Show Off Your Townies
05-12-07, 05:06 PM
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This has become my around town bike. When not carrying anything.
Now i can take forest short cuts. Shaved like 5min on my morning commute.
Now i can take forest short cuts. Shaved like 5min on my morning commute.
05-12-07, 06:20 PM
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1977(??) Raleigh Super Course MKII out of the garbage.
Ross crap chrome fork
Left side drive
42X16
Super narrow bars
32mm cross tires
Platforms
Fenders with mud flap
It does everything.
Ross crap chrome fork
Left side drive
42X16
Super narrow bars
32mm cross tires
Platforms
Fenders with mud flap
It does everything.
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05-31-07, 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Moto-Velo
This is eventually going to get a big Carradice bag on the back.
05-31-07, 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by 3Lph
Wow, this is hot. Folks need to post more like this. So I can drool and lament over how I cant afford one
05-31-07, 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by shapelike
Stop, just stop. You can't just go and post one shaded photo of a bike like that. Be a decent person and post some more photos, would ya?
05-31-07, 11:36 PM
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As promised, updated photos.
06-01-07, 12:36 AM
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^ that nitto rack is sweet. Is that the rivendell one that can either go on the front or back?
06-01-07, 02:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Moto-Velo
As promised, updated photos.
Nice bike, beautiful.
Chav-tastic tt pad though. You might find that thing up on bricks in certain areas of South London (Sarf Lannndan).
06-01-07, 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by seaneee
^ that nitto rack is sweet. Is that the rivendell one that can either go on the front or back?
06-01-07, 09:18 AM
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So I've posted elsewhere, but this is really the most relevant thread for this bike. It was also a source of inspiration for the build, so thanks all. Next I'll post pics of my bike carrying a bike setup, like the one in earlier pages here. Cheers
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06-10-07, 03:49 PM
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Here's my townie, built around an old raleigh frame someone left at my house, and various scavenged parts. I went freewheel w/brakes so I could have platforms, and therefore wear flip-flops on this bike. The only thing it still needs is a basket/flatbed rack in the front.
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06-10-07, 04:14 PM
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I'm loving these bikes. I have had an old Raleigh Medale sitting in my shed for about a year. Does anyone know anything about this model. It looks like a road bike to me, but I get the feeling it's a light tourer - all my randoneur aspirations are getting re-affirmed.
I want to convert it to a townie with moustache bars and a baggins bag on the back.
All these bikes are making me salivate.
Inspiring.
I want to convert it to a townie with moustache bars and a baggins bag on the back.
All these bikes are making me salivate.
Inspiring.
06-10-07, 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by WakeUpOnFire
Here's my townie, built around an old raleigh frame someone left at my house, and various scavenged parts. I went freewheel w/brakes so I could have platforms, and therefore wear flip-flops on this bike. The only thing it still needs is a basket/flatbed rack in the front.
SWEEEEEEET bike. If you saved money by building up an inherited frame and scavenged parts, spring for a fancy flatbed rack. That's one thing I'd love to have on my bike. But, the $ ran out and $18 for a Wald basket is pretty nice.
06-10-07, 07:50 PM
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Soo...not so classy as preceeding ones, but I love it.
I put Time Alium's on it soon after the photo, and now keep it almost exclusively SS. Perhaps I'll run it fixed when I encounter the Montreal winter this year.
I put Time Alium's on it soon after the photo, and now keep it almost exclusively SS. Perhaps I'll run it fixed when I encounter the Montreal winter this year.
06-13-07, 07:00 PM
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Originally Posted by WakeUpOnFire
Here's my townie, built around an old raleigh frame someone left at my house, and various scavenged parts. I went freewheel w/brakes so I could have platforms, and therefore wear flip-flops on this bike. The only thing it still needs is a basket/flatbed rack in the front.
06-13-07, 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by kjohnnytarr
Coaster brake + cup holder = hands free coffee madness
06-13-07, 08:45 PM
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Nice bikes, never saw this thread. Here's my townie in the making, my XO-3. No fenders or rack yet, but they're coming. I still need a taller stem. Not sure if a technomic will help just yet.
I may also flip the moustache and run it without the dummie levers. All the reasons for the change involve the bars being too low, so a stem swap will come first.,,,,BD
I may also flip the moustache and run it without the dummie levers. All the reasons for the change involve the bars being too low, so a stem swap will come first.,,,,BD
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06-13-07, 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Cerrig
Left at your house?!?!!? That ride has mucho schwing. Dude, where do you live so I can haunt your garbage?
06-13-07, 10:00 PM
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06-14-07, 11:16 AM
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What fenders are most of you using. Is it easy to find metal ones that fit a road bike?
06-14-07, 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Modest Proposal
What fenders are most of you using. Is it easy to find metal ones that fit a road bike?
06-15-07, 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Modest Proposal
What fenders are most of you using. Is it easy to find metal ones that fit a road bike?
