Good grief!!
Thought it might be Scotland - got to visit - not been there for years......
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Thought it might be Scotland - got to visit - not been there for years......
I would certainly class that as a bargain without a doubt........how did it ride?It was £56.55 but the seller, who had it from new, gave me a 5p discount and a new tube for the front tyre. I'm not sure if that qualifies as a bargain price but I was more than happy to pay that for it.
As soon as I hit reply here I'm going out to stick some lights on it and take it for a run.
It wasn't as nice as I'd hoped, although giving it a service and adjusting the handlebars should make a big difference. It's now in pieces so everything will get a good clean and service as it goes back together. I need to find some indexed shifters to fit the braze-ons (currently it has band-on friction shifters) and some non-aero brake levers but everything else should be fine.
It will probably be for sale once it's tidied up as I've come to the conclusion that I can't bring myself to sell either of the other two.
thegravestoneman
three wheels on my wagon
- Location
- Castleford, Yorkshire
I've put pictures of it on before, but I thought I would put some more on anyway now I have been riding it. New block 24/13 onto the 42/54 chain rings and two new tubs as the old uns didn't last the distance the cables are still ok although they have stretched a bit and my brooks pro has come up a treat after a good dubbing of neatsfoot. Still can't get any replacement hoods for the mavic brake levers. I have re-tensioned all the spokes other than that It is all as I left it 25 years ago
uphillstruggler
Guru
- Location
- Half way there
thegravestoneman
three wheels on my wagon
- Location
- Castleford, Yorkshire
I like to have a warm seat when I go out
thegravestoneman
three wheels on my wagon
- Location
- Castleford, Yorkshire
A Vintage photo 1985? of a vintage bike, a very grainy old photo of me (up front with more hair than I ever remember) on my 1930s Freddy Grubb Short wheel base tandem. I am wearing a Bob Jackson knitted jersey with sewn on letters I purchased to go with my BJ trike. The tandem was sold to someone in Leeds in 1988/9 who may possibly have worked for Bob Jacksons. It was in Oxford blue with some lovely lug work and chrome fork ends. I still have them shoes though.
thegravestoneman
three wheels on my wagon
- Location
- Castleford, Yorkshire
Paulwho100
Active Member
Cycleops
Legendary Member
- Location
- Accra, Ghana
Couldn't you have got a mermaid in there somewhere?
clarion
Guru
- Location
- Exiled from Hyperborea
Well, in the 80s, there was the DaCon Converter, made by a chap called (IIRC) Dave Conley near Sheffield, which fitted sprockets to an SA hub:
http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/components/dacon.html
And I got a Fichtel & Sachs Orbit 2-speed hub, which could be fitted with a six speed freewheel. Of course, this has since grown into the current SRAM 3x9 by various developments. I enjoyed having two ranges of gears available, and being able to change down at lights.
DaCon converters still come up for sale from time to time, and I suspect the blocks have much better thought out ratios than the one I have used, but it proves it still can be done, and is a lot more fun that paying for a modern multispeed hub. Like you I enjoy being able to downshift when stopped.
Foghat
Freight-train-groove-rider
I'm selling this classic bike over in the Classifieds:
http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/rare-classic-bike-56cm-tvt-carbone-92-dura-ace-ultegra.126257/
http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/rare-classic-bike-56cm-tvt-carbone-92-dura-ace-ultegra.126257/
