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Stowe Phase 3 frame

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Old 09-15-04 | 09:44 PM
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Stowe Phase 3 frame

Wouldn't this lug frame make a good fixie? Says it was made for criteriums. Seems like with the fast handling and high bottom bracket this would be a natural.
https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...100564091&rd=1
Can you respace the rear to a 120mm?
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Old 09-15-04 | 10:03 PM
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Rob Stowe still lives and works in Rochester, NY. From what I hear, he's given up frame building and is a devoted artist dealing mainly in scupture. His frames were well respected if not widely known. I still occasionally see one or two around Rochester.

I can't personally vouch for his frames. What's your total risk ... $50? Do it.

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Old 09-15-04 | 10:16 PM
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the dropouts don't seem to leave any room for error if you're setting it up fixed
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Old 09-15-04 | 11:40 PM
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short, near vertical dropouts, but my bike's are even worse, it's possible but more difficult
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Old 09-16-04 | 07:15 AM
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Respacing is not a problem. If you can go out to 130, you can go down to 120. Since the frame needs stripped and painted, a better option to the dropouts is to have a local builder unbraze and rebraze a set of track drops.
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