If you don't mind the lack of lugs, a mid-90s Trek 850 is a great bike. I'm sure there are other chromoly frames from that era that would work equally well. As others have said, watch for the long top tube, though. You'll most certainly need to replace the stem with something shorter in any case.
-- Liz On Sunday, February 2, 2014 8:34:32 PM UTC-5, 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.
