my Townie conversion!
08-24-14, 10:37 AM
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my Townie conversion!
Before: root beer Concord Freedom Deluxe
After: VO Left Bank handlebars, shellacked cork grips, antique fruit crate! (still looking for old worn saddle)
After: VO Left Bank handlebars, shellacked cork grips, antique fruit crate! (still looking for old worn saddle)
08-24-14, 11:04 AM
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A pretty bike, both before and after. Man those accents are so Peugeot.
08-24-14, 11:24 AM
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That's a great townie bike, and like clubman said, it screams Peugeot.
08-24-14, 12:13 PM
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here's a hi-res album...
https://www.dropbox.com/sc/yb075mifi...Oht0hM0bNbIeFa
cabling is a little weird, I just reused the old ones, could be routed more elegantly. I have the original Shimano 600 RD, needs to be repaired though.
https://www.dropbox.com/sc/yb075mifi...Oht0hM0bNbIeFa
cabling is a little weird, I just reused the old ones, could be routed more elegantly. I have the original Shimano 600 RD, needs to be repaired though.
08-24-14, 03:13 PM
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I like the box on the Pletscher mousetrap rack -- we used to do those all the time when I was a car-free starving student at UCLA.
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"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
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08-24-14, 03:20 PM
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@scaldin - thanks for the link. I like to see things "up close & personal". As an aside, don't mean to sound critical, but is your seat post clamp on backwards? It seems like it should be turned around. Or maybe they made them adjustable so saddles could be moved more forward. Just looks backwards to me.
08-24-14, 03:28 PM
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@scaldin - thanks for the link. I like to see things "up close & personal". As an aside, don't mean to sound critical, but is your seat post clamp on backwards? It seems like it should be turned around. Or maybe they made them adjustable so saddles could be moved more forward. Just looks backwards to me.
08-25-14, 12:21 PM
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very nice..... perfect saddle would be a brook flyer.. (b17 with springs)
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