Current Projects chat and miscellany

New bar/stem -

New cranks -

Finally got some proper snaps!

Can the derailleur handle that cassette size?

mini project. old dawes, new bars, stem, brakes, seat. bit of a cleanup. few more bits to do but already love it.

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/e4n0x9qrsa53frp/d1.jpg

Lovely klunker - I would remove the pizzaprotector on the rear, but that's all.

that's definitely on the list!

does anyone know what seat post it'll need? It's a spiral conic

26.8?

New bar/stem -

what bars are they...noodle?

Look like it, had the same one on my audax bike, real comfty.

Can the derailleur handle that cassette size?

Nope! One of many things learned on this build.

The bar isn't actually marked but it looks to me most like a 3TTT Grand Prix.

Nope! One of many things learned on this build.

It look pretty big, what the big sprocket size?

34 tooth.

B-)

Whoops!

^ That's bigger than CX cassettes!

On another note, does anyone know of any stems that come in 115mm, or that are supposed to be 110/120mm but actually measure closer to 115mm, in 7-10deg and under 175g?!

I have the Deda EL 115mm and it fits a charm, but is rather overweight, as is the Easton EA50, which is the only other 115mm stem I know of.

Tune?

Pro vibe carbon sprint Cavendish

under 175g?

Pro vibe carbon sprint Cavendish

Nope.

Tune?

They don't do any in 115mm, unless you know they come up short/long?

Pro vibe carbon sprint Cavendish

Think those were in 105mm 120mm and 135mm.

^ That's bigger than CX cassettes!

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's old school MTB since more modern Shimano two-pin freewheel pullers are slightly too wide. It said Shimano 600, so I was like "sure!" First road build down, and now I know at least a little more about gearing.

Pretty common as touring freewheels back in the day too, 14-34 as a 5 or 6 speed.

34! fucking hell.

A common gearing would be a 14-28t (5/6 speed).

Can the derailleur handle that cassette size?

Old non-slant parallelogram GS rear dérailleurs could, i.e. up to RD-6207-GS, although as always it was dependent on the hanger geometry.

much much potential.
post, saddle, levers, bar angle, outer cables, drivetrain, shifting away from porn.

Finally got some proper snaps!

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34! fucking hell.

A common gearing would be a 14-28t (5/6 speed).

Agreed, 14-28 was more common as it worked with a short cage RD.

I never saw wide adoption of either Shimano MegaRange or Suntour's even more mental AG (14-38 5-speed!) wide ratio freewheels.

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Touring bikes usually came with long cage derailleurs though.

Well, they tend to when they also come with triple chainrings. Depends which era you're talking about.