Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 1,341
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From: Orange Park, FL
Bikes: Ever changing..as of 2-24-09: 2003 Giant TCR Team Once, Sampson titanium, 1992 Paramount Series 3, 2003 Cervelo P3, 70s Raleigh Record fixed gear, 70s Fuji SL-12 commuter, mid 90s Klein MTB. Plus two or three frames lurking, plus 5 wife/kids rides
You can do what I did for a friend.. start with a cheap heavy frame from the 70s, pick nearly any manufacturer. I took an old Ross frame that somebody left at the LBS, added a bunch of braze-ons, put 9 speed STI, racks, a triple Ultegra groupset, fenders...it has room for at least 35c tires and makes a great touring rig. I'm going to hack it once more soon and update the dropouts to a modern vertical dropout that'll make changing tires less of a pain with the fenders, and I'm going to add disc mounts to it.