Bassi Rachel Frame - Scratch and Blemish Sale

How does one get an absolutely screaming deal on the hottest all-rounder frames around? That's right, wait for the C&L Blemished Frames Sale! These frames are ship-shape and scrumptious, but have some scratches, clear-coat blemishes, or small paint dings here and there. The ED coating is all over the frame, not just the inside, so you won't have any premature rust spots, and we still guarantee the metal is in perfect shape, so if you recognize that "eh, it's a city/touring bike, the paint's going to get some personality anyway", dig in!

Here's the deal: you're getting random blemishes. We won't provide pictures or descriptions ahead of time. You accept that whatever we send you is the one you'll ride. Our usual frame warranty still applies to the frameset mechanically and structurally.

About the Rachel:

Our beautiful Rachel step-through frame, named for the street where our flagship store is located, is back with a few improvements! Some people were using their original-run Rachels for full-on four-pannier international touring, and while the original spec was just fine for such endeavours, we decided to make some changes to make such adventures a bit easier: beefed-up tubing, more tire clearance, longer wheelbase and raised front-end for more comfort, and a few new eyelets here and there. Revised with slightly longer reach in 2023, for better comfort with swept-back handlebars.

Step-throughs also make for great cargo haulers. Those extra tubes in the rear triangle reduce flex, and stepping through a frame will almost always look better than swinging a leg over a loaded diamond frame, which can be cumbersome and isn't always elegant.

The two smaller sizes are still designed around 26" wheels, while the two larger sizes use 700c wheels. Available in Fondue brown and Monet baby blue.

• Tube Type: 4130 CrMo steel (double butted top and down tubes/triple butted seat tube)
• Bottom Bracket: 68mm wide, British Threaded
• Seat Tube inner diameter: 27.2mm
• Diagonal drop-outs
• M5 eyelets on seat stays and drop-outs for rack and fenders
• M5 eyelets on down tube for 2 bottle cages
• M5 eyelets on fork for fenders, mini platform rack and lowrider rack
• Forged diagonal rear drop-out, 132.5mm spacing to fit most current hubs
• For V-brakes. Cantilevers aren't recommended and you probably won't find a way to set them up right. Let us know if you do, though, we'd love to see it.
• Designed for road and 1x cranks up to a road triple (including Bassi Classic Triple). May not work perfectly with all types of MTB cranks.

Supplied with:

• 1" threaded bent lugged fork with 26.4mm ø fork crown
• Bottom Bracket shift cable guide
• Rear hub positioning screws
• Seat post bolt

A note on frame prep:

Although Bassi frames, as well as many others, go through many quality control steps and come almost immaculate from the factory, some imperfections may still arise. Usually, paint is the culprit by being applied slightly unevenly or being oversprayed and covering some threads. The result, in the case of a headset or a bottom bracket, is uneven surfaces or imperfect planes which can cause binding and/or premature wear of the bearings. Bottom bracket and headset bearings work at their very best when they're perfectly in line and parallel to each other! In the case of overspray on the threads, it can make fender or rack installations more of a headache than they need to be. With the help of C&L's very fancy facing, chasing, reaming and tapping tools, installing parts on your new fully prep'd frame will be a breeze!

With a Frame Prep Labour on a new or newly painted frame, we will:

• Face the head tube and bottom bracket shell
• Ream the head tube when necessary
• Chase bottom bracket shell threads when necessary (almost never)
• Tap threaded braze-on eyelets
• Face flat mount brake caliper contact points

When you add a Frame Prep Labour to a Bassi frame purchase, we'll install new in-stock headsets and bottom brackets for free!

GEOMETRY

* all measurements are in millimeters except for angle measurements which are in degrees.