Originally Posted by
PhilFo
Today saw me fall off the wagon a bit, but I'll get back on soon.
A friend of mine in South Philly sent me a CL ad for a Puch branded SLX frame. I did some research and found (thanks to BF) that this was a Bianchi produced frame, actually SLX tubing with Gippiemme dropouts. So my buddy picked it up for me and with this I'll have my late 80s race bike which I will build up with a Superbe Pro group. In exchange for picking this up, I'm going to give my friend my Raleigh Super Course MkII with Carlton fork. So I'm at N+1 again, but when I pick up the Italian lightweight, I'll be back down to the current number.
What I really need to do is advertise some of these. I've just been so busy with work and the looming prospective of no work (the healthcare network I work for is shutting down our facility and cordially invited us to apply for a new job on our employee portal.) Lately, I've just been exhausted all the time so unloading the four extra frames I have has not been on my priorities list.
Phil
Don't feel too bad. Since this thread began, I got rid of quite a few, and picked up a couple along the way. I now have the Trek 970 (1993) and the 1986-ish Schwinn Cimarron - both nearly too small for me
But deals too good to pass up, and the Cimarron was a straight up rescue, w/ original XT everything, so how could I not? It revived a love of those late 80s and 90s mtbs, which was one of my first real bike loves, before anything with road bikes.
I have also been narrowing down by ideal bike size (road bike-wise), which ends up around 55cm. I can go about as small as 54 (comfortably), and up to about 57cm (comfortably). 55-56 is ideal, with the former being even moreso. Funny thing is, I have a total of one (1) bike that is actually a true 55cm. Hmmm...
In other good news, I went on a ride with the family that kept going and kept going, as we stayed out for about an hour, riding around, and I now have a lovely new path to take, especially for evaluating a bike and deciding which one may be next to go. And there are several that will be.