I'm converting my conversion back to a road bike

It deserves it. I have 3 bikes now and feel the Paganini would love it's gears back.
(I also changed my post as I posted the same as another).

*UPDATED* It's done! See below:

I'm watching... Only for Victoria Pendelton in lycra...
Oh and the kerin racing..

I'm with you (on the re-gearing rather than lycra watching).
My old Holdsworth deserves it.
But Victoria Pendleton does sound quite nice.

The scratch race tonight was very cool. You know it's exciting when English commentators are on edge. :)
Men's sprint's quals tomorrow night. GB should win the team pursuit.

seems to be a little trend, i'm re-roading the t.j.quick soon as the new frame gets here. she'll love it. :D

Yeah, I think it's great to convert a road bike but when you then get a new track frame, it's nice to build it back as it was.

I got out all my old '91 Campy Chorus bits last night and knew it was the right thing to do. The bike was the perfect winter FG but now I realize I'd love it more with it's original line-up. I've just bought some very nice 7 speed '92 Campag Croce D'aune wheels and only need a Cinelli 1a stem 9-10cm and a pair of Cinelli drops. I might even get some crazy multi-coloured tape for it.

If you ever convert to fixed, I recommend keeping all the bits and braze-ons.

I'll put some pics up when it's done.

yeah a puppy has been resurrected!

It deserves it. I have 3 bikes now and feel the Paganini would love it's gears back.

Finally someone speaking sense. Bravo!

I've re-converted! The fixed conversion has found it's gears!
From this:

First converted Mar/Apr 07. Ridden almost every day through all weather. Ended up covered in stickers, and went through 3 different types of handle bar and quite a few different tyres.

To this:

A year on...
'91 Chorus and Record groupo. '92 Croce D'Aune hubs on Mavic Open 4 CD rims.
NOS Criterium bars 40cm + 1A 8.5cm stem. Cippolini zebra cork tape.


Not rode freewheel for well over a year. It was an interesting ride to work this morning! ;-)
I'll be saving it for the bigger rides and staying with fixed wheel.
Puppy saved?
More pics here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11966650@N06/2405403444/

Reverse slope - and that bartape's hideous. FGG face

Not rode freewheel for well over a year. It was an interesting ride to work this morning! ;-)

yeah, that scary bit where you forget to pedal and the bike doesn't throw you off. it's a miracle you're still in one piece.

And another thing:

"Conversion"

but yes, todd, bar tape excepted, it looks mighty fine.

and that bartape's hideous. FGG face

Ha ha. Thankyou. It's got flavour! All that crazy cork tape and 80's/90's paintwork will be making a big comeback. You just wait...

Reverse slope - and that bartape's hideous. FGG face

Is that something like this?

Looks brilliant, man. I love Paganinis.

the brothers grimm strike again.

you know they're south african?

You got it!

Haters! ;-)

Ha ha. Thankyou. It's got flavour! All that crazy cork tape and made 80's/90's paintwork will be making a big comeback. You just wait...

The 1980s eh?

The 1980s eh?

Damn right!
Road Bicycles not Politics! I'm talking cork tape here!...

sweet conversion both ways todd. i do like the paganini's with that crazy font. i used to have one that i never got sorted either way and gave it to superted a couple of years back. i wonder what happened to it.

nice ride dude. i am not going to mention the bar tape ;)

I love the bar tape. Me want some.

toddy, when you gonna sort out your raleigh lizard conversion?

Great work Todd. Back-conversion woo hoo! This year's all about the mech ... all your slave bikes are now worth diddley-squat.

Scary thing about using a freewheel after a while on a fixed wheel is my pedalling going all slack and lazy just as the crank hits 11 o'clock in its rotation, obviously I must be kind of checking against the chain there whilst fixed, kind of like a bracing to slow down.

Personally I can't stand your bartape, looks like something bucks fizz would have worn on top of the pops.

toddy, when you gonna sort out your raleigh lizard conversion?