Nice Spinergy wheels. I don’t think I’ve seen a set of those in ~30 years. Pretty awesome!
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EWheeler
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Dry decomposed granite & hard pack soil are the local trails. Not rocky or rooty, no moisture. It rains so little here that if it does rain, I'll just wait & ride when its dry. That wasn't an option when I was living on the North Shore of Vancouver.
I miss the dry, grew up in Tahoe. Almost 20 years in Alaska now, wet is my reality.
EscapeWagon62
SILVER Star
Full transparency., every (and I mean every) bike forum warns against building anything with Spinergy or Allan Record Carbonio as the polymer/glue is likely cooked.
I decided to do both.
The Spinergys lasted 10 miles.
The Allan lasted 34 miles and fell apart like a house of cards underneath me.
It is mounted on a wall of shame in my basement but DANG it looked good for those 34 miles!
Loose over hard pack is the most puckery for me. But dry like that, I prefer Thunder Burts (Schwalbe) or Maxxis Aspens or Icons. My xc bikes are wearing Ikons right now because I've been riding more varied terrain, and they have the most tread I can ride and still go fast while under pedal power. Ain't no gravity in my woods.
@RodrigzCrzr That Raleigh turned out so nice. The white cable housing was the way to go my friend.
@EscapeWagon62 I'm drooling over that Mercian. I built a road bike last spring and was looking at pretty much any of the small to medium sized British companies, and specifically for a Reynolds 531 frame. Mercian was on the list, but I ended up with a Bob Jackson. I just really like the Mercian font and their paint schemes. Some have really great lugs too.
@EscapeWagon62 I'm drooling over that Mercian. I built a road bike last spring and was looking at pretty much any of the small to medium sized British companies, and specifically for a Reynolds 531 frame. Mercian was on the list, but I ended up with a Bob Jackson. I just really like the Mercian font and their paint schemes. Some have really great lugs too.
RodrigzCrzr
SILVER Star
It’s a Fuji nothing special. It was just a quick project to bring it back to life. But Thank you!
The owner of property where it came from is buying it back. Just what I put into it.
red66toy
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New build! This is a super funk build. Frame is a 1983 Cannondale ST-500 sport tourer, first year they made bikes which is cool. I had a Mavic 851 rear derailleur I fell in love with and really wanted to use. But I wanted to run a triple. So I designed and had a custom long cage cut and machined for it. Local cruiserhead helped me with the final machining. Works awesome! Mavic made a prototype of this so I had a photo to base it off of.
Running a Campy 10speed rear cassette, Sexy Ritchey Logic triple cranks. Campy Racing T front derailleur, Shimano bar end shifters, Campy 9 speed brifters I gutted into brake levers (I love the chunky feel and look), 700x35C Rene Herse tires, Paul and white industries hubs and H-plus son rims I had already, Brooks saddle, period correct Cannondale handlebars and a random campy seatpost. A real mish-mash of parts that work pretty well.
Running a Campy 10speed rear cassette, Sexy Ritchey Logic triple cranks. Campy Racing T front derailleur, Shimano bar end shifters, Campy 9 speed brifters I gutted into brake levers (I love the chunky feel and look), 700x35C Rene Herse tires, Paul and white industries hubs and H-plus son rims I had already, Brooks saddle, period correct Cannondale handlebars and a random campy seatpost. A real mish-mash of parts that work pretty well.
