Yes, I killed a kitten...

I got this 73ish UO-8 as an all-original bike, but it was rather beat on. Took a decent set of steel wheels, centered the rear rim, screwed on a 17 tooth cog, replaced the bb with square taper and a 48 tooth single chainring from a Schwinn World Tourist, dropped on a brand new Brooks B17 and some amber shellacked cork tape. It rides really nice, but I'm still fighting with the rear cog - it hasn't seated properly yet.



DOn't worry though, with the exception of the BB spindle, nothing was cut off the bike.

ETA - no, the fork isn't bent. Weird photo angle though...