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| 1442.1 | | JUMBLY::MACFADYEN | Who's James Bareham anyway? | Mon Mar 12 1990 04:34 | 20 |
| > <<< Note 1442.0 by MONSTA::COLLINS "WWII bomber found on the moon." >>>
> -< Good frame builder? >-
>
> I am contemplating getting a frame built and choosing all the bits to
> go on it. Can anyone recommend a good frame builder in the London and
> home counties are of the UK? I went to a shop in London called Condor
> recently and they said a custom frame made from R651 (?, lighter than
> R531) and Shimano bits would come in at around �750. Is this
> reasonable?
What you refer to as R651 is in fact Reynolds 653 tubing. This is a
more desirable tube-set than 531, so you'd certainly end up with a good
frame. I think a custom-made 653 frame will cost around �300 upwards,
so when you consider that the frame/components price split is usually
around 50:50, �750 sounds feasible.
Go to go, more later maybe.
Rod
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| 1442.2 | | JUMBLY::MACFADYEN | | Mon Mar 12 1990 05:10 | 15 |
| Hello again...
As to your query about frame-builders, a good one is Dave Russell of
Dave Russell Cycles in Slough. His shop is in Chalvey Road East, except
that when I was last there, a couple of months ago, he said he was
about to move to somewhere else in Slough. He's a custom frame-builder
and the ones I've seen look really nice. His shop is very much geared
towards racing and triathlon, but I suppose he'd be able to make any
kind of frame.
Otherwise, have a look at the adverts at the back of "Bicycle"
and other magazines.
Rod
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| 1442.3 | all the T's don't mix well.... | SUSHI::KMACDONALD | Hat floating? It's MUD SEASON! | Thu Mar 15 1990 12:56 | 13 |
| JMHO, but I don't get a real warm, fuzzy feeling about building up a
bike for BOTH TTs and Touring. A lot of the TT bikes I've seen were a
bit on the light side for touring, and vice-a for the versa. I'd think
about which was more important - a nice touring bike could be used for
club TTs and things, but if you were really planning to be a top
competitor in TTs I'd think about getting a nice TT bike and a
production bike from one of the good mfgrs. for the occasional tour...
If you absolutely have to compromise, something on the order of what I'd
call a road-racing bike might be the ticket - fast enough for the
occasional TT and strong enough for the occasional tour.
ken
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