OT - WTB: Old Road Bike

[peter at thescirocco.com (Peter)]

I have an '84 Team Fuji with tubular tires, that I no longer use.
It has a 24" steel frame, but my dad has the same exact bike, less the
tubulars, in a 22" frame. 

Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: GGehrke [mailto:ggehrke@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 4:38 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-