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04-12-07, 01:23 AM
#51
blacksheep the blemish
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04-12-07, 02:40 AM
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Originally Posted by nobrainer440
AWSOME JUST AWSOME I have a old varsity frame in my Garage..... I think I know what it is going to become!
04-12-07, 05:42 AM
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The Legitimiser
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Ok. Not finished, and not SS either (but Mattface started it). You KNOW you'll all want this bike when it's done.
04-12-07, 07:19 AM
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JuNKie! bike junkie!
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Originally Posted by jotog
sniks, Is your 610 a cross frame?
no! touring I would imagine. I was a bike my ex-girl friends dad was throwing away.
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04-12-07, 08:07 AM
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Sammyboy I totally want that bike! I see where you're going, and that's exactly what I want to build next.
04-12-07, 08:57 AM
#56
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I want it to be, like, the blingiest, lightest upright 3 speed ever. The frame is from a very early Dawes Galaxy, all 531, with all the lovely chromey bits (love the fork crown). The Stronglight cottered double crankset is coming off, and should sell for what I payed for the whole lot. I bought an 80's 3 speed, which donated the cockpit and wheels, and since it has a generator hub, it donated the front light too. I had lightweight plastic fenders with chrome strips, and a suitably old Brooks in my boxes of stuff, and I was away! It'll get an alloy crankset, a bullet rear light, the chainguard of the other bike (which only cost me a fiver), and then I'll cable it up and be good to go!
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04-12-07, 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Sammyboy
I want it to be, like, the blingiest, lightest upright 3 speed ever. The frame is from a very early Dawes Galaxy, all 531, with all the lovely chromey bits (love the fork crown). The Stronglight cottered double crankset is coming off, and should sell for what I payed for the whole lot. I bought an 80's 3 speed, which donated the cockpit and wheels, and since it has a generator hub, it donated the front light too. I had lightweight plastic fenders with chrome strips, and a suitably old Brooks in my boxes of stuff, and I was away! It'll get an alloy crankset, a bullet rear light, the chainguard of the other bike (which only cost me a fiver), and then I'll cable it up and be good to go!
04-12-07, 11:20 PM
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señor member
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^That Guerciotti it nice, but looks too "fast" to be a townie. That there is a youngster bike.
As for the peugeot, you are almost there. Just get some Jitensa bars, or a set of flipped north and you'll rock that "townie style".
As for the peugeot, you are almost there. Just get some Jitensa bars, or a set of flipped north and you'll rock that "townie style".
04-12-07, 11:37 PM
#66
or tarckeemoon, depending
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I can almost ride this bike in my sleep.
04-12-07, 11:39 PM
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Looks pretty much the same but its rocking some Eggbeater MXR's with black spindles now. Its not really my townie--I ride it everywhere--but I like to show off the Ocean Ghost every chance I can (including at parties with sorority girls when I show up sweaty in tattered rags)
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04-13-07, 12:33 AM
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Ride simple.
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garagegirl, Damnit! Sorry for your lost bike. That sucks big. Hoping you've got a spare. Good wishes to you.
04-13-07, 01:01 AM
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Originally Posted by King of Kadence
My Schwinn Speedster, 3 speed coaster riding on moby bites with a big shifter.
Where'd you get that shifter? I need one...
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04-13-07, 02:27 AM
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I would totally ride that Schwinn. That's a kind of bike we just don't have in the UK. I know we were the winners, having 10 speeds when you guys could only get those, but hey, I'd like both......
And Mattface - I love my Pletscher rack. It's period appropriate!
And Mattface - I love my Pletscher rack. It's period appropriate!
04-13-07, 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by marqueemoon
I can almost ride this bike in my sleep.
what kind of frame is it?
04-13-07, 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by kemmer
Where'd you get that shifter? I need one...