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old-man-paced rides
I am frequently overtaken by old men, I prefer the term 'party pace', please.
I've grown to love (accept) cantis tbh! Never been a conscious choice, they've just been on the only three bikes I've worked on so I don't know any different. But they stop me and I don't need to touch them once they're set up. The third hand tool has probably saved me many hours of tears tho.
But that Trek looks so good... Not as good as Raleigh, obv, but very good.
Thanks ☺️. They've both been ridden more than tinkered with in recent months, hence the lack of updates. Raleigh is due some larger tyres and guards soon, and I've been contemplating upgrading the chainset on the Trek to the spa cycles triple (or similar). Chainrings are getting pretty sharktoothy.
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Every time I find a nice thread like this I would think to myself: How great would it be to find an old steel canti bike and use it for old-man-paced rides around the parks and woods and to the stores. And then I remember that I tried that four times already, from Pompino and old Cannondales to Specialized and even carbon Belgian CX frames – and every time I swear to myself to never-ever-ever buy anything with cantis again.
But that Trek looks so good... Not as good as Raleigh, obv, but very good.