There are a bunch of very nice lugged steel mountain bikes from the 80's. I've got two early Stumpjumpers and they make great light-duty off road bikes. And it's fairly easy to retrofit modern type shifters & stuff if you're inclined. I just stay with period stuff (which there's plenty of) and friction shift to my heart's content. You'll have the same challenges I have, albeit at the other end of the size spectrum (6'3"). Miyata ridge runners, peugeot orient express. I'd be quick to second the Bontrager suggestion but most of those US type early bikes (Bontrager, Ritchey, etc) command some fair coin these days.
Craigslist, yard sales, maybe ebay. Good hunting! Tony On Sunday, February 2, 2014 5:34:32 PM UTC-8, Lesli Larson wrote: > > Starting project to build up a new fire trail / off-road bike . I am > trying to decide between a new frame and maybe something vintage . I am a > shortish woman and I ride a 48 cm to 50 cm frame. Would love to buy a > bombadil or Atlantis but what do folks recommend in the the used/vintage > category. What would your bike build look like? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
