gone to africa or china if scrapman sees it

bushu

Fark me where do people find cheap old road bike or frames? I want something i could bring back to life with some tlc
seems we've been getting thieving chavs to build them up and ship them off to charities overseas, while i can understand it keeps chavs from getting my boot lodged up their arse keeping them busy but surely we should be able to buy an old frame that hasn't been touched by morons from somewhere

I see scrap vans manage to find them all the fooken time, want to just say "heres 20squids jus dont weigh in that rusty old frame"

andy9964

Have a look down your local council tip/recycling place, probably loads there. Our council has a place set aside where they sell usable stuff people are throwing out, everything from bikes, tv's, furniture etc etc

bigmat

Look on eBay? I picked up a 1991 steel framed top end mountain bike the other day, pretty much pristine condition, had been a £400 bike back in the day - paid £25!

bushu

Thanks gonna pootle down to the local tip tomorrow looking online shows it has a revive re-use shop on site
so having a little hope for finding something roadworthy, so i can join a roady club as i dont fancy being the only silly/stupid single speeder, also a good excuse for a shiney thoroughbred n+1 if I stick at it

I dont know what im lookin for on ebay, "road bike" [sort by distance] brings up some right bso offences
starting to think i need reynolds flavour dawes or peugeot, am i half right? :?

The Rookie

bushu wrote:

I dont know what im lookin for on ebay, "road bike" [sort by distance] brings up some right bso offences

Ebay requires patience, the best bargains are the poorly listed ones and to find them you have to be prepared to wade through the rubbish, a mate just picked up a near immaculate mid 1980's Peugeot, pencil seats stays, original 10 speed running gear, £85...some people pay more than that for a well listed frame!

willy b

Gumtree are where your bargains are.

walkingbootweather

willy b wrote:

Gumtree are where your bargains are.

True. There are some absolute steals on there

willy b

bushu

Had some drama's yesterday and guessing revive shop is shut today.. BADGER!!!! >_<

back to eBay,yeh i've noticed a few on gumtree trying to put the selling magic on but with no idea what they are selling..

zx6man

Could sell ya this ??

bushu

doesnt looks like it needs tlc at all sir, so probably out of my pricing.
Looks like the machines I've been hunting online what size is that frame zx?

Actually that looks bloomin immaculate in this pic have you done this from a retro rescue frame?

zx6man

my original bike I bought new many years ago. Does need a little spruce up as it has spent years in the back garden! Rode it last year before I got my TDF. It works perfectly, but I would say it would need new tyres to be on the safe side. Gear change makes my 2300 setup feel pathetic.