Originally Posted by
SegFault
My fixed gear ride's frame is from a 1984 World Sport, which I pulled out of a dumpster. If all you're after is the frame (and a presume the fork, headset, etc), $120 isn't a bad price if it's good condition. In retrospect I'd pay that much for the frame I have now. It rides nicely enough, has eyelets for front/rear fenders, and can take a water bottle cage/pump mount on the down tube.
One thing you should know about which may or may not be the case with this particular frame, but was with mine: The semi-horizontal rear dropouts are mostly filled in by the factory with a thin bit of steel, preventing any back-and-forth adjustment of the hub. I had to spend a day with a hand file filing out this thin steel fillet to allow adjustment. See attached for the "before" picture.
What was the purpose of this move- like the 'Lawyer lips" on forks?