Thank septacycles for the Velo Orange order, here's my Porteur
03-05-12, 09:00 AM
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Thank septacycles for the Velo Orange order, here's my Porteur
Here's the porteur rack. It was a challenge as usual cause of the French craziness. Don't even want to begin but finally, what I thought we be slam dunk, was 3 hours of work.
03-05-12, 09:18 AM
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nice lookin! time to put a stack of newspapers up front 
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03-05-12, 09:33 AM
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Wow! I like that! More pics, please? What bar is that?
03-05-12, 10:27 AM
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Velo Orange Porteur bars. Tektro 4.1 brakes. 30 year old Brooks Saddle. Free Mercier bike from a Professor from University of California, IRvine, $40 wheelsets, VO French BB, VO headset, BikeIsland track crank, Shimano something touring derailleur, stem from forum member, scavenged pads from another brakeset. Bike is full of paint pits and patina. Love it!!! I commute 3 miles to work daily. 99% of it is on a bike path. How lucky am I?!
Hope this link works.
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Hope this link works.
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Nice work, triple! Great utilitarian setup and I like the way you went with the thumb shifter. Nice application!
How are you connecting your rack/fender combo? Do you have double eyelets on your front fork? It's hard to tell on your shots.
How are you connecting your rack/fender combo? Do you have double eyelets on your front fork? It's hard to tell on your shots.
03-05-12, 10:43 AM
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Next up, in the future, is a set of chainguards.
03-05-12, 10:54 AM
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triplebutted, I spent a little longer adapting a rear rack to my touring bike because I had to resurrect geometry skills to get the mismatch to work. Funny thing is that it now looks like it only took 10 minutes to install and works like a treat, which I guess is a sign of success, both for you and I. The porteur rack looks great on the bike, congrats.
Are you going to mount any headlamps onto the rack?
Brad
Are you going to mount any headlamps onto the rack?
Brad
03-05-12, 11:02 AM
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Nice looking.
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triplebutted, I spent a little longer adapting a rear rack to my touring bike because I had to resurrect geometry skills to get the mismatch to work. Funny thing is that it now looks like it only took 10 minutes to install and works like a treat, which I guess is a sign of success, both for you and I. The porteur rack looks great on the bike, congrats.
Are you going to mount any headlamps onto the rack?
Brad
Are you going to mount any headlamps onto the rack?
Brad
03-05-12, 12:58 PM
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Man, that's my kind of build: something free, something scavenged, and a few shiny new expensive bits. Enjoy riding it.
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