OT - WTB: Old Road Bike

[julie at menloparkrandd.com (julie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)]

<shakes her head.... Such a strange request.... But then, look who he chats with....>

>-----Original Message-----
>From: GGehrke [mailto:ggehrke@xxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Friday, July 6, 2007 04:37 PM
>To: 'Scirocco list'
>Subject: OT - WTB: Old Road Bike
>
>Looking for an older road bike. Prefer minimal components - just
>frame, fork, maybe bottom bracket, stem, headset, handlebars, brakes.
>Prefer horizontal dropouts, which were more common on older bikes,
>especially those built for the velodrome. A unique steel lugged frame
>would be awesome. Bianchi, Colnago, etc would be great but I know my
>chances of finding that are slimmer.
>
>Got anything cluttering up the garage? I'll give you a fair price for
>it and pay any associated shipping charges.
>
>I'm turning it into a cheap around-town bike. Planning to strip it,
>paint it an obnoxious colour (1- so you're seen in traffic, 2-less
>likely to be stolen), convert it to a single-speed drivetrain with
>decent quality components, narrow handlebars, front brake only, throw
>on some strong road wheels and ride it around. I have a nice carbon
>racing bike, but I don't want to ride that into town or to school.
>
>Part of me is thinking, too, that it'd be fun to have an italian road
>bike from the 70's or 80's to go with my italian designed 1980 VW.
>Colour match them and take them to shows, I think it'd add a unique
>element.
>
>-Grant-
>
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