My simple and elegant Caylor is finally finished
03-22-20, 07:31 PM
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My simple and elegant Caylor is finally finished
It took me two days to finish since I got the frame on Friday. I went with the simple approach. The groupset I use is Campy Chorus, with Nuovo record crankset and FD, Cinelli saddle, bar and stem too. Tektro R539 longreach brake, leather bar wrap.
I think it came out really well and I did ride it 13 miles today. She handle amazing and smoo
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I think it came out really well and I did ride it 13 miles today. She handle amazing and smoo
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03-22-20, 07:58 PM
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Beautiful build!
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03-22-20, 08:02 PM
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Very nice. I had to laugh when, after reading "finally" in the title, you said it only took two days to complete the build... I have frames I purchased years ago and am waiting for "finally" to happen!
03-23-20, 09:14 AM
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Elegant and well done. Were it me, though, I would have opted for a silver bell. My eyes were, immediately, drawn to the bell, then the bike. Other than that, I like everything about the bicycle.
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03-23-20, 10:35 AM
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I got lost in the pictures for some time. Elegant and simply stunning! The seat stay caps are just beautiful.
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Especially love the blue of the frame with that dark brown bar tape!
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03-23-20, 02:50 PM
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Very nice. Tidy ergo cable management too.
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03-23-20, 09:07 PM
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thank you, I do also have a silver and I might take your advice to switch it out
03-23-20, 09:08 PM
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lmao, I work really hard those two days to complete this bike. Maybe you should get cracking on those builds.
03-27-20, 07:34 PM
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That bike is gorgeous with a great build you put on it! If you ever find out the code for the color, please let me know! It's a unique teal-like color I've never seen before. At least it looks like dark teal on my monitor.
I have never seen a lugged frame with a sloping top tube. Did Caylor change the angles of the lugs? Is that possible with stamped lugs? I'm curious how it was accomplished. Just gorgeous lugs too!
I have never seen a lugged frame with a sloping top tube. Did Caylor change the angles of the lugs? Is that possible with stamped lugs? I'm curious how it was accomplished. Just gorgeous lugs too!
03-30-20, 07:10 AM
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I'll echo jonafd17 question above about the lugs. It's a beautiful build, the modern parks look good on the vintage frame thanks in large part to your elegant, simple approach and the vintage crankset.
Also interesting that the rear brake cable stops is positioned to the right, was the bike originally built for centerpulls?
Beautiful build! I like the copper bell myself, it's a nice pop from the silver and teal, can't go wrong either way
Also interesting that the rear brake cable stops is positioned to the right, was the bike originally built for centerpulls?
Beautiful build! I like the copper bell myself, it's a nice pop from the silver and teal, can't go wrong either way
04-02-20, 09:07 AM
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Beautiful!
03-21-22, 09:42 AM
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Caylor
Nice bike!
I have 2 Caylors, one frame and a complete bike from about 1975. I need to paint so am wondering where you got the Caylor decal?
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I have 2 Caylors, one frame and a complete bike from about 1975. I need to paint so am wondering where you got the Caylor decal?
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03-21-22, 10:17 AM
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Very nice! I find brass to have a superior sound. A bicycle should be all about function. Good looking function!
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03-21-22, 10:23 AM
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That's a lot of photos between "smoo" and "th."
Nice bike, though!
EDIT: Make that a lot of photos and a couple of years (see post #19, above).
Nice bike, though!
EDIT: Make that a lot of photos and a couple of years (see post #19, above).
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