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Old 09-18-12 | 01:44 AM
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Captain Blight
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Bikes: -1973 Motobecane Mirage -197? Velosolex L'Etoile -'71 Raleigh Super Course

'71Super Course, the "Loose Change" in my sig. I bought the bare frame for IIRC $50 and it gathered dust for a while. Swapped... I can't remember what for the Tange fork. Got the Le Paon fenders, complete with rack, for ten bucks at a later point. Headset is Shimano 600, stem SR Royal, bars SR Randnner.



For a while, the shifting was done with a Sachs Quarz, which pulls an enormous amount of chain; I think capacity is 34 teeth. Kind of overkill with the half-step 46/50 I had on the Mighty Tour cranks and a 14-30 7-speed. I found an early, early Deore mech and put that on instead, along with a 6-speed 14-32 SS Hyperglide freewheel. Levers are Simplex Criteriums, which came with the frame, and might be original to the bike.

I'm actually selling this, as I've never particularly liked the handling; kind of a shame, really, it's the bike that got me into vintage steel. But man, n+1 has reached ridiculous proportions and I've got to do something before I get buried.
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