Family bikes - Pug + Townsend which is now a Gazelle Mixte!
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Re: 2 family bikes - Peugeot + Townsend - now Gazelle Mixte!
Tearful ..Christ Richard, its only an Ulster summer, bit like Noah , 40 days and nights of rain. that's tearful ...enough already.. i'm looking at boat plans if it doesn't shine up some bloody soon.. will
Tearful ..Christ Richard, its only an Ulster summer, bit like Noah , 40 days and nights of rain. that's tearful ...enough already.. i'm looking at boat plans if it doesn't shine up some bloody soon.. will
Re: Family bikes - Pug + Townsend which is now a Gazelle Mix
A bit of an addition to this tale -
As a few of you may know, i had some issues with the rear wheel and in trying to address these the rear mech's top pivot fell apart - i am currently planning to fix it and it may go back on the mixte however, last week I got busy with the rear wheel issues and after a tremendous amount of messing around with just about every part, I think i have it sorted.
I have a set of Sora mechs on the bike, I have removed a cog on the rear to give more access to the wheel and i have a spacer behind the block. I then shortened the axle by about 1mm on each end to allow the QR's to work effectively. And, my final change may be the seat post, i put the aero one on for looks but due to its' s shape it can only go down so far. My wife reackons the saddle is too high and to address this I have ordered another seat post. The original one was chrome and was showing signs of age.
If i get it sorted this week, final pics will be posted. I should add that my dear wife has fallen off it again, luckily only a slight score to one pedal was the only damage.
On my gravestone it will say 'he built a mixte for his wife - never again'.
Richard
A bit of an addition to this tale -
As a few of you may know, i had some issues with the rear wheel and in trying to address these the rear mech's top pivot fell apart - i am currently planning to fix it and it may go back on the mixte however, last week I got busy with the rear wheel issues and after a tremendous amount of messing around with just about every part, I think i have it sorted.
I have a set of Sora mechs on the bike, I have removed a cog on the rear to give more access to the wheel and i have a spacer behind the block. I then shortened the axle by about 1mm on each end to allow the QR's to work effectively. And, my final change may be the seat post, i put the aero one on for looks but due to its' s shape it can only go down so far. My wife reackons the saddle is too high and to address this I have ordered another seat post. The original one was chrome and was showing signs of age.
If i get it sorted this week, final pics will be posted. I should add that my dear wife has fallen off it again, luckily only a slight score to one pedal was the only damage.
On my gravestone it will say 'he built a mixte for his wife - never again'.
Richard
