samwillard
Retro Newbie
hi all
ive just bagged myself a vintage Carlton road frame on ebay for £21 - looking to build it up and i have very limited knowledge.
I'm not going for single speed as too many hills in Wimbledon and my main question is regards to gears - any advice on how many gears, the size I should get etc. I'm waiting for frame to arrive but apparently the rear drop outs width is 116mm - is this an odd size? am i going to have trouble finding wheel/hub to fit that?
Also I'm going to put 700c wheels on it and read that I may need to find a way of dropping the brakes lower down as i have vertical drop outs - this true?
Here's a pic of the frame anyway - any info would be greatly appreciated. Don't want to spend loads on this as just bought expensive XC mtb but doesn't look like id need to get it up and running.
cheers
sam
ive just bagged myself a vintage Carlton road frame on ebay for £21 - looking to build it up and i have very limited knowledge.
I'm not going for single speed as too many hills in Wimbledon and my main question is regards to gears - any advice on how many gears, the size I should get etc. I'm waiting for frame to arrive but apparently the rear drop outs width is 116mm - is this an odd size? am i going to have trouble finding wheel/hub to fit that?
Also I'm going to put 700c wheels on it and read that I may need to find a way of dropping the brakes lower down as i have vertical drop outs - this true?
Here's a pic of the frame anyway - any info would be greatly appreciated. Don't want to spend loads on this as just bought expensive XC mtb but doesn't look like id need to get it up and running.
cheers
sam