Tunnelrat81

A friend of mine is finally retiring his (full carbon) frame/fork combo due to some crash damage and he's on the market for something that will be a fair/affordable replacement for his Ultegra 9 group to get him back on the road without too much outflow of $. His old frame was a 57, but he's been sized to something closer to 55-56, which falls directly between the frame sizes that Scattante offers for their $200-300 frame/fork combos. But that's the catagory that we're looking for. The Large Scattante is sized to around a 57+ and the Medium is close to a 54cm I think.

Any suggestions or ideas on other options for a sub $500 frame fork close to 55-56cm in size? He's looking for Aluminum with Carbon fork/Seat stays if possible. Something that will likely end up being his Utility/training bike when he eventually buys something newer and flashier.

Also, used is also an option, if anyone's got one they'd like to get rid of.

-Jeremy

Bontrager

I have a 53 cm 05 scattante CFR frame/fork/headset/stem waiting to be put on ebay.

acorn_user

A little more would get him a Soma or Surly road frame. Those are nice because all the braze-ons facilitate commuting and touring; perfect stuff for a back up bike. Furthermore, those frames are raceable.

Otherwise, the latest Nashbar catalogue had a Redline frame in it that fits your description well.

Tunnelrat81

Thanks,

I'll check out the Redline at nashbar.

Bontrager, thanks but the 53's just too small. I think even a 54 would be off the low end of his range.

-Jeremy

phallenthoul

I'm going to sell these.
2006 Cube Attempt frame
Bianchi carbon fork(aluminum steer)
Ritchey Pro carbon seatpost
Cane Creek headset
800KM only
PM me for price and more pics.