I'd look out for a small Bontrager. The collectible ones are the Race and Race Lites. http://www.cyclofiend.com/cc/2005/cc017-carygosset0605.html
The more plebeian ones are the Privateers. The '99 Privateer Comps came with Chris King hubs... stock. My Privateer has Midge bars, and I'm still happy with the bike after 14 years. Rode it today. It was great for Oregon's logging roads and singletrack for the 6 years I lived in McMinnville. Fast, good climber, stable descender. It looks (eBay and Craigslist) like you can get a Bonty for ~$4-500. Which is about $100 more than they were going for a couple years ago. For example: http://for-sale.yakaz.com/bontrager-privateer#lo=4&docid=0005ps87m5jotl3q Another option would be to rescue one of the $100 "commuter" bikes on Eugene Craigslist. My heart goes out to this poor orphan: http://eugene.craigslist.org/bik/4268390543.html Philip www.biketinker.com 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.
