I'd like to see photos of the Tempo. I had one, also from the 80s, and the frameset was heavy and had clearance only for skinny tires (I made a 700C X26 fit under the rear brake bridge by adjusting the last with a hammer), but it handled nicely. This was my first fixed gear bike, circa 1996.
On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 12:43 PM, Bill Lindsay <[email protected]> wrote: > > Now my daily commuter will be my 1985 Schwinn Tempo, which has the utter > extravagance of a 2x6 drivetrain (6!). It's a LOT lighter weight, which > makes BART steps a lot more effortless. The Tempo has 650x38B tires vs > 700x28c on the Windsor, so that also is a luxury. After I finish my 200 > miles on the Tempo I'm planning to take it to Ed Litton for cantilever > brake posts and cable housing stops, which will finish up the last details > of making it fully Rinko capable. I might get it powder coated pink, and > will definitely use a set of Resurrectio stickers when I do. > > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
