Used frames for building a touring bike?
04-02-14, 03:30 PM
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Used frames for building a touring bike?
Because of my limited options here in Hungary, I wondered, I should make my own touring bike, or gather the parts. Do you think used frames are a good option? I found this Giant Expedition nagyméret? kerékpár váz trekking - Vatera.hu
you'll see the condition of the frame is a bit used, but the guy said that it has no affect on the safety overall. It's a giant expedition frame, for 50 dollars.... Should I get a new frame or search something else?
you'll see the condition of the frame is a bit used, but the guy said that it has no affect on the safety overall. It's a giant expedition frame, for 50 dollars.... Should I get a new frame or search something else?
04-02-14, 04:33 PM
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i've recently been training in aircraft that are more than half a century old. metal, especially for something that is so stress free as a bike frame should be safe, if of average quality and not damaged, for a century or more i would think.
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04-02-14, 05:36 PM
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I love the shifter on the seat tube! Hard to tell from pictures whether or not the frame, rear triangle, and/or derailleur hanger are straight. You can check the rear triangle with a piece of string. Look for bubbled paint or irregularities in the top tube and down tube right behind the head tube.....could be evidence of a head on crash. Looks like a sturdy frame though. Do you think it will fit you?
04-03-14, 05:18 AM
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If that frame is good condition and fits GRAB IT NOW!
I have two Giant Excursions and they are great bikes. Here is what it looks like when new. The original had flat bars, I converted to drops and brifters. Great bikes and very comfortable.
FWIW the shifter on the seat tube is the control lever for the bottom bracket mount generator.
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I have two Giant Excursions and they are great bikes. Here is what it looks like when new. The original had flat bars, I converted to drops and brifters. Great bikes and very comfortable.
FWIW the shifter on the seat tube is the control lever for the bottom bracket mount generator.
Aaron
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Webshots is bailing out, if you find any of my posts with corrupt picture files and want to see them corrected please let me know. :(
ISO: A late 1980's Giant Iguana MTB frameset (or complete bike) 23" Red with yellow graphics.
"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
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04-03-14, 05:55 AM
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