Rode it out to my local shop last night to see what they could do about the wheels. The shop is about 2 miles away and is normally and quick and easy trip on my other bike... Wow, both wheels oscillated at opposite intervals of the brake feeling on... then off... on... then off... Took alot out of my legs, but it was still a fun ride!

I'm planning on doing a century this fall and was going to use my Giant Cypress, which isn't much of a comfort bike now, but if I can get this old vitage rig going good I think I may take this one. Even in it's current state it feels more nimble on pavement than my Giant.

Great blog Robatsu! Is there really that big of a difference in high tension vs. cromoly? I've read and heard it alot in many blogs. It's seems like high tension is made out to be this cheap dangerous material, or maybe I'm just reading into it too much.


Cheers! And thanks for all the comments!

PS. I have turkey levers? I think thats what they are called, and I'd like to wrap the handle bars with something a bit more comfortable than black tape. I've seen tutorials on wrapping, but all the brake levers I've seen have boots, mine do not. How is the area handled around the levers when using a thicker material like modern wrapping? Any insight or pictures of the handle bars with a similar "turkey lever" set up would be great!

Thanks again!