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Old 10-10-15 | 01:35 PM
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Bikes: Bianchi Volpe, ANT 3-speed roadster, New Albion Privateer singlespeed, Raleigh One Way singlespeed, Raleigh Professional "retro roadie" rebuild, 198? Fuji(?) franken-5-speed, 1937 Raleigh Tourist, 1952 Raleigh Sports, 1966 Raleigh Sports step-through

[split into two posts because of picture limits]

A few months later, I decided to revert to the bike's original stem, and flipped the bars back over:


And, most recently, I got tired of those bars, and searched for a way to put drop bars on, shorten the reach enough for it to be comfortable for me (the top tube is a bit long, and seat tube angle a bit shallow, for me)...meanwhile, also searching for a way to keep the shifter right at my fingertips. With a bit of Sheldon-esque mad scientist experimentation (and finding a really good deal on a left-hand brifter), I now have the bike set up like this, and it's about as comfortable as my other bikes (finally!):









Meanwhile, after the collision that destroyed the Fuji (built as a singlespeed), and building up the 3-speed, I decided that I really enjoyed riding a singlespeed and wanted to have one of those also, so the Fuji's place became taken by two bikes. Here's the second:
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