Hello, Please pardon my mechanical ignorance ahead of time. This is my first foray into building up a bike at home.
I'm building up an old Bianchi Mixte frame found at a used bike shop. I want to buy new center pull caliper brakes for it and really don't know what might be a good fit. I suppose I could retro-fit it with V- style calipers, but that doesn't seem "right" on this bike. This will be primarily used by my wife as an around town bike, but set-up like a "mountain bike" or "hybrid" (wide tires, flat handle bar w/grip shifters - she used to do a lot of trail riding). We are using some old components and buying some new. We want reasonably priced decent components w/no delusions about racing (I'm cannibalizing the old Specialized Ground Control - a relic of a past delusion). I primarily ride a Trek 4300 modified with an Xtracycle FreeRadical kit and a Surly 1x1 rigid fork (long wheelbase and front suspension = soggy mess). My wife is currently riding a Trek Singletrack 930 we recently bought used. We now ride around town whenever possible all year round. We know enough about bikes to know we don't know enough about bikes. Thanks in advance, Phil -- http://bikewhenyoucan.blogspot.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bicycle Lifestyle" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bicyclelifestyle?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
