Nashbar frame...any good?

Adam C said:

I'm currently strickly a mountain bike rider, but am interested in building a road bike. I don't
have a lot of money to spend, and the money that I do have I'd like to spend on components and not
spend much of it on a frame. Basically I want to know if the Nashbar frame is any good. For $129
it's a great price, but I don't want to throw my money away. Any insight would be great.

It is probably just fine. I would try one if I needed a frame for a low cost. You can always check
the used market too.

If they had a 62 c-c I'd buy one and use it as a winter machine. It's probably just fine. But will
you put the decals on it??

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I'm currently strickly a mountain bike rider, but am interested in

building

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a road bike. I don't have a lot of money to spend, and the money that I do have I'd like to spend
on components and not spend much of it on a frame. Basically I want to know if the Nashbar frame
is any good. For $129 it's a great price, but I don't want to throw my money away. Any insight
would be great.

Thanks

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I'm currently strickly a mountain bike rider, but am interested in

building

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a road bike. I don't have a lot of money to spend, and the money that I do have I'd like to spend
on components and not spend much of it on a frame. Basically I want to know if the Nashbar frame
is any good. For $129 it's a great price, but I don't want to throw my money away. Any insight
would be great.

Thanks

Just as an FYI, it's generally cheaper to buy a complete bike than to buy the parts individually.
You may have a plan for this and if so, sorry to waste your time. But if you're just going to order
parts from a catalog, you might dome some quick calcs comparing that method vs. a complete bike. If
you can get some good deals when they're available and you're not too picky about what you get
component-wise, you CAN build a cheap bike, but do some math ahead of time.

Cheers,

Scott..

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I'm currently strickly a mountain bike rider, but am interested in

building

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a road bike. I don't have a lot of money to spend, and the money that I

do

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have I'd like to spend on components and not spend much of it on a

frame.

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Basically I want to know if the Nashbar frame is any good. For $129 it's

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great price, but I don't want to throw my money away. Any insight would

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great.

Thanks

Just as an FYI, it's generally cheaper to buy a complete bike than to buy the parts individually.
You may have a plan for this and if so, sorry to waste your time. But if you're just going to
order parts from a catalog, you might dome some quick calcs comparing that method vs. a complete
bike. If you can get some good deals when they're available and you're not too picky about what
you get component-wise, you CAN build a cheap bike, but

do

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some math ahead of time.

Cheers,

Scott..

To which I would add that the other day I was in our local mega sporting goods store buying
socks when I happened upon the "bicycle shop" department. They had a Shimano sti equipped road
bike, Tiagra I think, with an aluminum frame and alloy wheels (Araya?) for $360. IIRC it was a
Mongoose. Also, Cycling+ Magazine for October has tests of low end but still good quality
bicycles. Sometimes you can get a good deal on a general purpose sport bike.

Adam C said:

I'm currently strickly a mountain bike rider, but am interested in building a road bike. I don't
have a lot of money to spend, and the money that I do have I'd like to spend on components and not
spend much of it on a frame. Basically I want to know if the Nashbar frame is any good. For $129
it's a great price, but I don't want to throw my money away. Any insight would be great.

Thanks

Personally I think you're going at this backwards. I'd rather buy a decent frame, and spend a little
less on components. They will probably wear out/be replaced before the frame anyway, and can be
upgraded then.

The lightest components in the world won't make you very happy riding the 35-pound frame you got
pretty cheap.

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I'm currently strickly a mountain bike rider, but am interested in

building

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a road bike. I don't have a lot of money to spend, and the money that I do have I'd like to spend
on components and not spend much of it on a frame. Basically I want to know if the Nashbar frame
is any good. For $129 it's a great price, but I don't want to throw my money away. Any insight
would be great.

Thanks

Which frame?

What are you hanging on it?

NobodyMan said:

Adam C said:

I'm currently strickly a mountain bike rider, but am interested in building a road bike. I don't
have a lot of money to spend, and the money that I do have I'd like to spend on components and
not spend much of it on a frame. Basically I want to know if the Nashbar frame is any good. For
$129 it's a great price, but I don't want to throw my money away. Any insight would be great.

Thanks

Personally I think you're going at this backwards. I'd rather buy a decent frame, and spend a
little less on components.

What is not "decent" about the frame? That is a "Nashbar?"

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They will probably wear out/be replaced before the frame anyway, and can be upgraded then.

The lightest components in the world won't make you very happy riding the 35-pound frame you got
pretty cheap.

It is about 4 lb IIRC.

gwhite gwhite@hocuspocus_ti.com said:

NobodyMan said:

Adam C said:

I'm currently strickly a mountain bike rider, but am interested in building a road bike. I don't
have a lot of money to spend, and the money that I do have I'd like to spend on components and
not spend much of it on a frame. Basically I want to know if the Nashbar frame is any good. For
$129 it's a great price, but I don't want to throw my money away. Any insight would be great.

Thanks

Personally I think you're going at this backwards. I'd rather buy a decent frame, and spend a
little less on components.

What is not "decent" about the frame? That is a "Nashbar?"

I'm not dogging the frame, though for $129 you aren't getting a very good frame IMHO. I bought my
frame several years ago; it was discounted and set me back about $700. It was, by no means, a
top-of-the-line frame either, although it was, and still is, considered a very good frameset.

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They will probably wear out/be replaced before the frame anyway, and can be upgraded then.

The lightest components in the world won't make you very happy riding the 35-pound frame you got
pretty cheap.

It is about 4 lb IIRC.

Fine, whatever. I hope you got the point though...spend a little more on the frame, and a little
less on what you are dressing it with, and IMHO you'll be happier, and better off, in the long run.

Thanks for the advice! Looks like I have a lot of decisions to make.

ADam

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I'm currently strickly a mountain bike rider, but am interested in

building

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a road bike. I don't have a lot of money to spend, and the money that I do have I'd like to spend
on components and not spend much of it on a frame. Basically I want to know if the Nashbar frame
is any good. For $129 it's a great price, but I don't want to throw my money away. Any insight
would be great.

Thanks