Found a Frame!

Anybody that's read one of my previous post will know that I'm on a quest to build a classic racing bike using only the money we can generate by selling things. We had found a classic Raleigh frame, even built in Nottingham. But alas, the frame was far to big, even for a growing lad like me.

So, the search continued, with one hundred and ten pounds in our fund from sales we looked all over eBay. But there was no need, as a friend of my dads from the cycling club had a frame for sale. However, it wasn't a classic, but a more modern, Trek aluminium frame with carbon forks. By this time we had worked out that a classic frame would be much harder to build, as finding a frame in good condition and the right sized was proving difficult.

This frame wasn't going for free unfortunately, so we were told to make a sensible offer. We decided on eighty pounds. A few minutes later and the frame was ours. Woo! We had the basis of our bike. On closer inspection the frame had clearly been used as more of a winter training bike. Not that we really minded, as we were intending to be able to use this bike on rough roads and out to places were I would want to leave my 'summer bike' outside.