I'm back...

The best thing you can do for any Twenty is to replace the stock steel wheels with alloy rims and upgrade the brake pads to Kool Stops so the bike will stop safely when it is wet.

I have done far more radical modifications to my own Twentys.

Alloy wheels will also lighten the bike up a little and increase it's performance... those red line tyres are quaint but the girl's bike is now wearing Schwalbe marathons as they too increase the bike's performance.

I also changed the front brake and stock levers and fitted MKS pedals to give better traction as the bike lives in Portland Oregon where wet weather performance is critical.

Oh yeah... I swapped the stock 15 tooth cog to a 19 to give the bike a better gearing for climbing hills and towing a trailer as the stock gearing is a trifle high.

As she sits now...



Mine... it is a Phillip's version that wasn't quite as pretty when I found it but it has been a solid and dependable bike.