No name visible on the spray painted frame. Seems to be some kind of early 80's touring frame. Has two water bottle cages on the downtube, nice long horizontal dropouts, braze ons for rack and fenders. Can't tell if it's a 700c or 27" but a 700c wheel lines up with what's left of the Campagnolo rear brake.

The dropouts on the fork say Campagnolo. It also has a Campagnolo threaded headset. The bottom bracket is Sugino and turns very nice. It has a specialized crankset and Specialized threaded stem. Also has 3 speed handlebars with foam grips.

When I put wheels on it, everything lined up real nice so I'm pretty sure the frame is straight. There's no visible rust but a lot of chipped paint.

My idea here is to have my students paint it like they did my bike last year, and build it up with parts from my current fixie, which is a bit too small for me and retire that frame. I mainly bought the frame because it fit me and I've been looking to build a good fixed gear commuter.

If it came with the crankset and stem and headset and it is your size, then yeah, it is worth $35, maybe even more, it is kinda relative, y'know? It sounds like it will be a fun project, regardless.

I would take it. Touring bikes are often very nice frames (sort of a specialty market), especially the vintage ones. The Campy dropouts are an indicator that it was likely a quality frame.

That's good because I already took it. Also, the BB shell appears to be 70mm. Does that mean it's an Italian frame?

It most likely has Italian BB.

hey if you don't want any of the parts your taking off that frame i got dibs... ill pay for shipping too. (depending on what's up for grabs)

edit: please and thank you

Build it with fenders!

+1 fenders make my butthole quiver....probably b/c its so used to having **** thrown at it in the rain... no pun intended....alright maybe there was a little intention

I'm getting lucky. Foul weather bike is still unbuilt and foul weather is holding off. Once it is finished, I will want a real ****ty day to test it on. But after a couple of bad weather rides, I'm sure I will simply prefer to ride it in not so foul weather.

Depends. How much are hookers in your town?

Sounds like a good score. I recently built a SS CX out of an 80's touring frame. Its a great commuter.

I think you did quite well for $35. You might want to post some pix in the C&V forum. Those guys are wizards at figuring out mystery frames.

Quit bragging on the internet and ride it.

Well considering you could engrave "Campagnolo" on a hardened turd and sell it on ebay for at least $35 I'm going to say yes.

pictures

It could also take an english bb.

Yeah, I've got a BB shell that measures 70mm but takes a 68mm english bb.

I recall somewhere along the way you mentioning a childhood spent in upstate/CNY? If that is true, a "foul weather" day of DC proportions will come and go without you noticing. I think there was only one day last year that I was unable to ride and that was because I only have skinny-tired bicycles and we got a foot of snow in one storm. It is amazing to see what happens to the city when it rains or snows an inch. To be south of the Mason-Dixon means the definitions of "bad weather" changes significantly.

Is this thread topic just a braggy pants rhetorical question?