now...
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