Originally Posted by Chuckk
"Sour Grapes" = "Your Frame/Fork is Bent"
How many times have I seen that online.
I was thinking about doing the same thing with a Continental frame. How much weight was lost in the conversion?
And, back to the book. The book takes us up to Chillmark (Scott) in Denver, but I've heard that THEY went bankrupt and the new Schwinn owner is elsewhere. Can anybody fill us in on what has happened since '96???
http://www.pacific-cycle.com/
http://www.dorel.com/
Don't know, it is substantially lighter than what I started with -- 30 pounds? By getting rid of the kick stand, the steel stem shifters, the pie plate, using a continental tubular fork and lighter 700 rims/tires, I think that you could it down to 27-28 pounds. I wasn't really concerned with trying to make it into a light-weight, I wanted a solid, reliable beater, and that's how it turned out. I can load this thing with 40-50 pounds of groceries with no problem.