Fri, 08 Oct 2004 01:30:18 GMT,
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[email protected]>, Chris Neary
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[email protected] > wrote:
>>For you or for her?
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>For her, I already have my old Sun fixie.
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Oh, cool. Yes, I imagine it would be harder to ride one that doesn't
fit. I've played around with a velocipede. Those are fun too but not
as practical as a fixie conversion. She should have one and if she
likes it get a special built SS bike later. I'm suggesting not dumping
a fortune into a bike that might not get ridden after the initial
fascination fades.
>>Maybe she saw you ogling that red haired twenty-like art babe who
>>rides her old Falcon track bike all over town.
>
>Which town? - sounds like a cool bike.
Vancouver, BC so there's a several hills and frequent rains.
It's a standard baby blue Reynolds 531 Falcon track frame from the
mid-seventies. Ruby red head tube and enamelled head badge. It's
become Sarah's favourite bike since she started riding it more than a
year ago. I saw her when she was still running the track fork and no
lock nut on its road wheels. She's since put on a road fork, front
brake and a dummy lever along with a slightly longer stem extension. I
don't remember if she's got fenders on it. They're hard to mount and
complicate removing the rear wheel on a track frame.
Old steel frames with horizontal drop-outs are what you want for the
street, IMO.
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