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Re 700s ...
I’m planning building up a set of double fixed Airlites (if I can get the rear hub fixed) with a pair of 40/32 700 MA2s I have - ‘they’ll look just like sprints’
I was planning to do the same with Module E2 😂 For me the seed was planted reading one of Robert Broderick's bike write-ups (if you don't know the site velo-pages you really should, lots of catalogues although later more 70s give or take than 50s, his build write-ups are insanely detailed). Anyway at the time of reading this as a younger, more naive vintage bike fancier I thought "come on Robert, get a grip" but like I said, I'm increasingly onboard. He picked MA2s as well ...
https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=40238
veloham-
"come on Robert, get a grip"
Well yes.
😂
That is definitely ‘in some detail’.I always liked the MA2, my daily fixed wheelset is Mavic pista/MA2 😊
I bought a pair of NOS 40h a while ago, one is now built onto a Sturmey AM (a medium/ close ratio 3s hub) the other is waiting with my last remaining 32h to do something Airlite maybe- I bought a stack of 32h NOS about 15 years ago from a Belgian hoarder for a tenner each!!!
He had loads, I should have bought them all.I’ve not seen one in person but the H+Son TB 14 looks a good match (is it un-machined?) or the Pacenti Brevete is maybe better but wider I think.
absurdbird
I’m planning building up a set of double fixed Airlites (if I can get the rear hub fixed) with a pair of 40/32 700 MA2s I have - ‘they’ll look just like sprints’
Ahem.