Well, attached below is my most recently finished bike......
I picked up this Vintage Labadie Cyclocross frame. Has 126 rear spacing, so I'm guessing its a late 80's, early 90's frameset.
When the frame arrived, the headtube and bb had not been faced, and none of the threads had been chased.... Getting the bb threads cleaned turned out to be a bit of work, as only one shop in town had taps for the job. They did it for a nominal fee though. I faced everything myself.
I built the bike with a wheelset from an early 90's bike I had in the attic. I shod them with Continental Speed King tires.
Stem is a vintage 3T, headset is a vintage Tange. Handlebars are new Kore's and bar tape is new Bontrager (gotta be comfortable right?)
Stopping is from mid-90's Shimano Cantis.
Drivetrain is a mid-90's Shimano 6400 crankset (175mm) with a single 39 tooth straight cut chainring. I was able to file the chainring bolts very slightly and have them work fine. Ti Onza pedals help the interface.
A modern cheapo singlespeed kit finished it out and gets it down the road.
It rides very nicely and I look forward to taking it out for a practice ride tomorrow!
I picked up this Vintage Labadie Cyclocross frame. Has 126 rear spacing, so I'm guessing its a late 80's, early 90's frameset.
When the frame arrived, the headtube and bb had not been faced, and none of the threads had been chased.... Getting the bb threads cleaned turned out to be a bit of work, as only one shop in town had taps for the job. They did it for a nominal fee though. I faced everything myself.
I built the bike with a wheelset from an early 90's bike I had in the attic. I shod them with Continental Speed King tires.
Stem is a vintage 3T, headset is a vintage Tange. Handlebars are new Kore's and bar tape is new Bontrager (gotta be comfortable right?)
Stopping is from mid-90's Shimano Cantis.
Drivetrain is a mid-90's Shimano 6400 crankset (175mm) with a single 39 tooth straight cut chainring. I was able to file the chainring bolts very slightly and have them work fine. Ti Onza pedals help the interface.
A modern cheapo singlespeed kit finished it out and gets it down the road.
It rides very nicely and I look forward to taking it out for a practice ride tomorrow!
