Unique Jack Taylor!! I got questions Help!
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Absolutely incredible. I imagine it was custom built for a large fellow.
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I built a frame long ago with cantilever brakes on the front side of the rear seat stays so I could put my Panniers mounted more forward ..
Got the shorter arm Criterium Mafac cantilevers , so I did not kick them with my heels ..
Got the shorter arm Criterium Mafac cantilevers , so I did not kick them with my heels ..
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This one is craving full range gearing and ready for wall climbing. TA Cyclotourist, Suntour Cyclone.
Those wheels are super tough. Built a similar setup on the tandem but bummed these days in finding choice 27 inch tan sidewall's. I refuse changing them to 700c.
Those wheels are super tough. Built a similar setup on the tandem but bummed these days in finding choice 27 inch tan sidewall's. I refuse changing them to 700c.
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I hear ya on the TA cranks. Id run over a person before i take off the duopar derailleur. Probably the best shifting wide range derailleur ever in my humble opinion. The only skins I have found are Panaracers. If I have to I will put those on.
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Touring The Esge 2 legged KS is Great !
Ti Duopar was kind of Noodly . (steel just slightly less so.. .. friction shifting is the way to go.. .. on those ..
Ti Duopar was kind of Noodly . (steel just slightly less so.. .. friction shifting is the way to go.. .. on those ..
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OMG I’ve never seen one of those before but now I have to have one just like it.
that is a really cool well thought out touring rig. Extra stopping power, or as someone pointed out one of rear brakes my engage before the other as a sort of drag brake, although that is usually done with a drum or disc. The shifters look like a Velo Mini and kinda make sense, you don’t have to use cheap clampon stem shifters but don’t have to reach down for DT or barend shifters.
Is that thing on the DT a flickstand mount of some type?
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Definitely a custom, you can find a Jack Taylor brochure on line and see that for yourself. The 531 decals sometimes indicate the model - in this case, probably Tourist grade. I'm guessing -- as several here have also said -- this was either spec'd for heavy loaded touring or for a very heavy rider. BTW - fillet brazing is not at all uncommon with Jack Taylors, indeed they're well known for it.
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OMG I’ve never seen one of those before but now I have to have one just like it.
that is a really cool well thought out touring rig. Extra stopping power, or as someone pointed out one of rear brakes my engage before the other as a sort of drag brake, although that is usually done with a drum or disc. The shifters look like a Velo Mini and kinda make sense, you don’t have to use cheap clampon stem shifters but don’t have to reach down for DT or barend shifters.
Is that thing on the DT a flickstand mount of some type?
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That dual canti rear is crazy!!!
Stronglight 99BIS crankset.
Swift Tire Sand Canyon 27 x 1 3/8" tires.
I'm not a fan of the Duopar... but I get that people like them.
If you're going to keep the Duopar- do the Simplex Super LJ front derailleur.
(I apparently don't have any good pix of my Stronglight crankset)
Paslea PT vs. Sand Canyon by Dave The Golden Boy, on Flickr
SimplexSuperLJ by Dave The Golden Boy, on Flickr
Swift Tire Sand Canyon 27 x 1 3/8" tires.
I'm not a fan of the Duopar... but I get that people like them.
If you're going to keep the Duopar- do the Simplex Super LJ front derailleur.
(I apparently don't have any good pix of my Stronglight crankset)
Paslea PT vs. Sand Canyon by Dave The Golden Boy, on Flickr
SimplexSuperLJ by Dave The Golden Boy, on Flickr
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I haven't read all the posts to this thread so someone may have already mentioned this, but several English tandem makers (Bob Jackson and maybe Taylor come to mind) occasionally put dual cantilevers on the rear of their long bikes to help slow the down.