Thanks for all the replies, suggestions and offers of various bikes (too poor for the nonce to buy one). I like the old racing bike idea and, actually, before I bought the Herse, had thought of priddying up the '73 Motobecane that I in fact sold to Eric Norris of this list -- light, toute 531 leger and nice handling with long stays and nimble front. Which brings me full circle to the original thread: I rather regret now (20 years after the fact) selling my 1989, Sante equipped all 531C Falcon: shitty, Britain-in-industrial-decline paint job and wheels and tasteless Sante powdercoat, but a nice, long-stayed, short front-center frame that would have made a very decent gofast with some decent wheels and properly set up.
On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 2:25 PM, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Responding to Patricks original post. > > I filled that description with a 1984 Trek 770. It features standard > diameter 531 tubing, and takes 28s (Roly-Poly). I bought the complete bike > from the original owner for $600. I then parted out the Campagnolo Super > Record stuff through the regular channels. At the moment my running total > has me owning the frame/fork/headset/saddle/wheelset/handlebar for a total > outlay of $25. It takes 28s and doesn't even hint at racks or fenders, > because it has no brazeons. I'm supremely happy with it. It's got a 2x7 > compact double drivetrain on it now, and I will be using it on brevets this > year. I've even got it set up with a decaleur and have ridden it with a > sizeable handlebar bag, despite the guarantees that such a setup is > absolutely unrideable. > > As willing as you've demonstrated yourself to be in parting things out, I > think this route could be fruitful for you as well. There are good > geo-charts available for both Trek and Bridgestone online, so you could buy > off craigslist without having to ask a bunch of sizing minutia from your > seller. > > I keep a 1992 RB1 at a family vacation home in the midwest as well. No > need for compact double out in the cornfields. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/XgliYqumtO0J. > > 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 http://resumespecialties.com/index.html -- 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.
