Went to a rather excellent drama production put on by my oldest daughter's class and then decided to take the long way to test the Ultra 7 block I built up for my folder... hit 50kmh on the descent into the valley with very little effort and then decided to see how well the bike could climb on it's 25 gear inch low and passed a few guys slogging it out on their mountain bikes.

Did not even need the bailout gear to climb this...



Drive is a 40/48/53 with it's new 12-30 Suntour Ultra 7 freewheel... range is 25 - 89 gear inches which is perfect for a bike that was built up to be a tourer but thinks he's a little rocket. The SRAM X7 has enough capacity to handle the 53/30 with room to spare and it shifts like warm butter.



Powdercoating was postponed until next week so I have a few more days to play with the little fella before I tear him down... I so love this bike which is now 40 years old.