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[Closed] which frame to build up for winter.

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Grahmam Weigh un-used CX frame only with headset and cantis.

Gios steel frame (needs repair/paint)with new forks.

Both sat in my garage


 
Posted : 18/04/2010 4:34 pm
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For winter road training BTW.


 
Posted : 18/04/2010 4:37 pm
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Ask again in 6 months, for now the last thing I'm thinking about is a winter bike!


 
Posted : 18/04/2010 4:39 pm
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you're a cheery chap aye? Why not enjoy summer first


 
Posted : 18/04/2010 4:42 pm
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Gios steelie for road, then the CX as a second bike for cross...


 
Posted : 18/04/2010 4:47 pm
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This is the repair that needs sorting.


 
Posted : 18/04/2010 4:50 pm
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Meh, just use a long seatpost; it's not really a structural deformity.


 
Posted : 18/04/2010 4:51 pm
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Throw the Gios away as its scrap and build up the other one


 
Posted : 18/04/2010 4:52 pm
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I confess I did that drilling out a seatpost that hadn't moved for twenty years, it's A1 apart from that.


 
Posted : 18/04/2010 4:53 pm
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winter! FFS.


 
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Meh, just use a long seatpost; it's not really a structural deformity.

It's ****ed like that what are you on about?


 
Posted : 18/04/2010 4:54 pm
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Yeah winter. I ain't got bugger else all to tinker with.


 
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It's not a structural deformity; it's a hole in the downtube. The seatpost is anchored above there and is supported by the toptube and seat stays far more than the downtube.

I'd ride it.


 
Posted : 18/04/2010 4:58 pm
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It might leak 🙂


 
Posted : 18/04/2010 5:02 pm
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Found a man that's going to repair it for free, just need paint. That's made my day.


 
Posted : 22/04/2010 2:17 pm
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It lives.
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Posted : 29/04/2010 1:15 pm