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@HosiHosa
Hey There
Brief history of my Atala bike:
I got this bike from a friend for free. It was a low range 27inch racing bike and stripped it down, went through my kiddie HHSB fixie and SSP times and luckily came to my senses and decided a few years ago to build this frame up as a gentlemans porteur. Since then I’m living happily ever after, however I might wanna change a few things or need some advice:
1-MAKING IT ROAD LEGAL
Front and rear reflectors:
The rear reflector is no problem, since VeloOrange Grand Cru reflector will look nice on the Gilles Berthoud stainless steel fenders. The front reflector is a bit more callenging to integrate into the front brake cable hanger like the example below. I’m thinking about welding a metal part onto mine and chrome plating it to fit a nice round clear reflector, or maybe metal-printing it somewhere since I cant find cable hangers with addidtional atatchment for a front reflector with an adjustable front brake screw.
Reflective Pedals:
Searching for vintage Lyotard 136Rs or similar since modern reflector pedals are fugly.
Reflective wheels:
Adding Schwalbe Marathon 32-630 with reflective sides will solve this problem.
Bell:
This one bugs me a little bit because I dont like adding anything to the bars or stem that works worse than shouting at pedestrians who are jumping in front of you after my first bell-ring.
2-ADDING PERMANENT LIGHT
Dyno hub:
SON dyno-front hub
Rear light:
Lightskin Seatpost light ist he perfect solution for that if it can be powered by a dyno-hub. I have asked the seller if the seatpost that is intended for electric bikes has a small capacitator included so the light stays on at a traffic light. However no answer yet.
Front light:
Any ideas about a convenient and decent looking solution?
Lighskin handlebars are fugly and I like my Porteur bars. On some porteur racks I have seen a light mounted onto it, but then you have to fiddle the cable around the rack tubing which always looks odd.
Something like this would be interesting with internal wiring
3-HEADBADGE
Yes or No?
4-FRAME
Somewhere on the forums I have read about Porteur frames and about the stiffnes they provide with the rack. On this old „racing bike“ with, I guess low quality steel tubing, the fork and handlebar look in differend directions if I wiggle the handlebar around. Any advice on a vintage frame with eyelids that would be stiff enough or a modern frame set that would handle the load of a rack well?
Thanks for every input and advice