tinmantis

nice refurb, why not the fenders though?
did you all see mine: https://www.bikeforums.net/showpost.p...4&postcount=34
I want to make it very rideable (against everyone's advice) but unless the Sears museum is interested, it's getting mag wheels and a 6 speed cassette with a disc brake! I'm keeping all the original components intact, incase of a distant future sale. But I'm seriously considering respacing the rear a few cms to cope with my plans... sounds like noone's done it before?
regards
jon

Rob_E

That's a beautiful bike. Let us know how the refurb goes. I definitely plan on upgrading some of the components on mine. The rear wheel is already new (although with a 30+ year old Sachs hub built into it). I plan to replace the front wheel, too, and put an adapter in the bottom bracket so I can replace the one-piece crank. The other components I quite like, so I expect they'll stay as they are, but I want to put a bottle dynamo on there, too, and some lights.

Let us know how the rear dropout adaptation goes. That's probably my biggest issue: not being able to get a wider hub (for more gears) in there. There are two bridging pieces that connect the right and left sides of the chainstays and whatever you call the other piece that runs from the dropout to the seat tube. I wonder if it's best to break those bridges before spreading the dropouts or if it'll be okay without doing that.

tinmantis

yeah, you'll/we'll have to 'burn our bridges' to respace enough
I managed to wedge my new wheel(with the 6speed) onto the dropouts, but they flexed way too much, and wasn't enough room for the chain etc. I think an extra 2-3cms welded into the bridges would work wonders... It's a steel frame right?

I just love the design of these, but they seem to have bodged the drops, all the tubes seem to end differently, and are just welded together...
regards
jon

shortbus901

Wow! That thing is awesome! I wouldn't change a thing on something that pristine.

I had no idea this thread was still going as I haven't been getting email updates & haven't really been on the forums that much. Cool to see the T/C has it's own little cult following . I've been busy with all sorts of other projects around the house so the bikes have kind of taken a back seat for the time being though I do still ride them (the Tote/cycle more than the others actually). As I expected the paint job is a bit worse for wear after several trips to the beach and the Keys. I may look into the powdercoating or auto body shop painting option before I do the other one.

shortbus901

Awesome find on the manual BTW, that will help significantly when I do get around to rebuilding the Sachs hubs. They don't look quite as terrifying inside as I had expected.