Pretty bike, and I note with satisfaction that you've got the ends of the hooks parallel to terra firma as God commanded us. (I recently said unto myself, "tilt them down just *wee* bit," and so I did and immediately felt the pain in the heel of my left palm; back to horizontality and righteousness it was.)
42/21 used to be a pretty standard racing bike low back in the days of 5.6.7 speeds; my 89 Falcon had a 13-21 7 sp Uniglide freewheel. Patrick "now my low is 70" -- and so's my high" Moore On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 11:56 AM, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW, Ph.D., MBA, and much, much more! patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com A billion stars go spinning through the night Blazing high above your head; But in you is the Presence that will be When all the stars are dead. (Rilke, Buddha in Glory) -- 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.
