Thread: Super Sport Conversion
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Old 03-04-09 | 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by NormanF
The ugly Ashtabula crank detracts from the lines of a beautiful bike. I intend to set up my Super Sport as a flat bar IGH hub bike with 700C wheels and 32c creme Schwalbe Delta Cruiser tires.

While the Ashtabula crank is a very heavy anchor, they do clean up nice and look appropriate ]IMHO. They just are so heavy which makes them hard to take. I just finished cleaning up two of them in my acid bath (one from a 1971 Racer, the other from a 1974 Suburban), they look pretty nice polished up.
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