Originally Posted by
Sixty Fiver
From an aesthetic and functional point of view... circus bikes suck and blow at the same time. The rides are harsh, you can't get any decent position, and for the most part they are all show and no go.
A well done conversion can be a beautiful thing and will stand out among the carbon copy bikes so many urbanites are riding.
I like classic frames and when I buy the farm someone could take any of my conversions and restore them back to their geared glory and who knows... my Shasta might even get an IGH. I converted another Shasta with an internal gear hub and it was quite the lovely bike.
I ride what makes me happy and I have no lack of nice geared bikes either... they all have their place and purpose.
I do plan on knocking down a few sub hour 40's this season... I'd like to do it on my vintage fixed road bike and my vintage roadie.
What gearing will you use for the FG? I was thinking of doing something similar on my Trek 660 FG conversion--right now I've got a 52x15 gearing on it. That's 91 gear inches and all I have to do is turn it over at 95 rpm for an hour and that's 40km.
Heh. Pretty simple: 5700 rotations in one hour. Easy peasy.
