The things people dump..

[Andrew Tarpinian]

On Sep 8, 2009, at 5:52 PM, The Dong wrote:
>
> The only fiddly bit might be squishing in the rear triangle for the
> shorter axle. But it's not very difficult to adjust, cold bend, bit of
> 2x2 or so.

I put on a fixed wheel from my other bike and it looks like it might  
be ok, we'll see. Usually the biggest problem with a conversion is  
normally for a fixed you want a horizontal track fork end so you can  
pull the wheel back for tension in the chain, most bikes have dropouts  
in the back that make this not possible, these grand prix's work  
pretty nice cuz the drop outs are deep and you can pull the wheel back.

>
> The Raleigh Grand Preee:
>
> http://www.sheldonbrown.com/retroraleighs/grand-prix.html
>
> That's almost the spitting of the road bike I found and use, which is

yup, mine is the 70's catalog one in white/black.

> out of commission atm due to a spoke breaking and parts being used
> temporarily for something else. It's not dead, just not a good
> autumn/winter bike being rust prone. I noticed some fatigue on the top
> tube, so I may cut and shut it into one of these: (hehe)
>
> http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/05/01/would-a-woodchuck-chuck-a-bike-made-of-wood/
>
> (That's one single speed I wood like)
> Dig the rear suspension!
> I'll put that on the end of a long list ;)

you will like this then, http://bamboobikestudio.com/go/

>
> My main bike is now the one that started this thread, it has wider 2"
> riser bars and a better saddle now and is quite comfortable to ride.
> With the smooth tyres, I'd swear I can go just as fast on this as the
> skinny racer, without getting a sore back. Plus it can off road a bit
> and mount kerbs easy and impale grannies..