I love the drilled out cranks. 6g saved. I bet you’ll feel like a rocket going up hill.
Scordfish on
I’d think of it in the “stock-classic” category. You can get on it and share the exact experience as some one who road it in 1970. Mess with the other bikes, this one survived 50 something years fully complete.
That’s my two sense!
Get funky and learn how to make some bags for it
snrkybumweasel on
Put some super quick tyres on it and some latex tubes and a really nice saddle/barbag and enjoy.
feed_me_tecate on
It’s already built. I wouldn’t change a thing on that bike, except tires/ tubes.
delicate10drills on
50/50 likelihood I’d give it a FG rear wheel and 100% I’d swap everything but the front rack to specific components I like, but to non-bikenerds it’d ultimately stay the same and it would get ridden on way more dirt & snow than most would expect.
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Remove guards. Stuff the biggest tyres in.
Roll forward the bar. Swing up shifters.
I love the drilled out cranks. 6g saved. I bet you’ll feel like a rocket going up hill.
I’d think of it in the “stock-classic” category. You can get on it and share the exact experience as some one who road it in 1970. Mess with the other bikes, this one survived 50 something years fully complete.
That’s my two sense!
Get funky and learn how to make some bags for it
Put some super quick tyres on it and some latex tubes and a really nice saddle/barbag and enjoy.
It’s already built. I wouldn’t change a thing on that bike, except tires/ tubes.
50/50 likelihood I’d give it a FG rear wheel and 100% I’d swap everything but the front rack to specific components I like, but to non-bikenerds it’d ultimately stay the same and it would get ridden on way more dirt & snow than most would expect.
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I love the paint on yours. Very jealous.
It’s fine as it is.
If you harm that beautiful bike I’m calling Protective Services.
To my tastes (proclivities?) that’s absolutely fucking perfect as is. Oh man it’s so pretty
I’d leave everything as is except throw some flavor of flat bar on it
Perfect as it is, very nice.
If you want a project frame to build something up on, get another frame and leave this one as it is.
No reason you can’t have 2 bikes. Or more 🙂
Mad, I spent a small fortune building something to look just like this. Normandy, MAFAC etc. Even has the little tool bag on the rando rack. 👌