it's been a while.....this is what I'm up to
 

late '90's Raleigh R500, Sram external compact triple crank, full Ultegra, and a custom laced set of origin-8 Track Attack wheels......

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I don't know if I can call it vintage, but it is Rest-o-mod.....
let me know what you think

I think it's pretty funky, in a groovy sort of way!

i think it is awesome.

I like purple bikes, but purple wheels? I like what you have done to the rest of the bike though.

I agree it is a great looking bike but those hipster wheels are something else.

Hipster wheels be damned, I like it. Fun bike.

I went hipster for a few reasons, I like them, and at 260# these 3 wall rims are bullet proof for this fattie, and I like them

Stoopid nice!

Do those wheels have anodized sidewalls? It looks like they're non-machined for braking, which means the color could give/rub-off after a couple months of slowing down...

Maddox, yea they do, JB sent the wrong wheels, I ordered some Velocity, so these were free to me.....I'm thinking of taking a sanding block to them, but I'll decide that after a few stops this spring

Just need a metallic purple stem face plate, sort of the way it looks reflecting the red curtains in the first photo, and it's perfect :D

I really do like it. I agree with sauze, it's a fun bike.

That's groovy, in a vampire sort of way.

Since Fixies are dying. Is this the new hipster trend, fixie and road hybrid?

Nice bike. Free purple wheels are always cool. I, too, was concerned about the braking surface, but you can always block sand them as you stated above. I've always wanted to try it. Shouldn't be too difficult.

Cool looking build, kind of a funny jab at the hipster trend, and built right. Congrats on the concept, nicely executed.

they've been doing this for awhile now. I wanna build a roadie with a double crank and deep-v rims, but i'm goiing 650a on my old fuji instead. the next bike'll have gaudy wheels, i think.

-rob

i think its very cool. what is an 'external' crank set?

The bearings are in outboard cups so you can have a large hollow spindle but not compromise on the bearing size.

well I think I'm done, I just added a Zoom Quill to threadless stem conversion, added a Bontranger 110mm stem I had laying around, and rapped the Bontranger Race Lite bars in Brooks leather bar wrap......I think I'm done for the year

Great restomod, I dig the wheels. The Shimano stuff on the other hand :) (sorry, I'm a Campagnolic)

"Compact triple"?

I thought a compact double was invented to approximate a standard triple, in order to get similar gearing while being able to lose the granny ring. Can you explain the purpose of a compact triple? I've never heard the term.

I call it a compact triple......50,42,30.....

I've never heard them called "compact triples," but cranks fitting that moniker have existed for some time. 'Tis a question of bolt center diameter dimensions.

Once mountain bikes went mainstream, triple cranks with 110/74 bcd came into existence and became pretty much the touring bike standard. The 110 bcd is what "compact doubles" use now, so you could have a middle chainring down to 34 teeth and, with the 74 bcd inner, you can get down to at least 24 and maybe smaller. Shimano used to make bazillions of these. I have this kind of crank (Ritchie labeled, bought at Rivendell) on my Paramount, running 46/36/26 chainrings and an 11-26 9-speed cassette. Serious gear range, and easy to get lower if need be.

Mountain bike cranks have since gone to four-bolt chainrings with smaller numbers of teeth, and since I have zero interest in them I can't tell you anything about them.

The crank you have, acpeeps, would technically not be what I would call a "compact triple." It is what has come in the past ten years or so to be the standard road triple, with either 135 bcd (Campy) or 130 bcd (pretty much everyone else) for the outer two chainrings and, I believe, a 74 bcd for the inner. The 50 tooth large 'ring is not the most common for such set-ups (52 or 53 seems to be more common), but it is certainly not unheard of - bigbossman has a 50 on a Campy triple.