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 700x27 Roly Poly will 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, Roly Poly tires 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.
