I'm working on a 1985 Bridgestone T700 rebuild while I wait for my Atlantis to come back from painting at Mercian. Just finished cutting off the canti posts, which could not support 700c wheels, and even caused problems with any brakes (other than the originals) with 27" wheels. Not sure why they were brazed so high, but it doesn't matter to me. I've got a set of NOS 610 centerpulls that will go over fenders and 32mm tires with room. The original headset had the shortest stack height I've ever seen, and the steerer is so short that I can't fit a decaleur in the new stack, so I'll probably throw a Velo Orange Rando rack with integrated decaleur on the front for a handlebar bag. Shame to waste the lowrider brazeons, but oh well. It will go for painting at Mercian as well. Then just need to build them both up!
On Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at 11:37:11 AM UTC+1, ascpgh wrote: > > Riding, besides my commutes, get a bit scant from here on out through > winter. The season, the holidays, more deliberate prep for a trip in the > conditions, plenty of things distract from just a nice ride but I realize > that at this time every year I always seem to contemplate a bike project to > go with the anticipated springtime, fruition or not. It's biking fun for > the extra bandwidth. > > My project is a low trail, 650b wheeled, all-around bike made with a > lively tube set (versus sturdy for touring) with drop bars, center pull > brakes, generator hub, LED lighting. All on a budget recognizing the value > of experience, unlike the box bike/mass market interpretation, handmade > wheels versus machine made ones as an example. I am reading and including > many posting subjects and items in this project and admit that may not > reach reality, but it's fun to have on the drawing board. > > Andy Cheatham > Pittsburgh > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
