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Ryan Kontz replied to James Marquis's discussion few questions!

"You should be able to remove all the additional chainrings pretty simply, as for the bottom bracket, if you have the traditional unsealed 1 piece you can simply tap out the cups and install a new sealed american one with a 19mm bore. This will open…"

Jul 9, 2011

jake reigle replied to James Marquis's discussion Frame Recommendations/Completes

"i got a 400 dollar kilo t for a 75 dollar i pod"

Apr 24, 2011

Mark Domingo replied to James Marquis's discussion Frame Recommendations/Completes

"For starter or non starter.. Im still riding on a Mercier Kilo TT PRO 2009 Love it... Ill switch when my frame breaks :] no problems yet"

Apr 24, 2011

James Marquis replied to James Marquis's discussion Frame Recommendations/Completes

"the frame is a tad small to start with but all the sizing on this bike is outdated (impossible/really hard to update) to get a new BB I'd have to get a new threadless one. there's other small bits in the end that just make it not…"

Apr 21, 2011

Jim replied to James Marquis's discussion Frame Recommendations/Completes

"What sort of problems are ya having, may not be the frame. Old Raleighs or fine as far as I know. I ride an old Austro Daimler (1983) conversion thats a dream. Depends on what you want I guess."

Apr 19, 2011

Daniel Houfek replied to James Marquis's discussion Frame Recommendations/Completes

"Pake or eight inch if you want to build it up from scratch, mercier kilo if you want a prebuilt, ready to ride bike. Republic/state/mission bicycles are very cheaply made. I see kilo's all over campus here in san marcos tx and from what ive…"

Apr 18, 2011

Nick Scoggins replied to James Marquis's discussion Frame Recommendations/Completes

"Yeah i just finished a build with the scrambler . . . its a good bike for how cheap it was. Not too heavy either."

Apr 13, 2011

James Marquis replied to James Marquis's discussion Frame Recommendations/Completes

"probably the scrambler. i'm thinking that's my best choice. i'm gonna get the frame and some components by them and slap on my current wheelset."

Apr 12, 2011

Dan replied to James Marquis's discussion Frame Recommendations/Completes

"which frame are you talking about, they have a few"

Apr 12, 2011

Nick Scoggins replied to James Marquis's discussion Frame Recommendations/Completes

"i just finished a build with an Eighthinch frame. . . they have a good frame and it seemed to be pretty cheap "

Apr 11, 2011

James Marquis replied to James Marquis's discussion Frame Recommendations/Completes

"yeah i'm thinking i'm gonna go with a kilo tt or something similar from bikes direct and rebuild it. State look too cheap."

Apr 10, 2011

Thomas G. Wilhelm IV replied to James Marquis's discussion Frame Recommendations/Completes

"im rocking a kilo tt "stripper i got from bikes direct. the only thing oem on it is the seat post, crank arms, headset. everything else i upgraded or had from a previous build. state bicycles are cheeply made bikes. remember you get what you…"

Apr 10, 2011

James Marquis posted a discussion

Frame Recommendations/Completes

I've been riding an old raleigh conversion and I keep getting a new problem almost everyday so I'm giving up on it. I'm trying to figure out if I want to frankenbuild a new frame or get some cheap complete. I've been looking at Pake and IRO for frames. Bikesdirect has a decent deal on mercier Kilo's. My friend told me to check out mission and state bicycle but both seem eh. Just wondering if anyone has any of the frames here or any experience. I think someone on here has a windsor from…See More

Apr 7, 2011

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Raleigh Grand Prix Conversion

I know it's a p.o.s. but it's all I've got right now.1975 Raleigh Grand PrixWeinmann DP 18 rimsNitto B302AA barsOdyssey Pedals w/Hold FastsNothing else special really, gearing is 49/16.

Mar 9, 2011

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James Marquis replied to James Marquis's discussion help me pick a color!

"already primed it and i'm going to hopefully paint the black on tonight. only thing is i think i'm going to leave the headtube cluster behind the badge the gray primer and do the rest of the bike black. leaving the lower half of my fork…"

Feb 7, 2011

Andrew James Faulding replied to James Marquis's discussion help me pick a color!

"black is the ultimate colour - for anything. you would almost definately get bored with anything else. dont paint the lugs. when i got my frame made i could have lug lining at no extra cost but didnt want to get it for the…"

Feb 7, 2011