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Old 11-07-10 | 09:23 PM
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From: Anchorage, AK

Bikes: '06 Surly Pugsley, '14 Surly Straggler, '88 Kuwahara Xtracycle, '10 Motobecane Outcast 29er, '?? Surly Cross Check (wife's), '00 Trek 4500 (wife's), '12 Windsor Oxford 3-speed (dogs')

Cross levers! Tektro RL-740's, which were the only levers I could find that'll work with long pull brakes. Wrong clamp diameter for the Albatross bars, but some strips of beer can aluminum and electrical tape closed that gap right up.



I like riding up in the bends when fighting a headwind, or whenever I feel like really boogying, but I was nervous about cranking hard while my hands were nowhere near the brakes. I also ditched the cork grips, which were conflicting with the black/silver color scheme that the bike's got going.

Hey Richard, I think that your F4's the same model that my father-in-law is currently using to cross the continent. He left Seattle almost two months ago, and is now within 300 miles of DC. He loves the ride.
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