Kestrel Build Begins

[rbreid]

Flintcatchers

Test ride tomorrow

 

[biggs682]

love that stem and the rest of the bike

 

[welsh dragon]

Flintcatchers
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Test ride tomorrow

I am green with envy. Great job.... You are very lucky

 

[rbreid]

I am green with envy. Great job.... You are very lucky

NO! You are green because.....you be a DRAGON

 

[welsh dragon]

NO! You are green because.....you be a DRAGON

I WILL GET MY OWN BACK......... @rbreid

 

[rbreid]

Road test completed. Handles well. Stable and surefooted. Compliant in the vertical plane/rock solid in the horizontal so a comfortable responsive ride.

No more builds now till January when the old Holdsworth Hurricane will get a new lease of life.

 

[welsh dragon]

Road test completed. Handles well. Stable and surefooted. Compliant in the vertical plane/rock solid in the horizontal so a comfortable responsive ride.
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No more builds now till January when the old Holdsworth Hurricane will get a new lease of life.

Beautiful

 

[biggs682]

glad to hear test went ok , and cant wait to see Holdsworth pics

 

[Owd Fella]

Nice build but are you sure that stem isn't way above the safe limit? It looks very high and stems of that era tended to be short.

 

[rbreid]

There's just over 2 1/4inch of contact area. That stem is 7 1/4inch in length. Most often that style comes as 6 1/2 inch but there are exceptions. Tend to snap them up when I see them as age has demanded a slight change to riding position. Milremo and GB stems are the easiest to find in the longer length, never seen a Pivo or AVA over 61/2 inch (yet). Got the longer versions of Milremo/GB on 3 of my bikes to date. Still seeking out others though to do the rest

 

[Owd Fella]

There's just over 2 1/4inch of contact area. That stem is 7 1/4inch in length. Most often that style comes as 6 1/2 inch but there are exceptions. Tend to snap them up when I see them as age has demanded a slight change to riding position. Milremo and GB stems are the easiest to find in the longer length, never seen a Pivo or AVA over 61/2 inch (yet). Got the longer versions of Milremo/GB on 3 of my bikes to date. Still seeking out others though to do the rest

Should be OK then. I was a bit worried for your safety

 

[SSmatty]

This is mine.
Other end of the build journey from yours.
Similar thoughts though, can't really do a full resto, so will be retro-ish.
Got some reasonably appropriate bars and stem and an original saddle
( not in the pic)