My wife has a Miele road bike from the same era and likes it a lot. The frame is nice, columbus tubing and has nicely shaped and thinned lugs, definitely not cheap looking. She said she couldn't imagine anything more comfortable, that is until we built her a Heron touring bike with upright bars :-).
With the road models like this one, tire and fender clearance is definitely going to be an issue. My wife's is definitely built in the late 80's/early 90's road bike modality, with clearance maybe for a 28mm tire under short-reach brakes. No fenders. It might be an ideal candidate for 650b conversion, however. On Tuesday, April 16, 2013 3:52:02 PM UTC-7, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > I'm intrigued by the idea of a fixie and then this pops up at a price I > can afford. It would be for local flatter routes (800 feet elevation over 4 > miles) and fun rides, mostly to come to understand the fixtie experience. > Would this be $100 lost? Is a Miele frame quality enough to be good at > 15-20+ years old? I've written the owner asking about clearance for larger > tires and condition/age of the frame. > > With abandon, > Patrick > > *www.MindYourHeadCoop.org* > *www.OurHolyConception.org* > > -- 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?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
