The head tube & seat tube really give the bike character. Nicely done.
dougP On Friday, August 22, 2014 12:12:33 PM UTC-7, Mike K. wrote: > > So the recent picture on the Blug of the stylish older gentleman riding > his bike made me realize my bike isn't as odd looking as I thought it was. > Everyone comments on how high the stem is. Truth be told, I probably need a > 59 or 60cm bike, rather than the 57's I ride right now, but I make it work. > Here she is - a mid 80's Centurion Accordo RS. I had it all Dura Ace'd out > with 7400's, but I just couldn't get into it. So I sold all the DA and got > a Craigslist set of wheels for SS/Fixed using White Industries Dos > freewheel and an 18t Surly fixed cog. > > Crankset is a Sugino XD-2 I bought off the list here with a 48t ring and a > bash guard. It certainly does the trick. > > My favorite part is the rear rack. Luckily the framset isn't high end > enough to be completely without mounts on the dropouts, but I did need > P-clamps for attaching the rack to the seatstays. The Nelson bag sits on it > nicely and I still have room for some smallish panniers if I needed a > little more luggage on there. > > The Technomic makes it upright and comfy. Couldn't really ask for more. > -- 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.
