Originally Posted by
niebylski
Your Bikes's looking good. I'm working on my first conversion now too. Its a chrome '77 Schwinn Super Le Tour 12.2; I've taken off everything (except for the fixed cup on the BB...cant get it off!!!) and am now waiting for parts coming in the mail:
-Mavic CXP-22s with the formula flip/flop (black)
-Sugino 103mm BB
-Sugino RD cranks black
-Sugino 48t ZEN chainwheel
-EAI 18t cog
-700x23 Conti Gatorgrip in the back
-700x23 Vredestein Fortezza up front
Already have my:
-Tektro brake up front (with plenty o' room to drop the caliper since the bike is sized for 27" wheels)
--Selle San Marco saddle
Still need to figure out:
-a good 3/32" chain
-if I can clean & cut the stock handlebars to bullhorns, OK; if not then I need to find something that'll fit a 25mm stem
Once I have everything in hand, I may need to go to my LBS (revolution cycles in DC) and see if they'll take the fixed cup off and install the new BB. Not sure I have the right tools to get the cups really tight on the new one.
Read this page from Sheldon Brown about how to make a tool to remove the fixed cup. Shouldn't cost more than a buck or two. I sprayed mine down with PB Blast and let it sit for 5 minutes before trying and the fixed cup came out remarkably easily.
Your build-up sounds sweet.. The track BB and crank will be nice; I don't really love how the bulletproof/rocketring combo looks on mine.. (reminds me of a circular saw). Are you planning on using a drop bolt for your front brake? That skeeves me out.....
conversions all the way mofos