Converting Classic Road Bikes

pj (pj) (none of this 'a **kitten gets its face ripped off everytime you file off a braze-on' schtick **please).
[quote]dogsballs [quote]pj (pj) yeah sure, but what about if you leave the frame as it is, and just quick convert.

then a puppy dies!!!!! NO!!!!!!![/quote]

Surly it's a matter of aesthetics? A new rave Colnago Master fitted with black
Goldtech hubs laced to purple Velocity deep V's might be right up your Strasse, On the other hand it may not.

As for puppies, well I don't believe there's a shortage.

stupidpony

As for puppies, well I don't believe there's a shortage.

truedat

a couple of puppies....

stupidpony
As for puppies, well I don't believe there's a shortage.

there is

http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/2007/03/despite_dog_ove_1.html

Ant [quote]stupidpony
As for puppies, well I don't believe there's a shortage.

there is

http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/2007/03/despite_dog_ove_1.html[/quote]

I was basing my glib no puppy shortage on my experience in the villages of India & Romania where in IMHO there is a surfeit of puppy's. Until you pointed me in the direction of Eric's enlightening piece Despite "dog overpopulation," there's a puppy shortage I was blissfully ignorant of the North American puppy shortage.

I stand corrected.

If I wasn't so bored I would never have googled it. Now I'm on some weird path of dog overpopulation theories aarrgghh

canine malthus

My geoffrey butler conversion (hardly classic though) rides nicer than my bianchi pista. Track bikes belong on the track, road bikes belong on the road.

GB is pretty classic.

606 Er, I thought down-tube levers were the next trendy item.

I hope not.

I know riding fixed is considered against 'the grain of progress' - which is obviously not so clear cut - but gears with downtube shifters. Seriously, what's the point?

They're lighter. They're less susceptible to crash damage. They're cheaper. They allow you to run aesthetically more pleasing 'aero' brake levers. I raced my first season on a $100 bike that had downtube shifters.
They're no good for sprinting though so I'll never bother again.

Just took my 1960's Carlton road frame in today for new pedals/clips/straps to Brixton cycles, they were a little horrified when i asked if they could take off the pump holder braze-ons, so I chickened out. Truth is filing of braze-ons = respray, and i am too lazy.

weren't they a little horrified when you took a bike in for "for new pedals/clips/straps" in the first place? it's hardly the most arduous or complex of tasks.

The main problem I encountered when I started converting a classic steel road frame to fixed was the width of the rear dropouts - 126mm and my stays were too rigid to easily squeeze them onto my 120 80's campag record hub - spacers would mean a new rear axle - not easy, and alter the chain line. Plus a horrible gap between dropouts and sprocket - heaven forbid. Not for the perfectionist.

(none of this 'a kitten gets its face ripped off everytime you file off a braze-on' schtick please).

every time you convert a classic road frame Jack Crank kills 2 kittens and a puppy, its a fact, you better get used to it.

so, after the thread, i decided to go for it.

kept brase-ons, nobbly bits on top tube, derailleur hanger, etc.

super nuovo bb, stronglight HS, campag 44t front, 15t dura ace rear, cxp22 on back, ma40 on front. moser stem, cinelli giro bars, dia compe deep drop brake.

frame is late model peugeot px-10/cfx-10 competition road frame, with weird-ass seatpost with stem-type attachment, no seatbolt clamp. 531 reynolds professional tubing, hand-brased, whatever the fuck that means, chromed forks and rear stays.

it's tight and it rides like a dream.

can't work out how to embed larger files or do anything really, so...

the set is here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/peejay76/sets/72157604343390778/

how much for the NoBrake?

did it take long to set up?

very nice. i always thought peugeot were one of the few makers to do a good job with their graphics. well done.

not long. i have got two essays to do, so i spent about 4 hours fiddling about with this instead.

just changed the wheels over.

rode brakeless, nervously, slowly, to brixton cycles, got dia compe brake, now feel better.

That is one lovely looking bike, Sir.

thanks. i think it looks grand, and the geometry is nice and twitchy.

Loving the chrome - drop outs, crown forks & stem. Really nice PJ.

personally, i love the F Moser stem too. Janos at BLB had a box of second hand stems he pulled out from somewhere downstairs and in the bottom was that one. totally sweet and cheap. the lion is engraved in the crowns - i like the detailing there too, mouse.