Breezer 1 tribute build

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Araya rims

 

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Test beat shake down by racing it in a 50 k gravel race. Some issues were discovered, but we finished. I fixed the problems.

 

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paint

 

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Finish up, 6 months to finish. Built in the winter and spring, in short bursts, to keep from freezing. Early winter was warm so I did the frame welding then.

 

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I made a faux Brooks B-72 saddle for the Breezer 1 tribute. Real ones are expensive and worn out. I used a worn out real one and the top of a Chinese knock off.
Here is the worn out B-72 guts donor.

Cheap Chinese leather seat.

Brooks guts too long. I cut and shortened the Brooks springs. Welded the springs back shorter.

 

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I made my own seat sandwich so a modern seat post would work on the Brooks double springs. Real ones machined out of aluminum are too expensive so I welded up one made from steel kick stand braces and welded in channels for the spring rails. Cheap is good but I had a lot of time during the lock down. A faux Breezer 1 needs a faux Brooks seat with a faux seat sandwich.

 

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Hell of a project! I love that your shakedown ride was a 50k race

Still my eyes couldn't stay off those Triumphs. At one point I had a 67 TR6R and then later a 64 T100SC...always wanted a pre unit though. Those need a thread of their own somewhere.

 

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Hell of a project! I love that your shakedown ride was a 50k race

Still my eyes couldn't stay off those Triumphs. At one point I had a 67 TR6R and then later a 64 T100SC...always wanted a pre unit though. Those need a thread of their own somewhere.