1/11/13 10:00 AM

May have a mint used frameset to make a bike for Elaine. Should make a good ride anywhere bike for her...

Anyone familiar with Traitor Ruben ?


http://www.traitorcycles.com

1/11/13 1:57 PM

I'm not sure why they're commuting up to the top of a mountain (Mt. Baker/Artist's Point I think), but I enjoyed the photos nevertheless.

Sorry, no experience with the brand although I hear the name a lot.

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1/11/13 2:00 PM

I wouldn't trust a Traitor.

Might be kind of tasty though.

1/11/13 5:38 PM

I only test-rode one once and just for a brief ride, so I can't really commemt on the quality of the ride. But, considering that the company is HQ'd just a couple of miles away from Bellingham (where I then lived), I always thought it odd how few Traitors I saw on the road. FWIW, probably not much.

1/11/13 5:50 PM

Thinking it may make a nice wifey version of my Propad Disc. Just need to get another set of calipers... got every thing else, except maybe some narrow-ish bars...

1/12/13 4:24 PM

Grabbed the frameset, he tossed in a headset and it still has some nice fenders. Got it home and popped on some wheels, bars/stem seatpost/seat and got Elaine astride. Stuck a closet pole/dowel through the BB so she could pick up her feet. ;)

Looks like a Bingo!


She did not care for the choice of seat I grabbed. ;) Concor, not exactly novice freindly. ;O

Nicely made, welds very good looking and consistent. Brake cable for the rear caliper routes through the chainstay, star braze on water bottle lugs, just looks nice overall.

I think this is going to be a nice ride.

Here is a pic from the ad when he had it built.

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