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11-14-11 | 09:51 AM

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Doohickie

You gonna eat that?

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From: Fort Worth, Texas Church of Hopeful Uncertainty

Bikes: 1966 Raleigh DL-1 Tourist, 1973 Schwinn Varsity, 1983 Raleigh Marathon, 1994 Nishiki Sport XRS

My 1983 Raleigh Super Course. I started a thread for it here. Behold, The Black & Tan:

As acquired about a year ago

I just finished some mods to clean up the cockpit and make it more comfortable for me.

When I first got the bike, I changed out:
. the seat (currently a vintage Wrights W3.N)
. derailleur (put a functioning Suntour aRX to match original equipment; it came from my Nishiki Olympic 12)
. pedals (also from the Oly 12).
. added a Flickstand from sirpoopalot

More recently, I added
. Ergo handlebars and aero brake levers (from ddeadserious)
. Suntour Bar-Con shifters (from Capecodder)
. new cables and housings, routed under the handlebar wrap
. Sugino RT 175 mm drillium cranks, (also from the Oly 12).
. I put on new Cinelli natural cork handlebar wrap and used twine at the ends
. I also trued the wheels and removed the dork disk from the rear wheel

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