Thank you Michael for your response.
I was beginning to think I would be doing this without any help
Glad to hear you think I'm on the right track.
I thought of the cx frameset because I should be able to build something that a is below 20 Ilbs and b a style of bike she is familiar with (saves the learning curve in a few short months )
I can probably pick up a suitable 19" cx frameset for under £100.00 s/h or if not a road framset and braze the cantilever brake bosses on ,myself.
Excellent idea about the 26" wheels I shall have to explore the wheels and tyres options though I suspect that around 32 mm should be enough
I have most of the components already in my bin.
will need to source the cl brakes
Perhaps straight bars and twist grip gears might be a better alternative than drops and Sora 8sp sti? what do you think
Lastly I shall have to give some careful thought to gear ratios quite a spread is needed for fast road and slow hilly semi rough stuff It will probably have to be double cs though to stay within budget. Have to get my gear chart out and rummage through the sprocket bin
