- - A different kind of conversion
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space_robots
05-24-06 02:07 PM
Originally Posted by srcurran
not exactly laughed at. I cant put the words to it. It just seems that everyone who has a road bike older than 5 years does not do anything serious with it (ie. rides it to campus on the sunny days), where as I would want to use it for more serious riding (ie. 20+ mile rides with rolling hills). I just have a mental block when I try to picture someone riding on a group ride with a 12 year old bike that has outdated things like downtube shifters.
Hmm, it isn't that bad around here. Sure you don't see too many decent riders on older steel, but they are out there. I don't think most people would think much unless you were riding a bottom-of-the-line road bike from the 70's with cottered cranks, 27" rims, and 1 1/4" tires. Those bikes are fine for getting around, but racing one would be a total *****.
isotopesope
05-24-06 02:46 PM
Originally Posted by space_robots
Hey Isotope, you might want to get some longer brake housing. As it is now, the housing is probably wearing away the paint on your seat stays/top tube and the head tube.
ugh, yeah i know. there's surprisingly no drag on it either! when i first built her up, i didn't have any housing that was long enough... so i just used the same housing and cable from my guerciotti. of course, now i that i have the new housing, i've been too lazy to redo it... ahem. i better this weekend though. i'm doing a century on the 4th.
