A few pictures of my stripped down Trek 520. Since posting these pictures I have put the racks back on and replaced the handlebar stem.
http://www.cyclofiend.com/cc/2006/cc...joyce1206.html |
'74 Herse. Not mine. Not by a longshot.
http://www.vintagebicyclepress.com/images/herse1974.jpg This Mariposa, however, is. krap photo, great bike. http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2...g/fullside.jpg http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2...6_01080012.jpg Rideable, but it's still a major project. Needs a repaint in the worst way. Fenders, too. The front is inly a single, because I haven't been able to find a cheap BB with a long enough spindle for the Gipiemme cranks. Phil Wood, one of these years. One of the coolest features of this bike is the intended generator / light setup. The second photo shows a braze-on for a QR switch for the generator. The generator is supposed to thread into the chainstay bridge. A cable would run up from the generator to the QR. The frame is also drilled to allow internal wiring, and there's a there's mount on the left fork leg. Tres Francais. |
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...t5Gs/frame.jpg
This one is in Brown Santa's bag of gifts. Don't know what happened to the original fork, but eventually I'd like Mark Nobilette to make me one with lowrider mounts. When not in racing mode, it'd be nice to have fenders, lowriders, a handlebar bag, and a saddlebag. Any day now... |
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This is my credit card touring bike. 1985 Trek 520. They called it a sports touring bike and unfortunately the chain stays were pretty short for a couple of years. It has the rack, bag, fenders, and bar-end shifters so I hope it qualifies.
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Originally Posted by moki
'74 Herse. Not mine. Not by a longshot.
http://www.vintagebicyclepress.com/images/herse1974.jpg This Mariposa, however, is. krap photo, great bike. http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2...g/fullside.jpg http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2...6_01080012.jpg Rideable, but it's still a major project. Needs a repaint in the worst way. Fenders, too. The front is inly a single, because I haven't been able to find a cheap BB with a long enough spindle for the Gipiemme cranks. Phil Wood, one of these years. One of the coolest features of this bike is the intended generator / light setup. The second photo shows a braze-on for a QR switch for the generator. The generator is supposed to thread into the chainstay bridge. A cable would run up from the generator to the QR. The frame is also drilled to allow internal wiring, and there's a there's mount on the left fork leg. Tres Francais. |
I'm very jealous. I've been wanting a nice old touring bike for ages, but they're practically nonexistent around here. My Nishiki would work for shorter trips, but it's not a full-fledged tourer.
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I don't have a touring bike yet. I want one, but they don't come along often in my size. Here was one that was close, but the top tube was just too short. It is now in the hands of a new owner.
1990 Schwinn Voyageur http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1385/...29762a1c71.jpg |
Originally Posted by cyclotoine
lets have a close up of that RD, I'm thinking of swaping the long cage on my deore RD with the Deore DX I just refurbished, it's like dura ace for touring bikes.
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This thread is making me jealous too, I really would love to upgrade my frame. Mariner fan's miyata 1000 looks to be my size and so is that Herse!!! Jealousy Overwhelming!! Must get out of this thread...
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Originally Posted by cyclotoine
This thread is making me jealous too, I really would love to upgrade my frame. Mariner fan's miyata 1000 looks to be my size and so is that Herse!!! Jealousy Overwhelming!! Must get out of this thread...
Wandering into Mariposa was like going to a strip club in Mtl when I was 18. Except the no touching rule is a little more relaxed at the bike shop. For those if you in T.O., Cherry Bomb cafe on Roncesvalles has a rotating display of Mariposas on the wall. |
Thanks for the photos of some great bikes in this thread! I can argue that a circa 1960 road racing bike* with a widened gear range makes a great unloaded "credit-card" tourer. :) The double-butted Reynolds 531 Capo Model Campagnolos of that era get way too whippy with a loaded rear rack (been there ... done that), but their straight-gauge cousins are noticeably stiffer.
____ * Long fork rake, long stays, 72-degree parallel geometry, ample mudguard and tire clearance |
Originally Posted by cyclotoine
lets have a close up of that RD, I'm thinking of swaping the long cage on my deore RD with the Deore DX I just refurbished, it's like dura ace for touring bikes.
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Originally Posted by cyclotoine
You must be tall. what size is that? 64cm c-c?
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saddlebag
Originally Posted by ronzorini
I designed it and my wife sewed it. :D Brooks saddles paired with canvas saddlebags are a fetish of mine. :D
For day tours, I wanted something bigger than a modern wedgie bag but smaller than a full-size Carradice saddlebag...something along the lines of a Baggins Banana/Orange-Velo/Berthoud underseat saddlebag. I thought there was room for improvement, so I added lots of zippered security pockets, a spindrift expandable collar and some D-rings on top to lash extra gear. |
Originally Posted by tarwheel
I've seen some of your bags for sale on eBay. I like this one better than your replicas of Carradice bags. Do you plan to sell any on eBay?
