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Old 11-06-23 | 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by 1989Pre
This bike is great! Have you ridden it yet? Do you know which lug-set it has? Are the fork blades round? Do you know if the dropouts are Chater-Lea or B.S.A? Yeah, I think 28mm tires would look nicer, too. Good thing you are tall. If you were shorter, the bottle cage could jeopardize your headbadge. Nice Colorals. Also glad to hear you have a Monsoon (my favorite Holdsworth).
Thanks, I'm really happy with it. Unsure on the lug set, just knew I liked them - I'd bet [MENTION=333224]juvela[/MENTION] would know. No idea on the dropouts either, they're unmarked as to mfg. I spent some time enhancing the serial on the NDS dropout to confirm a match with the fork, other than that noticed nothing. The fork blades are round.

I've only ridden the bike about 5 miles on a shakedown run where I noticed the front wheel oscillation, gearing issues, and a few other things. All fixed now, and I've swapped in 28c's for the 33's which I hope cures the wobbles. I wound up rotating the cage up by about 10 degrees to improve the looks and grab-angle on the bottles, which also gives more space from the head tube. The dual cage is a Coloral imitation I rigged up (my 3rd now) from two Velo-Orange cages and a couple of steel strips, and with a bit of helicopter tape in strategic spots to keep the bottles from clanking it works beautifully. Those are the steel vacuum Colorals that came out a few years ago and which, I think, are no longer in production. Amazon has knockoffs, Velo Canteen brand. Also steel and vacuum and look nice - not cheap at $45 a pop but they have the right look.
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