Originally Posted by barnfind

If it were me, I'd look at it two ways, if I already had a frame that I liked, but it was too small, I'd likely do what it took to make it work for me,
If I was looking to build up a bike, I would not buy a frame that wasn't my size.
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The Gitane I found was cheap, and the bike didn't need much work to make it nice, but it was only a 55cm frame. I figured I'd take the chance, I got the bike, went through it completely, and realized after the first 50ft of riding it there was no way that bike was ever going to work for me. ..... It sold right away, I broke even on it but in the end I think I'd have rather kept all the vintage parts I used ....
. I had already had most of the components, which is what put the Gitane on my list of possible projects then, I basically wanted something to use those parts on. About a month after selling the too small for me bike, I found a 24.5" frameset for cheap. Not having all the bits to build it up, I didn't buy it.