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A light tourer with Campy rally rear gear circa 1973 series 1 and a nuovo record gruppo. The bars ar Cinelli randonneur.
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Originally Posted by Scooper
I took it the OP meant a bike that has a frame with touring geometry (relaxed head tube and seat tube angles, relatively long chainstays/wheelbase, and dropout eyelets for mounting fenders) that could be fitted with panniers. I guess it would also help if the builder had advertised it as a tourer. :D
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Originally Posted by cyclotoine
lets have a close up of that RD, I'm thinking of swaping the long cage on my deore RD with the Deore DX I just refurbished, it's like dura ace for touring bikes.
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My 3:
1972 P-15 [IMG]http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...ikePics107.jpg[/IMG] 1981 Trek 710 [IMG]http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...ePics108-1.jpg[/IMG] 1973 Schwinn World Voyageur (Pulling a Trail-a-bike) [IMG]http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...tures198-1.jpg[/IMG] |
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Early '70s Gitane Tour de France, or so I was told (not sure!).
Reynolds 531db frame w/Simplex dropouts. Unicrown fork from Peugeot hybrid. Brazed on cable stops made from machined stainless steel and brazed on rear canti studs. Paint is DuPont Centera, Chevy Truck White. |
1969 Magneet Sprint, modified with SunTour drivetrain for most positive shifting and wider gear range. Originally the bike was set up with 27x1 high pressure tyres but I changed them over to a set of 27x1-38 gumwalls with a fairly agressive (cyclocross?) tread for both softer ride and the realization that I've got an awful lot of dirt/gravel roads under country route numbers in my area.
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...eetSprint3.jpg http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...tSprint2-1.jpg |
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It's not vintage, but it kinda looks like it is. It's actually brand new, but I've had many people ask how old it is. :) Mercian Vincitore Special, with a mix of Record, Chorus and Centaur components.
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http://home.usit.net/~hagerman/siteb...res/loaded.JPG This is a bike I first built in 1979, copying what little I knew at the time about the French touring bikes like Herse and Singer. I recently reverted it to 650B wheels. It originally built with 650a/26x1 3/8 tires, but I converted to 700c for cyclocross. When I changed (back) to 650B wheels, I also went to 9 speeds for some really low gears without losing anything in the middle (thanks to a Harris custom cassette). Over its life, it has toured, commuted, raced 'cross, and and ridden centuries. Since the conversion was completed in may, we have done a century and a 3-day camping trip with a significant amount of unpaved road. |
[quote=Sluggo
Over its life, it has toured, commuted, raced 'cross, and and ridden centuries. Since the conversion was completed in may, we have done a century and a 3-day camping trip with a significant amount of unpaved road.[/QUOTE] Well what did it start off in life as?? :) |
Originally Posted by alicestrong
Well what did it start off in life as?? :)
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This was a late-80s cheap Finnish tourer originally. I repainted it and replaced many parts with more modern ones because the originals were either missing, rusted or badly worn, but I guess it's still C&V-worthy.
Too bad I injured myself just after I finished building it, so it's in storage until autumn at least... http://www.vast-arp.spb.ru/mozgj/velo/nopsa2f.jpg |
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My Jack Taylor SuperTourist
http://bikesmithdesign.com/MyBikes/T...mages/jt1b.jpg Some detail shots. http://bikesmithdesign.com/MyBikes/T...mages/jt2b.jpg http://bikesmithdesign.com/MyBikes/T...mages/jt3b.jpg http://bikesmithdesign.com/MyBikes/T...images/jt4.jpg http://bikesmithdesign.com/MyBikes/T...images/jt5.jpg http://bikesmithdesign.com/MyBikes/T...images/jt6.jpg |
Originally Posted by Sluggo
This is a bike I first built in 1979, copying what little I knew at the time about the French touring bikes like Herse and Singer.
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Originally Posted by MnHPVA Guy
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My Jack Taylor SuperTourist
http://bikesmithdesign.com/MyBikes/T...mages/jt1b.jpg Some detail shots. http://bikesmithdesign.com/MyBikes/T...mages/jt2b.jpg http://bikesmithdesign.com/MyBikes/T...mages/jt3b.jpg http://bikesmithdesign.com/MyBikes/T...images/jt4.jpg http://bikesmithdesign.com/MyBikes/Taylor/images/jt5.jpg http://bikesmithdesign.com/MyBikes/T...images/jt6.jpg |
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