... Yes. And we've streamlined the threading/shipping process so that you can get one in a couple of days. All we need is the length you want the steerer to be...
Does anyone have a source for the draw bolts needed to install the p/r fenders? It appears that the stays are too beefy to work with the commonly available SKS...
Hey all, I took a quick spin yesterday, it was nice to have temperatures at least a few degrees over freezing. Today should even better. Anyway, this is about...
... Wow. Your sister and Trace are the koolest. And that article is topically very kurrent for me. I got together with my three brothers and our mom last...
... Neil, perhaps the harddware that Velo Orange sells might work? http://www.velo-orange.com/veoreybo5mm.html The stays for the VO fenders are quite beefy. ...
... least a few degrees over ... anyway. Thought it might ... up in the paper. ... Thanks, Scott. I hadn't seen the paper, but I met both of them briefly at...
Hi all, My wife wants me to find, restore, convert an older Schwinn step-through or mixte into an internally geared 3 speed city bike. Really looking forward...
... Matt, does it have to be a Schwinn? I did a similar sort of conversion for my wife with an 80s Raleigh mixte frameset that's now a 6-speed powdercoated...
... Indeed - if it's one of those Japanese "World" models it'll take all standard stuff. And they're very nice bikes, too. -- Steve Palincsar palincss@......
Hey Matt, I completed a similar project a couple months ago. I switched the bike to 650B (using a Kogswell Konversion fork). Really fun project. The bicycle...
Hey, so something weird happened today. I hadn't pumped up my tires recently, so I pumped them up (from about 40 psi to 55 psi). When I came home, my front...
... recently, so I pumped ... tube had popped with a ... shredded and it looks like ... this happen before. I might ... enamored with the CdlVs, but I ... Did...
... Like Neal, my question would be, does it have to be an old schwinn? I can't think of a mixte-style frame built by Schwinn, though I'm hardly an expert. I...
Schwinn was the original request - based on nostalgia quite honestly. She'd surely go for another make. Thanks for all the advice. ... Like Neal, my...
Chiming in with my initial report on the application of a G2 Kogswell fork to my Surly Long Haul Trucker. Below is a link to my Flickr page with the photos and...
Matt, Here's a few other links to other bikes I looked at when doing my wife's bike. _http://www.cyclofiend.com/cc/2006/cc089-mitchharris0306.html_ ...
Hey Andre: That's a nice looking rack. What's it made of and where did you get the materials? Thanks. BTW, I wonder: if you have large enough tires on that...
... Low trail is supposedly *beneficial* for large/wide tires, irrespective of the frontal load-carrying capacity. It sounds to me like Andre experienced two...
... This reminds me that public thanks are in order for Alex's "Rack Building Basics" series on his blog. My schedule hasn't permitted me to tinker with rack...
... That measurment adheres, Axle-Canti pivot is 287mm on my fork The stock LHT fork measure about 282mm An 80's Centurion touring fork for 27" wheels measures...
... Thanks Dave, As Alex mentioned the rack is made out of 4130 tubing. It's interesting how much linear material goes into a rack. On the conservatively high...
I just tried two sets of canti's on my 700C 40mm trail fork. The Avid Shorty 4s were a no-go, while the DiaCompe 986s seem to work. That's interesting that...