n+1, this time a steel one.
- Thread starter M_Chavez
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[Almost] 1k miles check-in.
Loving the bike. Handles well enough with the panniers - just about enough heel clearance with large bags and no issues with steering or stopping power when loaded. Handling without the panniers is great. A very comfortable, smooth ride. The extra low bottom bracket is very comfortable, albeit I've struck the pedals on the road a few times before I got used to it.
The seat tube cf sleeve is still there and looking like it's going to last for many miles to come.
Professional powdercoat stood up to a few knocks and the tough life of a commuter bike locked to steel bike racks.
Generally, I am sold on the idea of retromodding an old frameset with modern components. You get the best of all worlds imho.
Only a few tweaks that I needed to make. One was to install proper stepped ferrules into the retro cable stops. The other was a bit more exciting.
After riding in very heavy rain on a Tuesday one week, I've parked the bike in the shed and took it out the following Saturday to swap the bottom bracket spacer (originally used a plastic one that I had lying around, but then replaced with a spare alloy spacer used for spacing out the shimmy freehub. Discovered about half a shotglass of water still splashing inside the tubes, mainly in the chainstays. I've cavity-waxed the frameset, so hopefully, not too much rust damage caused by this water intake, but I was shocked to still see so much water after the bike's been standing in the shed for 4 days.
Turned the frame upside down and drilled a hole in the bottom bracket shell, so hopefully most of the water will be dripping out of the tubing now.
I think the bike can really do with a stainless spokes & polished alloy deep section rims wheelset, but for the foreseeable future I'll be running the cheapo miche wheels on it due to budget constraints.
Loving the bike. Handles well enough with the panniers - just about enough heel clearance with large bags and no issues with steering or stopping power when loaded. Handling without the panniers is great. A very comfortable, smooth ride. The extra low bottom bracket is very comfortable, albeit I've struck the pedals on the road a few times before I got used to it.
The seat tube cf sleeve is still there and looking like it's going to last for many miles to come.
Professional powdercoat stood up to a few knocks and the tough life of a commuter bike locked to steel bike racks.
Generally, I am sold on the idea of retromodding an old frameset with modern components. You get the best of all worlds imho.
Only a few tweaks that I needed to make. One was to install proper stepped ferrules into the retro cable stops. The other was a bit more exciting.
After riding in very heavy rain on a Tuesday one week, I've parked the bike in the shed and took it out the following Saturday to swap the bottom bracket spacer (originally used a plastic one that I had lying around, but then replaced with a spare alloy spacer used for spacing out the shimmy freehub. Discovered about half a shotglass of water still splashing inside the tubes, mainly in the chainstays. I've cavity-waxed the frameset, so hopefully, not too much rust damage caused by this water intake, but I was shocked to still see so much water after the bike's been standing in the shed for 4 days.
Turned the frame upside down and drilled a hole in the bottom bracket shell, so hopefully most of the water will be dripping out of the tubing now.
I think the bike can really do with a stainless spokes & polished alloy deep section rims wheelset, but for the foreseeable future I'll be running the cheapo miche wheels on it due to budget constraints.
