bulldog1935
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
got a good deal on this classic lugged steel frame and finished it a few weeks ago - enough to already pedal 100 miles.
It doesn't count as vintage, but it counts as instant classic.
Graphics on the frame and 1996 Olympics badge date it to the late 90s. I call it the brewpub racer, because if my buddy and I can land at a brewpub in a ride, we will.
I have six decades of parts represented on it. It's a Frankengruppe, but it all works together great.
I was given a used cross tubular wheelset, so this gave me a lot of room, including good tires
While the wheels show wear, they're perfectly true and hubs are as smooth and efficient as new hubs.
I build this bike for $650, and was very happy with the price and the result.
1960s, almost don't count, are my straight-lever Grand Sport quick release skewers.
From the 70s I used my rebuilt Shimano 600 EX RD, KKT pedals, NOS Dia Compe levers
80s are the Triomphe friction shifters, alloy Cinelli clips and yellow Ale straps
90s are the wheelset (American Classic/Sun), Mirage BB, Rudelli HS, and the frame itself
Naughties are NOS Chorus brakes, NOS Centaur crankset, and used Daytona FD
Teens are the remaining new parts, Cinelli 64 bar, Nitto long Pearl stem, Thomson Masterpiece seatpost, Yokozuna cables, SRAM hollow-pin chain, and Selle Anatomica (titanicoX) saddle.
In the top photo, the freewheel is a 7-speed IRD 13-28, but I managed to get a Zenith 8-speed 13-24 from SJS in the UK and it shifts wonderfully on the DT friction shifters.
It seems like the RD, Shimano 600 EX Arabesque, could still shift a 9th cog.
On the 39T chainring, the gears are 5-inch steps from 43 inches to 80 inches. It's a joy to ride.
Love the Challenge tubulars, 27mm Parigi in rear and 25mm Strada in front - at 110 psi they're like riding soft butter, and out-roll everything around. The AnAtomica is the most invisible saddle I've ever ridden, and the dual-pivot Chorus brakes are the best side-pulls I've ever squeezed.
Also came in at 21 lbs, which is not bad with a 64cm steel frame
I had previously converted my '76 Raleigh into a randonneur with a Cyclotouriste triple (and NOS Cyclone GT RD), and had hoped to use the Nuovo Record crankset I removed from it on the Moser. But Q was too low on the older crank, and it wouldn't clear the chainstays, so I needed either either a wider BB or a new crank, and I got a great unopposed ebay bid on the NOS Centaur.
My daughter will use the Nuovo Record crank on a '86 Team Fuji she's building during summer break.
It doesn't count as vintage, but it counts as instant classic.
Graphics on the frame and 1996 Olympics badge date it to the late 90s. I call it the brewpub racer, because if my buddy and I can land at a brewpub in a ride, we will.
I have six decades of parts represented on it. It's a Frankengruppe, but it all works together great.
I was given a used cross tubular wheelset, so this gave me a lot of room, including good tires
While the wheels show wear, they're perfectly true and hubs are as smooth and efficient as new hubs.
I build this bike for $650, and was very happy with the price and the result.
1960s, almost don't count, are my straight-lever Grand Sport quick release skewers.
From the 70s I used my rebuilt Shimano 600 EX RD, KKT pedals, NOS Dia Compe levers
80s are the Triomphe friction shifters, alloy Cinelli clips and yellow Ale straps
90s are the wheelset (American Classic/Sun), Mirage BB, Rudelli HS, and the frame itself
Naughties are NOS Chorus brakes, NOS Centaur crankset, and used Daytona FD
Teens are the remaining new parts, Cinelli 64 bar, Nitto long Pearl stem, Thomson Masterpiece seatpost, Yokozuna cables, SRAM hollow-pin chain, and Selle Anatomica (titanicoX) saddle.
In the top photo, the freewheel is a 7-speed IRD 13-28, but I managed to get a Zenith 8-speed 13-24 from SJS in the UK and it shifts wonderfully on the DT friction shifters.
It seems like the RD, Shimano 600 EX Arabesque, could still shift a 9th cog.
On the 39T chainring, the gears are 5-inch steps from 43 inches to 80 inches. It's a joy to ride.
Love the Challenge tubulars, 27mm Parigi in rear and 25mm Strada in front - at 110 psi they're like riding soft butter, and out-roll everything around. The AnAtomica is the most invisible saddle I've ever ridden, and the dual-pivot Chorus brakes are the best side-pulls I've ever squeezed.
Also came in at 21 lbs, which is not bad with a 64cm steel frame
I had previously converted my '76 Raleigh into a randonneur with a Cyclotouriste triple (and NOS Cyclone GT RD), and had hoped to use the Nuovo Record crankset I removed from it on the Moser. But Q was too low on the older crank, and it wouldn't clear the chainstays, so I needed either either a wider BB or a new crank, and I got a great unopposed ebay bid on the NOS Centaur.
My daughter will use the Nuovo Record crank on a '86 Team Fuji she's building during summer break.
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