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10-27-14 | 11:06 AM

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The Golden Boy

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From: Waukesha WI

Bikes: 1978 Trek TX700; 1978/79 Trek 736; 1984 Specialized Stumpjumper Sport; 1984 Schwinn Voyageur SP; 1985 Trek 620; 1985 Trek 720; 1986 Trek 400 Elance; 1987 Schwinn High Sierra; 1990 Miyata 1000LT

Just to add on...

I got an old stem, bars and brake levers from a nice young man a the bike store for $10.

I got some Suntour Barcons off CL for $30. I'm still futzing with the idea of putting stem shifters on there- and I have those in my bin of stuff. Maybe I'll see if some fancy pants shifters will fit in the stem shifter clampy thing.

I'm also so very intriqued with the trekking bars mentioned above. Just looking at a Google image search for TREKKING BUTTERFLY HANDLEBARS just shows dozens and dozens of ways to set them up.

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Last edited by The Golden Boy; 10-27-14 at 11:11 AM.

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