Originally Posted by
bikemig
By Clubman, do you just want to build up a drop bar 3 speed bike? Why can't pretty much any older bike work well for this as long as you are happy with the tire and fender clearance? Personally if I were going to build one of these, I'd be tempted to mod a Raleigh super course with its plain gauge 531 tubing and generous tire clearance.
Yes sort of. I want to use a more common frame so it is inexpensive (as a project) and can be ridden without too much worry but I also want it to "look" like a clubman visually. I don't know enough about their frame geometry to know if (for example) a super course could be made to look clubman
like or not. If you know what I mean. If one put period correct components on it would it look like a faux clubman or a weird super course. Not so much to the collectors eye of course but in a general passing sort of way.
Hopefully that doesn't sound too confused.