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Permalink Reply by spencewine on April 3, 2013 at 8:39am

Price drop $125.

Permalink Reply by Tony Adams on April 4, 2013 at 3:16am

This is the basis for a really great commuter! It is too small for me though. Wah!

Spence, does it have horizontal dropouts? It looks like it, but I can't tell exactly.

Permalink Reply by spencewine on April 4, 2013 at 3:40am

Good question! Answer: It didn't occur to me to look at this bike as a possible fixie/SS conversion as I've been rolling geared for the past year. I have another photo of the derailleur that is inconclusive, but my initial guess based on the photo is near-horizontal drops. Anyway, I'll check tonight and update the listing (and add a photo of the drops)!

Tony Adams 6.6 mi said:

This is the basis for a really great commuter! It is too small for me though. Wah!

Spence, does it have horizontal dropouts? It looks like it, but I can't tell exactly.

Permalink Reply by rb on April 4, 2013 at 3:44am

cool bike and right up my alley--

when you say that the frame has dings- does this mean that the frame is dented, or are these scratches?

Permalink Reply by spencewine on April 4, 2013 at 3:49am

Dings (as in scratches) in the paint, no dents. If you look at the picture, you can see a couple dings on the top tube.

I can send you some more photos if you would like. PM your email address.

Permalink Reply by spencewine on April 4, 2013 at 3:40pm

Some drop-out weirdness: left side has a legit horizontal drop-out with a spacer. The drive-side looks like a horizontal drop until you pull the axel out.A portion of that drop-out has been filled in. If someone was dying to make this a single speed, I'm guessing you could possibly file out the right drop-out, but I don't know the consequences that might have on the integrity of the drop-out.

Permalink Reply by spencewine on April 4, 2013 at 3:46pm

Here are the "dings" I was talking about. This is the worst of it, but there are one or two on the chainstay similar to this and on the down tube as well. I might have been overly optimistic calling this almost brand new, so I am going to change the original description to very good condition.

Permalink Reply by spencewine on April 4, 2013 at 4:01pm

And I'll drop the price to $100 for someone who will make this into the kick-ass commuting machine it is meant to be.

Permalink Reply by rb on April 5, 2013 at 6:11am

2 questions

what is the standover height? I am 6,0...

when are you available to show the bike?

Permalink Reply by spencewine on April 5, 2013 at 7:03am

I'll post the standover height tonight, but I'm going out to dinner, so I won't be around. I will be available tomorrow afternoon (after 4pm) or Sunday after 12pm.

 
rb said:

2 questions

what is the standover height? I am 6,0...

when are you available to show the bike?

Permalink Reply by spencewine on April 5, 2013 at 3:52pm

Stand-over height is 30.5"

Also, just a reminder that this is mountain bike geometry with all the nice touring/commuter braze-ons.  So anyone considering this frame should do so in mountain bike measurements and not road bike measurements, they are different. For instance, I'm a approx 22" or 23" in MTB, and a 25" in a road bike.

spencewine said:

I'll post the standover height tonight, but I'm going out to dinner, so I won't be around. I will be available tomorrow afternoon (after 4pm) or Sunday after 12pm.

 
rb said:

2 questions

what is the standover height? I am 6,0...

when are you available to show the bike?

Permalink Reply by rb on April 7, 2013 at 5:25am

sorry but I think I need to hold out for a larger frame for my intended use.

the bike is very sweet though