Originally Posted by muccapazza
Works for me. I don't know anything about the old coaster brakes hubs though, were there any quality ones? There are so many good track hubs available now, did you consider making it a fixed gear?
yeah I'd pefer to do it coaster for authenticity and so I dont have to spend 50 on a track hub plus I've aready got a fixie
Originally Posted by meatwad
Personally I would look for a period correct saddle and an aluminum stem with negative rise. That cruiser styled stamped stem makes it look even more of a POS than what they rode. Also get rid of that chrome cap on the fork and it will look much more like the vintage they had.
The saddle is pretty period it came off an 83 le tour and the movie was 79. As for the stem that was my 3rd choice the other two appear to be permanently affixed to the forks of donor bikes. I am looking for another however it has spacing that is a little smaller than that of some of my nicer bikes. The crhome cap may go i'll have to watch the movie again.
Originally Posted by meatwad
You do realize that the other teams in the movie were using real bikes. Only they had out of necessity used a department store bike. That being said there is a race in I beleive in indiana were the rules are that the bike must have a one peice crank and a coaster brake. Hand made cro-mo frames and such
Actually I think your wrong there every team was issued a roadmaster bike for the race and required to ride it (probably why he didnt ride the Masi). Now doubtless they got the one in the worst shape but it was still the same. I'd have to watch it again to get and exact quote but the starter says something like "Mount your Roadmaster bicycle" and they say something about it while there looking at it/rebuilding it.