Joined: Nov 2006
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From: NJ, NYC, LI
Bikes: 1940s Fothergill, 1959 Allegro Special, 1963? Claud Butler Olympic Sprint, Lambert 'Clubman', 1974 Fuji "the Ace", 1976 Holdsworth 650b conversion rando bike, 1983 Trek 720 tourer, 1984 Counterpoint Opus II, 1993 Basso Gap, 2010 Downtube 8h, and...
"WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?"
Well, some campified all-alloy weight weenie might sneer a bit, but other than that, it looks totally cool to me. Or, do I mean, in spite of that? Or, mainly because of that? Dunno, but I think it's great!
I pulled a total-P-O-S MTB junker out of the trash a couple months ago to scrounge a couple items off it, such as brake levers and a few odd nuts and bolts, and afflicted by a sudden inspiration I grabbed the crank as well. It's a steel 28-38-48 ashtabula style boat anchor, rings riveted and swaged together, a total horror; but I believe there is enough metal on the 38T ring that with careful grinding and drilling I can fit it to the Stronglight 93 on my PX-10. I won't be making it a triple, but I thought the 38T might be more useful than the 45T on there now.