Reincarnation
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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.
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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
You guys are brutal!
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Originally Posted by BeerBiker
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.
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Deathhare is right. The paint is OK now, but you need to go all-out.
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Originally Posted by disconnec
BINGO!
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Originally Posted by exas
ride the bike in the gay pride parade, you will fit right in
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Originally Posted by SugarPILL
wtf..is that a man or a woman?
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Originally Posted by deathhare
im serious about the tires and i like the colors you got. looks good.
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..
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Originally Posted by le car
those tires are mad! What are they?
Its a secret i think the owner wants to keep.
You know those kind of people.
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Originally Posted by Sizzle-Chest
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Originally Posted by oktokrewl
wtf..is that a man or a woman?
Both.....
and neither.