Reincarnation
 

I had torn my old Raleigh down for her parts awhile back and was even thinking of selling the frame. Got to scrounging through my parts bin and realized I had enough crap to build her back up. Front brake lever is an old Alivio mtb that I cut the shifter pod off, filed down the rough stuff and run it. I also shortened up the flat bar by four inches (two on each end). The bike rides really nice. It's taken on a whole new personality.

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...g/IMG_0276.jpg

theres a golf like that in va!
looks sweet!

You need these tires.

http://velospace.org/files/IMG00162.jpg

Hmmm, I take it you're not impressed with the color scheme. They're club colors. Rattle can paint job, to boot.

You guys are brutal!

Mark

im serious about the tires and i like the colors you got. looks good.

ride the bike in the gay pride parade, you will fit right in

I dont mind the colors, it just reminds me of a harliquin golf, which I do like the looks of.

Deathhare is right. The paint is OK now, but you need to go all-out.

http://images.nearbynow.com/producti...00030c6_lg.jpg

I dig the paint. I also own these shoes. Now you must own these shoes.

BINGO! :eek:

those tires are mad! What are they?

mad!!

See you there, then?:rolleyes:

Mark

wtf..is that a man or a woman?

Thanks, Deathhare. Those tires would look pretty cool on there. I had some blue tires that looked pretty good, but they got pretty dry rotted. Those are Conti Gator skins on the bike right now. I went for bullet proof because nothing sucks worse than having to stop and fix a flat.

I'm not real deep in love with the flat bars. I have some bar ends that I might chop down some and try on there. If I can come across another set of aero levers, I have a set of nice aluminum drop bars I would chop and flop.

I'm a little worried about the front fork. I put a long reach dual pivot brake caliper on the front and I noticed under heavy braking, the front fork flexes considerable. I'm not sure how much of a concern this is, but I will keep an eye on the thing. Mostly, I use my legs for slowing when I know the stop is coming. I don't do skid stops. At 250, I can take a tire down to the casing in one skid, so braking becomes very expensive.;)

This bike is just sort of an "extra" for me. I had more or less retired the frame, but I really like the converted road bike concept and couldn't bear to get rid of it. The paint job may get redone as I didn't clear coat it and I have some pretty serious chips in it. I never made the correlation between our club colors and the whole rainbow/gay thing. Guess I'm just not much of a hater. I just love this bike, though. I bought basically an entire bike, less wheels, from a tweaker for $7. All I really have in it is the paint job, the headset and the wheels/tires. Everything else was just parts bin fodder..

Mark

Reminds me of an old Benetton ad. I'm into it.

I heard they were some Michelins but i havent found out what or where to get em.
Its a secret i think the owner wants to keep.
You know those kind of people.

I like this photo. This guy couldn't care less about your pedalcycle.

Those are pretty cool, but I prefer spd's. Besides, I am now self conscious of my bike as it is and am afraid to ride it in public for fear exas will see me, think I am gay and beat me up (that'll be the day!).

Mark

i won't be there, i am not gay

Both.....





and neither.