William, That is great!
-----Original Message----- >From: William <tapebu...@gmail.com> >Sent: Apr 23, 2011 10:56 AM >To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> >Subject: [RBW] Re: Project bike will take Roly Poly tires. > >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. > -- 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.
