Recommend a Randonneur Style Vintage Bike
06-23-15, 05:42 AM
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06-23-15, 05:55 AM
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Wonder how much the bread man actually rides it. He must have stopped to take pictures every 50 meters.
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06-23-15, 09:54 AM
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If you're serious about seeing Oregon, I'm in Portland and have a few frames in your size that would fit your needs, and there are a few other people doing restorations (for sale) that I could hook you up with.
Click on my flickr link below for some ideas.
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06-26-15, 11:32 AM
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Is it really this hard to find the perfect bike?!
Looking for tubing that will provide a comfortable ride, but not too heavy (reynolds 531?)
Relaxed geometry, but still feels 'quick'.
Braze-on eyelets for both rack and fenders which can accommodate 32's
The search continues...
Looking for tubing that will provide a comfortable ride, but not too heavy (reynolds 531?)
Relaxed geometry, but still feels 'quick'.
Braze-on eyelets for both rack and fenders which can accommodate 32's
The search continues...
06-26-15, 12:35 PM
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Is it really this hard to find the perfect bike?!
Looking for tubing that will provide a comfortable ride, but not too heavy (reynolds 531?)
Relaxed geometry, but still feels 'quick'.
Braze-on eyelets for both rack and fenders which can accommodate 32's
The search continues...
Looking for tubing that will provide a comfortable ride, but not too heavy (reynolds 531?)
Relaxed geometry, but still feels 'quick'.
Braze-on eyelets for both rack and fenders which can accommodate 32's
The search continues...
06-26-15, 01:01 PM
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Is it really this hard to find the perfect bike?!
Looking for tubing that will provide a comfortable ride, but not too heavy (reynolds 531?)
Relaxed geometry, but still feels 'quick'.
Braze-on eyelets for both rack and fenders which can accommodate 32's
The search continues...
Looking for tubing that will provide a comfortable ride, but not too heavy (reynolds 531?)
Relaxed geometry, but still feels 'quick'.
Braze-on eyelets for both rack and fenders which can accommodate 32's
The search continues...
You're looking for a more open geometry, room for the fenders, longer chainstays (maybe not as long as a full on tourer), if it's mostly flat, a double crank is fine, and probably fender eyelets on your front and rear ends/ dropouts. If you limit yourself to something with braze-ons for racks and/or cantilever brakes, you will miss out on a huge number of wonderful older models that work very well for this purpose. I've never, ever felt the need for a front rack for rando use. Any and all of the better frame tubings will work fine, and the above include Reynolds, Ishiwata, and even one that is made of a Tange straight gauge tubing. Otherwise, all these came off the Bay Area or Sacto CL at one time or another.
"Quickness" seems to be one of those vague terms that varies from person to person. Good luck.
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...and if you really do live in NorCal, you might want to rethink the need for Honjo fenders. Nobody I know (even the hard core commuters) intentionally rides all that far in the rain, and those babies are not exactly lightweight. I think maybe you ought to rethink exactly what you want to do with this bicycle cycle. Just my opinion.
...and if you really do live in NorCal, you might want to rethink the need for Honjo fenders. Nobody I know (even the hard core commuters) intentionally rides all that far in the rain, and those babies are not exactly lightweight. I think maybe you ought to rethink exactly what you want to do with this bicycle cycle. Just my opinion.
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Lots of opinions. Only experience will tell young grasshopper what to do. How many of us thought we needed X only to find Y was the true answer... after purchasing A, B, C, D, E, F, etc.... That's why they call it a grail bike. 
Purchase, ride, reflect. Repeat each step as necessary.
Purchase, ride, reflect. Repeat each step as necessary.
06-27-15, 11:43 AM
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I had a beautiful 77 Pro Tour that rode like crap. As much as I like looking at the bike, it was a chore to ride it. I ended up trading it to @fender1 for a late 90's Bianchi Volpe that I still have and still enjoy riding. My current 2 go to bikes are an early 00's Gunnar Crosshair (cyclocross bike w/ cantilevers) which is lightweight and has no issues w/ a 5-8# bag on the handlebars and my 81 Trek 710. Gunnar is setup w/ 700x35 Vitorria HyperRando (don't get the regular Randonneur tires, HYPER is key) tires and the bike just wants to go and go. The Trek is sporting the same tires but in a 700x32. I also have a 74 International that I spent a ton of time making into a Rando looking bike. There's something wrong with the fw so I really can't give a full ride report on it in its current state. I had a different 74 International that I loved the ride of.
A sport tourer or a cx bike would be a great option IMO for you. Have fun test riding bikes!
A sport tourer or a cx bike would be a great option IMO for you. Have fun test riding bikes!
06-27-15, 12:46 PM
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Trek 630, only made in 1983.
Specialized Sequoia.
Fuji DelRey.
Specialized Sequoia.
Fuji DelRey.
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