On 8/13/07, Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I decided to do more road biking rather than mountain biking and was > looking for a "new" bike. Then I had the big DUH! moment when I saw the > old Takara Deluxe Touring 12 speed hanging in my parents' garage. They > gave it to me on my 16th birthday in 1984. New tires (the old ones were > 23 years old and dry rotted), tubes, bar wraps, clip-on pedals, a few > adjustments and it is mostly road-worthy. > > I'll probably tear down the bottom bracket and clean it up a bit more. > The shifting is pretty smooth but the brakes are crap and need some > adjustments. I've done some decent (for me) distance with it, on nice, > smooth, flat Delaware roads. > > http://tinyurl.com/yqgu3q > Pentax Optio S
Point that saddle down, or you'll be singing soprano in no time... ;-) A vintage '80's steed. And, yeah, upgrading the brakes is a very good idea. Up to the 80's, brakes pretty much sucked... Have fun! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
