[oneschnark]

Hi, AMERICAN 1991 / 92 with Nitto



Philippe

 

[eastcoaststeve]

Hi, AMERICAN 1991 / 92 with Nitto


Philippe

That is awesome!

Looks aggressive too....great build.

Steve

 

[Fillet-brazed]

Hi, AMERICAN 1991 / 92 with Nitto

Philippe

Great looking bike and love the component choices. And all the visuals point to it being built by a skilled mechanic (which always make the bike look better). Thanks for sharing. I like it!

How do you like the bars? Was it hard to get them through that stem?

 

[tductape]

Beautiful American.

Serial number should tell you if it's a 91 or 92.

Make mine clipless or at least toe clips. Never stay on the pedals that way myself.

 

[oneschnark]

The stem is a GT.
No difficulty to get the Nitto through that stem.
I love this bike, and for Berlin , perfect


Phil.

 

[tclar4]

Rawland Drakkar Dirt Dropper

Just stumbled on this thread and thought I'd share a recent drop bar project.

I set out to build a gravel bike/dirt camper and stumbled across this Rawland Drakkar. It is designed to run up to 2.35" 29er tires and with a drop bar. Notice the longer top tube length and the height of the head tube to mask the stack height with a modern stem set up.

The hardest thing for me was erasing the mental picture of what a "serious" drop bar bike looks like, with the bars significantly lower that seat (i. e. top bar is #1 position!).

Anyway it really helped looking at the older Cunninghams, Salsas and WTBs to get the look burned into my mind as to what the proportions should look like.

That got me in the zone but now with hundreds of dirt and commuting miles on this thing I've lowered it a bit (to open all the hand positions w/out sacrificing the main drop position) and moved from a Midge to a slightly narrower SOMA Portola bar.

 

[Joe Steel]

Don't remember if I've posted any of these on this thread - so I'll throw 'em all together in one post
The "CamoTam"


The Ibis


An earlier Fisher Mt Tam that I converted to drop bar (sold to fellow VRC member with original flatbar setup)


The "Kleiningham"


I had this Ritchey P series built up for a while as a dropbar. Didn't fit. Stripped and sold.


And finally, the Potts

 

[Buddysnack]

Porn...

Don't remember if I've posted any of these on this thread - so I'll throw 'em all together in one post
The "CamoTam"


The Ibis


An earlier Fisher Mt Tam that I converted to drop bar (sold to fellow VRC member with original flatbar setup)


The "Kleiningham"


I had this Ritchey P series built up for a while as a dropbar. Didn't fit. Stripped and sold.


And finally, the Potts

 

[colker1]

Love the brown Ritchey..

 

[Clockwork Bikes]

 

[colker1]

nice. it could use less gears behind and another upfront.. imho.

 

[Joe Steel]

Nice Joel! Very cool.

 

[Scoutergtg]

Love those Ardants! What size are they?

 

[Fillet-brazed]

Great bike. Love the parts selection too; especially that Nitto 65 (Pearl?) seatpost w/ the Hite Rite mounted up to a Brooks. I think my only change if I ordered up one of those would be a request for some stouter fork blades (but I do love the early 80s look of them as they are). Is it raw or clear coated?

 

[nightshade_rider]

Joel, that bike is way cool (even says so on the seattube).

I took the liberty of linking to your flickr build album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/clockworkbikes/sets/72157632468109162
That skinny bladed fork with internal hose routing and retro crown is quite an item. Now that I'm nursing rotator cuff tendonitus from riding a flat bar 29er with stout rigid fork, your compliant skinny-blade fork is looking pretty luxurious.

And the component choice is sweet but I would ditch the BB7s for maybe a set of those dual-action Spyres.

 

[tductape]

Cool!

 

[blak_byke]

Trek 970

Not as classy as some of you guys/gals rides but here she is in pavement mode....

 

[Soundtallica]

1989 GT Tequesta

My dad had his old and barely used GT Tequesta laying around in his basement, so I decided to convert it to a drop bar commuting monster!
The thumb shifters that it came with conveniently had steel bands, so I was able to spread them a bit to fit on the ends of the drops so they operate like barcons.

I was pleasantly surprised at its 27.5 lb weight with heavy pedals and tires. I also added personal touches such as pink bar tape and its many stickers. My favorite is the "Bacon Powered" one on the top tube

The thing rides great: it's smooth in the way only steel can be, and while it's heavier and slightly slower than a road oriented bike it doesn't feel sluggish. It's low profile so it's unlikely to attract thieves, and I'd like to try touring in the future and this would be a good bike to ride as well

 

[RideAtDawn]

There are so many great bikes here. Lots of inspiration!

I've been SLOWLY rebuilding a 1990 stumpjumper I picked up off CL last year.

I have 2 questions though.

1) Does anyone know where I can find a pair of 25.4 Midge drops? I've been watching On One's site for quite a while, but they seem to be sold out every time I check. I've even tried ebay, but I haven't seen them in my clamp size.

2) Does anyone have experience fitting 26x2.35 tires with fenders on an old stumpjumper or comparable bike? I really like the idea of fatty tires (schwalbe big apples or big bens), but I don't want to get them on there only to find out later I don't have room for a fender?

Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[yo-Nate-y]

2.35 might fit, but likely not if you want fenders too. Depends on how old a Specialized and what kind of fenders, of course.