Lollin’.
OP: Do you know this guy?
^that guy was a good sport
I appreciate that you appreciate my intentions, as I appreciate your opinion. Not keen on buying a Cell really at all, but cost is something I tend to forget when thinking about bike restorations. I really enjoy working on bikes and I love these old frames. This one in particular, I quite like the paint!
Mmm yeah, I didn’t give too much thought to the challenges I will probably face in needing to find a fork…
… Anyone got a suitable fork in Perth?
I am indeed.
“It will cost too much; buy something complete” is pretty much what the overwhelming majority is saying right now. I think I might do some part hunting this weekend and see what I can find, otherwise I may end up just buying a whole second hand bike. I would really like to put this one to use though!
Not from a bar of soap. We have much the same attitude towards bike restores though!
and then
this is the third time i’ve seen this approach lately, spark up a thread, ask for help/advice, recieve help/advice, tell people thanks but no thanks.
why start a thread then?
just restore the bike, post up some cool pics of the process and stop pretending you’re the jesse jackson of step throughs
gotta fill the day somehow.
I wouldnt want the cell either, these old step thrus actually look nice and have a classic and classy look about them, despite them being a cheapish bike when new. The majority of these types of frame only really came in a few different sizes, most of them between 50-54cm so finding a fork may not be so difficult, but it aint gonna match your paint.
The problem you have is that you need a full bikes worth of parts to make this frame into a bike. by far the easiest and cheapest way of getting most of parts you need is by getting another complete bike. Hell you could swap everything over if the one you find has a nasty paint job. As it is nearly every complete one you will come across will need a heap of maintenance type work anyway - repack bb, headset, hubs, chain, possibly spockets and cassette/cluster, tyres, etc. And thats assuming the wheels and other rotating parts are usable, so it’s almost as much work.
Still not convinced? Perhaps you should make a list of every single part you require to build up your frame. It will be long. And will take ages to track everything down individually as people throw away the bits that come on these bikes because they always were and are still considered by many as “ordinary”. Hence how you found your frame on the road in the first place with no parts. Bike enthusiasts generally keep parts for track, road, cross, tourer and mountain. Cheaply made old step thrus go to the tip. If you buy everything new it’s going to cost much more than you realise.
I wasn’t aware that the baptist civil rights campaigner of US political fame was into bike resto’s
Everyone’s saying the same thing here. Either don’t do it, or if you really have to, buy a complete and swap all the bits over.
I was saying boo-urns.
A+
+1
Noc-are
I feel my hipster level isn’t high enough to understand the context of that attempted burn.
Calm your farm buddy. I came here asking for advice. I’ve got it. I respect it, as I would expect the same respect for my opinion in return. I came here saying I want to restore this bike. You can’t get narky at me for disagreeing with people’s opinion while wanting to continue on with my initial intention.
Thanks for your input hoonz 
point well made. Yeah, I’m thinking buying a complete second hand bike is probably the way to go. I’ll hold onto the frame and see if I can collect parts for it over time. As you suggest, I know these frames aren’t really seen as being worth much. Indi’s probably particularly so, as they’re pretty common. But… I just like them.
Oh, is THAT what people are saying? Right, I didn’t pick up on that. Cheers for clarifying, I don’t know what I would’ve done if you hadn’t made that clearer for me. 