Originally Posted by
mildavw
For the next bike, I was thinking that an internal hub would be more appropriate for my use-case. And since I ride in the rain with a few hills: disc brakes. I found a wheelset on Criagslist that fit the bill and bought it. They are 700c wheels, Shimano Alfine 8 speed internal hub on the rear, Alfine dynamo hub on the front. Now the question is, what kind of frame am I going to put these on? It seems like there are not many used frames/bikes that accommodate disc brakes and 700c wheels. The Surly Disc Trucker could work, but $470 for just the frame and fork is a little steep. I'd love to find another rusty something-or-other and fix it up....So my question is, does anyone know of any older model bikes to look out for that might work for me? Or am I stuck with looking at newer disc-friendly 29ers or cross bikes?
As already stated, it is highly unlikely that you will find a cheap, used disc-capable 700c road-bike-type frameset in the right size, since they only started making them in the past couple years. You could look instead at 29er mtb framesets, they've been around longer. Personally I'd rather get a new frameset at a good price than hunt forever for something used, taking a chance that there's not something wrong with it (stripped BB threads, minor collision damage, dropouts or brake mounts not welded on properly from the beginning, poor frame alignment, etc.), then deal with refinishing it.
Here's one of the least expensive places to order a Surly LHT/DT frameset, 399 shipped:
http://www.modernbike.com/itemgroup.asp?IGPK=2126189352
http://www.modernbike.com/search.asp...04831&SCPK=607