My too small frame :(
 

I bought the bike on impulse. I got it with a complete campy group for 450$. Now I'm parting it out and pondering selling it. People on craigslist keep low balling me or not following up. I'm afraid UPS or US mail would trash the frame in an e-bay transaction. I had the seatpost rather high. I ran out of seatpost. I wonder if a longer post will correct me enough. It was a short campy seatpost. I would say I would be running slightly more than a fist of post and the limit line would show up. It has a 57CM top tube. It was chopped up and used as a fixie with a weight of 19 pounds. A carbon fork would be a disgrace but so tempting. If only it could fit... I think a lighter rear and front wheel could bring the bike into the 16 pound bracket if used as a fixie... I had fun but the chainline had issues. I suspect a wheel dish or a new bottom bracket could correct that. Currently it is collecting dust.

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Hi SoreFeet-

Do you know someone from whom you could borrow a longer seatpost to see if that can resolve the issue without having to spend more cash? The frame would survive a UPS/USPS trip as long as you used a plastic or wooden spacer in the dropouts and forks and PLENTY of padding and sturdy boxes. At the same time, if you're going to use it as a fixie and could potentially make it work with a new seatpost...that might be just the ticket. Don't give up hope yet.

~ Blue Jays ~

how big are your other bikes? posts and stems are cheap and plentiful, so long as you're not gunning for the rare and exotic. Why not just throw in a kalloy post and a 130mm stem (jacked up a fair ways) and let it rip?

as sweet as a bike is, a bike that does not fit you right is only sweet in the eyes of the beholder.

You could run an extra long seat post (like some mountain/BMX post -- tho they are likely to be too fat for that frame). Sometimes, if the bike don't fit, then it's just time to pass it on.

Be patient with your local buy-sell options and someone will step forward. Do you live in/near a large metro area? Are there bike clubs? Here in Mad-town there is a yahoo bike group where I post things as well as Craigslist.

Good luck

(ps. nice bike stand!)

You're right. That chainline is a mess. ;) :D

My wife started doing Triathlons so I've been looking at the equipment. It looks to me like a modern Tri-bike is nothing but a bike with a frame that's too small for the rider kitted out with a long seatpost and Aerobars. You could go that route with it. Heck, there's probably a decent market for sub-$300 Tri-bikes made out of the seemingly endless supply of decent 54-58cm 10-speeds that show up on CL all the time. Clean it up, swap out the bars and post, then post back on CL later that day.

Build up your feedback, find a box, plan the packing, measure it and weigh it with protection and ebay it. I think it will be a crapshoot if you make money on it at this point. From my view, expensive but effective shipping is better than tryiing to save money and dealing with a shipper damage claim department.

Nice bike. How tall are you, because that frame looks pretty big.

I cannot see the photo but, if the fork is switched out with a non-threaded carbon fork, you can get a lot of height out of it if you use some spacers. It might be a crime but it sounds like the frame is nice and that it needs to be ridden, soon!