buying a frame set

[young Ed]

looking at frame sets ie frame and forks to then build up into a full on heavy weight tourer and need advice on choosing a suitable frame and making sure i don't end up with stolen good as i know it is very popular for thieves to strip bikes and sell components now as it is so easy
Cheers Ed

 

[young Ed]

Budget route, find an old steel framed rigid MTB. Free cycle might get one out of someone's shed.

would a rigid MTB with rigid forks and all even be the right geometry because you could just take a racing type bike and add different more suitable wheels and flat bars etc and it would all be good as frame is wrong geometry and wrong angles for touring type work
Cheers Ed

 

[screenman]

Flat bars?

 

[young Ed]

Flat bars?

like that rather than drops is what i mean
Cheers Ed

 

[screenman]

A touring bike with only one hand position. I am thinking you are trolling on here sometimes.

 

[screenman]

Give him a break, he's only a young padawan.

Are you sure? That is the worst thing about forums you never really know who you are talking too.

I hope I am wrong about the trolling, it is just one post he knows little and the next handing out advice and opinions.

 

[young Ed]

okay i am here to set things right again (like one of those fairy god mothers in the panto aren't i?) yes i will be fitting bar ends etc or is this still not enough?
Cheers Ed

 

[TheDoctor]

A touring bike with only one hand position. I am thinking you are trolling on here sometimes.

Bit harsh?
My touring bike has flat bars with bar ends, much like the photo above.

 

[young Ed]

Bit harsh?
My touring bike has flat bars with bar ends, much like the photo above.
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like that yes thats what i want! bit lopsided in riding with only one pannier though?
Cheers Ed

 

[TheDoctor]

To answer the OP, if you're looking to do this cheaply, I'd find either an MTB or a hybrid, with no suspension. Steel frame if you like, but there's nothing wrong with alloy either. True the wheels up, fit skinny tyres and a rack and you're pretty much done. I've been all over Europe on the bike above, which is actually a Ribble winter frame with carbon forks, so steel is by no means a prerequisite. I do tend to travel light though.

 

[TheDoctor]

To answer the OP, if you're looking to do this cheaply, I'd find either an MTB or a hybrid, with no suspension. Steel frame if you like, but there's nothing wrong with alloy either. True the wheels up, fit skinny tyres and a rack and you're pretty much done. I've been all over Europe on the bike above, which is actually a Ribble winter frame with carbon forks, so steel is by no means a prerequisite. I do tend to travel light though.

EDIT for crossposting
I was just out for the day, and hardly had anything with me.

 

[raleighnut]

Hybrid for me I have an old Ridgeback with Tange CrMo tubing that I find ideal
Been looking at "Butterfly" bars though

 

[young Ed]

that one for sale on here is going to be a bit pricey for me especially in any near future and to then get the wheels that it deserves and all the rest would end up near the price of a galaxy
especially if i go down the rohloff hub route!
Cheers Ed