Tobias Rodriguez
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Hello,
I’m a new member and this is my first post/thread. I purchased a bike on eBay listed as a 60’s Rory O’Brien DB Special Tourer. You might have seen it yourselves. I’m yet to collect the bike and see what’s what. The seller couldn’t tell me which dropouts the frame has and from my limited research the lugs look more like Claud Butler rather than O’Brien. I know it’s not a fancy lugged model but I like the look of the bike as a starting point. I guess I’ll get schooled by you guys regarding my purchase. This is supposed to be a way of me easing myself back onto a road bike in the Spring.
The plan over time is to replace the safety levers and rear derailleur. I’ll probably add a front derailleur at some point.I’m not too keen on the brakes either so they might get swapped out too. The dynamo light set might be removed.
I have a Shimano 660 Arabesque crankset and was thinking of running the rest of the group set on the bike. Opinions on the proposed changes or other ideas of the direction I could be going in will be gladly received. Im trying to do everything on a budget.
Here’s the listing pics.
Thanks for reading
I’m a new member and this is my first post/thread. I purchased a bike on eBay listed as a 60’s Rory O’Brien DB Special Tourer. You might have seen it yourselves. I’m yet to collect the bike and see what’s what. The seller couldn’t tell me which dropouts the frame has and from my limited research the lugs look more like Claud Butler rather than O’Brien. I know it’s not a fancy lugged model but I like the look of the bike as a starting point. I guess I’ll get schooled by you guys regarding my purchase. This is supposed to be a way of me easing myself back onto a road bike in the Spring.
The plan over time is to replace the safety levers and rear derailleur. I’ll probably add a front derailleur at some point.I’m not too keen on the brakes either so they might get swapped out too. The dynamo light set might be removed.
I have a Shimano 660 Arabesque crankset and was thinking of running the rest of the group set on the bike. Opinions on the proposed changes or other ideas of the direction I could be going in will be gladly received. Im trying to do everything on a budget.
Here’s the listing pics.
Thanks for reading