On-one / Planet-X don't have any in stock and I missed the boat but at £99 for the frame it was a bargain.
Is there anything similar out there for similar money? Want to build a comfy all weather / winter / touring / multi use and abuse road bike.
I don't think there's anything as cheap. Uncle John too dear? Beyond that it gets more pricey I think - roadrat, >X<, Kinesis Tripster.
You could buy a Pompetamine and bodge gears on it like me 😎
Ribble Audax/Winter frame? http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/road-track-bike/Ribble-Audax-Winter-7005-Frame/RIBBFRAW220
Uncle John is the same problem of no stock 🙁
I like the Ribble and it's tempting me.
Hmmm that's quite different, rim brakes, not really up to off road IMO.
The Kaf is great as a communter, but if I changed mine, I would want discs, the only problem with this, is the big increase in price, like the Tripster or Salsa Vaya. The Vaya is designed exactly for this (tour/ fireroad/ mulit use) , also, with the Kaf, you are more limted on the tire size than a Vaya.
what about the croix de fer frameset? its £340 quid tho.
Hmmm that's quite different, rim brakes, not really up to off road IMO.
OP didn't want an off-road bike...
Reason for this is:
I have an old Ribble that's made from Reynolds 653. I bought it 2nd hand as a second bike It's all right but it's too big for me. So I don't ride it ever.
It just sits on the Turbo, it will have been a good(ish) bike in it's time 8 speed 105 stuff and Mavic wheels.
I just thought that if I got a cheap frame in a size to fit, get some guards on it I could use it as a more everyday bike. My road bike (Shiny Carbon Dolan) is covered in mud and grit from winter riding and it just seems wrong.
Canti's was purely because I have some lying around but I've got normal old road brakes as well.
The main attraction of the Kaffenabck was steel and price.