Van Dessel-Country Road Bob
07-05-08, 02:45 PM
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Van Dessel-Country Road Bob
What can you tell me about it?
07-05-08, 03:25 PM
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Use to be steel and funky
Then they were run of the mill looking
Now they kind of look cool but aluminum
Then they were run of the mill looking
Now they kind of look cool but aluminum
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This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
07-05-08, 07:10 PM
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If you're going to use it for cx the funky downtube could be a problem. Otherwise, it looks ok.
07-05-08, 07:49 PM
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I'm surprised they haven't been picked up by the trickster crowd because they're insanely durable (the wheels would be the only weak point on these bikes) and the all important barspin factor.
Mine's down right now, but will be back up soon. Be aware that the rear is spaced for 130mm, not 120mm, so you could potentially throw gears on it if you wanted to.
That being said, they make terrible sprinters and terrible track bikes. Their home belongs on cyclecross single speed or a commuter.
Most people have to be physically torn from their CRB's (especially the older curved kind). No one gets "bored" of them really.
07-06-08, 11:49 AM
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I like these, they can be rebuilt into anything: fixed, free, CX, touring, commuting etc. It'll take internal gears, fenders, studs, racks, deraillers etc. If it had disk mounts it would be the ultimate chameleon. Its a good replacement for about 7 unrelated bikes.
07-23-08, 10:32 AM
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According to the photo at this page https://www.vandesselsports.com/crb.html they can have disks.
07-23-08, 06:40 PM
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Yea, mine camw with disks brakes, man it is sweet,climbs like a mountain goat, the gearing is 16/38..did a 65 miler Sunday and it was smooth and fast, gonna be a great winter bike...Tires are Kenda 77x32c, real nice.im happy!
