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Because CC responded so positively to my commissioning of Ely, I'm reviving
this post with an update.
The bike in the OP up top there is my Schwinn Paramountain. I just
received my
I got my first Bosco-build on the road tonight... pictures tomorrow. My
old MB-5 is looking particularly Riv'd. I went w/ the Cromo 55cm version
and was happy as usual with the Nitto fit and finish. That aside they are
an awkward looking bar as they sit naked on the stem. Due to a smaller
I have boscos on an old bridgestone mixte I found in the back of an auto
repair shop for $100. I call it my Traders bike. I had some Nitto Elysees
from Compass Cycles on it, but I couldn't get it comfortable. Once I put
the Boscos on it, I find myself choosing it over my custom Riv sometimes
My Bosco bike was half-heartedly intended to sell at the Elementary School
auction, but I overestimated the good taste of my clientele, and the bike
is mine. Since the failed auction I've been given a super swank
period-correct set of Suntour brakelevers that are more motorcycle style.
I
Awww yeah Ely!
On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 10:49 AM, Bill Lindsay tapebu...@gmail.com wrote:
My Bosco bike was half-heartedly intended to sell at the Elementary School
auction, but I overestimated the good taste of my clientele, and the bike
is mine. Since the failed auction I've been given a
Yeah, for a town country bike you'll be fine with the limited cogs.
That's a huge bummer that the small cogs are fried; Uniglide cogs are hard
to find these days. When the cogs on my KOM die, I'll probably transplant
a 7s Hyperglide freehub body.
Are those 26 x 1.75 Soma Xpress tires? How do
It's a screw on Shimano 600 6-speed freewheel, whose cogs are also kind of
scarce. I have a 5-speed Shimano 600 freewheel that I think might be just
as good to use whole, or to donate cogs. I also have a 7-speed NOS Sachs
aris that might fit, but for the time being it's fine as a 3x4.
The
Looking good Bill! 3x4 can be enough.
Jason
On Jun 3, 2014, at 10:49 AM, Bill Lindsay tapebu...@gmail.com wrote:
My Bosco bike was half-heartedly intended to sell at the Elementary School
auction, but I overestimated the good taste of my clientele, and the bike is
mine. Since the
