Questions about buying a frame

shadon · 11-13-2005, 11:01 PM

I may have the opportunity to sort of build my own bike, because of a friends misadventure with UPS. Her frame is wrecked and she has suggested that I could buy the components from her from that bike and then buy a frame. I may need to buy a derailiur as well.

This is an approach that I'd never considered...how do I think about this? What do I need to consider?

Trek420 · 11-14-2005, 06:00 AM

That's a wonderful way to go.

You'll need a local wrench to assemble the bike bits, often it's the same shop that sells you the frame. What frames are you looking at?

11-13-2005, 11:01 PM	#1
shadon Sharon D. ALC #1330 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 254	Questions about buying a frame I may have the opportunity to sort of build my own bike, because of a friends misadventure with UPS. Her frame is wrecked and she has suggested that I could buy the components from her from that bike and then buy a frame. I may need to buy a derailiur as well. This is an approach that I'd never considered...how do I think about this? What do I need to consider?

11-14-2005, 06:00 AM	#2
Trek420 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Mrs. KnottedYet Posts: 7,015	That's a wonderful way to go. You'll need a local wrench to assemble the bike bits, often it's the same shop that sells you the frame. What frames are you looking at? __________________ Mondonico Futura Legero ~ the Italian Dream machine, GT Outpost Trail ~ custom powdercoated commute/errand mobile, Motobecane Mixte Freewheel ~ just for fun and giggles ~ my late namesake a Trek 420 customized and stolen by a bike thief and Knott's Giant lugged steel road bike all Chris Robinson Wheelworks built or re'built.

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