General: I need help on a decision.

Which Orbea frame are you talking about?

yeah that haha.

Is your pista in decent condition?

Zues? I thought you wanted to sell a Bianchi Pista? Is the Zues track or road?

no i'm saying I have a zeus track wheel for the front that I might throw in on the sale.

well i was just trying to fish for opinions on how much I could get for the frame really. I'm not good at gauging prices like that.

yeah i put it up for 350 and hope someone says 300 im including most parts you just need a wheelset and saddle and pedals.

yeah I'm pretty excited about the bike, and for that price it's a steal. The owner says there is a small dent from the handlebars but whatever, it's not like i'm going to be tricking it.

That dent isnt a big deal, Mine is beat up, but that is from actual track racing, it came from cananda. I paid just over 300 for mine 2yrs ago, then found a matching color orbea fork from an orca, looks real sweet together. Mine is a 2004 model, and looking from the pic, yours is to. they also made them in 2005 and 2006, they did make them in production, but not very many of them, that is why im keeping mine forever, they are quite hard to find. I would almost say they are on the same level as the 90's cannondale track frames, but only different generation of course, but that rariety is getting there...

what I been running is a njs sugino BB I had laying around and using a sugino GLP track crankset, the crankset is from the 80's, that combo is great, I would say any sugino combo really, they line up perfect and runs super smooth... but that is my opinion...Im sure you can find something on the cheap that would work great...

here check out mine, and check out this other member.... pretty similar builds.

http://velospace.org/node/22173

http://velospace.org/node/14881 , except he is using campy record for his crankset, which i was thinking of doing, but I dont need to go that expensive on the frame. It rides just fine with what it has

well if you must, just use what you have laying around or off of other bikes, if you have the sources to do that. But they are super fun to ride, and smooth for sure, I talked to a guy at orbea on email helping date my frame, and he says he has the one I have, and he used to race it, and now he uses it to commute on and says its the best commuter he has had...

Posted By: giosSR215word yeah I'm trying to figure out my budget and see if I could get this running by the time i have a messenger race on friday haha.

Where is this Orbea for sale? Online auction? Or locally? It's going to be sold at $300 long before you sell your old Reynolds 520 Pista frameset with a dented top tube and crappy cranks for $350. I'm not hating, I'm just saying that if you're seriously trying to sell something to buy something, you're going to have to let it go for a lot less. I think danzap's $250 suggestion is more along the lines of what you should be asking if you want a quick(er) sale. And seeing how you posted this thread over 7 hours ago, the frame has probably already been sold (assuming you're not the only one who knows about it).

well I already got a buyer for the frame and fork only for 280, and I'm picking up the bike tonight. So I guess you are wrong quidose. You forget I live in a city with a bunch of hipster that will pay ridiculous amounts of money for something that's not really worth it. I'm not complaining I'm happy. You also fail to realize I am the master of Craigslist. I got that pista for 100 dollars, now im selling it for 280 with less parts then it came with and only paying 40 dollars for a brand new bike.

Wow, selling a very nice guitar for a track frame, that is crazy.. it must be a must have track frame.... GL

thanks man the buyer is coming at 6 tonight and the frame guy is coming at 7. I'm pretty excited about it.

Good deal. Can't wait to see your build.

Are you talking about TruVativ Touros?

I don't know what kind of cranks they are, they have Bianchi printed on them. I'm assuming they are some entry level cranks.

Yeah the BB shell is standard, that's not what im worried about. it's spindle length and spacing on the back that im worried about with the bianchi stock cranks.

Oh yeah, old school Pistas had Bianchi-branded stuff. I don't know - what bottom bracket do you use now? And does that give you good chainline?

Well what is it? Then you'll know the spindle length? Or did it come with the bike and you're not sure?

If the crankset has 130mm bolt spacing - which most likely means that the chainring attaches on the inside of the spider - then I'd probably use a 108mm bottom bracket.

a site is saying the 2002 had a spindle length of 107mm