Originally Posted by
devinfan
What a great looking bike! I would never have imagined that bar-tape colour working with the orange, but it looks fantastic.
It is actually cloth and shellac which has gotten a few more coats of shellac since I took this pic and time has also caused the wrap to darken a little more... I also had to cover that shifter boss with something so mounted my bell there.
And she is scruffier than she looks as she is no garage queen.
Okay, now let me see if I got this straight: It's a youth bike, and since the little guy has to have full sized wheels (c'est obviouse, n'est pas?), and it would look goofy if the top tube wasn't horizontal, the solution is to raise the BB up? What genius!
Don't worry, my son, the world is overpopulated already, it is not necessary that you have children.
This odd bb really baffled me when I got the bike but it makes sense when you see it's desired market... tall gangly kids and old guys of average height who like to turn their commute into a time trial.
Old Peugeots already have some decent bb clearance which makes them appealing for fg conversions...I am running 700:25's and have 11.5 inches of clearance at the bb and really decent pedal clearance with 170's.