And the build is complete. The clincher wheelset isn't ready yet, but I did one shake-down ride on the tubulars, and was satisfied enough with the fit to wrap twine and shellac the bars. It's ready to ride! I'm amazed how un-low this bike was geared to start with. 42x21 was the lowest gear. I have it all the way down to a 34x24 granny and it's still barely rideable in the East Bay Hills.
Photos on my flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/5646425361/in/photostream/ On Apr 19, 1:01 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm well on my way to converting a 1984 Trek 770 into a retro-modern > all road bike. Two shortcomings of my current road bike (a Davidson > Signature) were that it doesn't take a tire wider than 700x25, and > that it fits like a racing bike. I had it custom built in my youth, > and so now to get the bars up I had to use a Technomic Deluxe which is > excellent but I think it looks a little less than ideal to have a ton > of seatpost and a ton of stem showing. It makes the frame look too > small. > > Anyway, this Trek is a couple cm taller than my Davidson, so I hope to > get a similar fit with a regular proportioned stem. I finished > stripping the bike down, and I'll start selling off a lot of the Campy > Super Record parts through the normal channels. I got my compact > double crankset, and I've secured a few freewheels for various gearing > options. The recent highlight is that I've confirmed that a > 700x27RolyPolywill fit (no fender). I'm thrilled about that, and it was > something that I wasn't sure would work out. If the bike turns out as > well as I hope, I might get it powdercoated. I bought some > Resurrectio stickers from Riv on that chance. > > Riv content: Higher bars, fearlessly riding a 30 year old lugged > steel MUSA frameset,RolyPolytires bought from Riv, not being retro > for retros sake. > > Pics on my flickr: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/sets/72157626511175478/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
