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From: Colorado Springs, CO
Bikes: 1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo (frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame), 1974 Peugeot UO-8
Originally Posted by
sciencemonster
Something like these?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sugino-LP-Triple...mZ150283801267
or
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sugino-Super-Max...mZ120296114609
And how would I make it a compact double? Is it possible to dump the middle ring? That would be perfect. The first auction there could be perfect - it's even got the BB and it's in the same county as I am.
I changed out for the Suntour VGT that came with the bike, and it seems to shift better. But the thing is still REAL LOUD, and takes a lot of effort to get it in gear properly.
Ideal would be a <35 gear inch low gear, and then three usable high gears of from 80-100+ gear inches. THat is not possible on what I have. Indexed shifting would be sweet, too. I've been looking aNOS Accushift stuff on eBay and thinking of making that work, but it's tough since it only handles 23T in back.
I would leave those as triples although if you wanted you could leave off the inner ring, not the middle one. I think trying to go indexed is going to be a PITA. You'll probably have replace most of your drivetrain to make it work smoothly.
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1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo(frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame),
1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame),
1974 Peugeot UO-8, 1988 Panasonic PT-3500, 2002 Bianchi Veloce, 2004 Bianchi Pista