For Steve, KP, and everybody else who likes Townies...

[gamecat]

VO carries Modolo Gran Fondo bars: http://www.velo-orange.com/mogrfoha.html....maybe they take bar end shifters? The description doesn't say.

I just got done fixing up my Triumph (secondary-branded standard Raleigh Sports), brought it in last week for help w/tightening the cranks. Feels great now.

I've got its mixte twin ready to build save new rims, which are a little tricky (the original rear has a small, sharp bulge on one side and the front has a good 10 inches of bad corrosion on the rim. Odd because the paint on the mixte is perfect and the mens is less so.)

Interestingly, the mens frame appears to have been fabricated in Holland by Rudge and shipped to Nottingham for finishing, whereas the mixte is entirely English.
 
Also picked up a Twenty, which is a surprisingly fun ride. I'm contemplating whether or not I want to go down the road of modding it, which reportedly can get pretty deep.

Supposedly the SA S3X [ http://sunrace-sturmeyarcher.blogspot.com/2008/09/s3x-fixed-gear-3-speed.html will be out soon. Maybe roadsters old and new will get some more attention. I think they're beautiful bikes: [ http://www.rivbike.com/products/list/bicycle_models (hey, I can dream. Not to mention drool.)

[kbpfister]

call me a sucker but I went ahead and plunked down an extra twenty for the AL Albatross bars, hopefully I'll be in the bikerowave this week to work on the bike

where are the pictures of the bikes your talking about?

[Steve Mattson]

My Pake C'Mute on the first page of this thread has the Nitto/Rivendell Dove bars.  They provide no other hand position other than where the grips fit.  Which is limited as it's nice to have a few other spots for one's hands especially when climbing.

[gamecat]

call me a sucker but I went ahead and plunked down an extra twenty for the AL Albatross bars, hopefully I'll be in the bikerowave this week to work on the bike

where are the pictures of the bikes your talking about?

I'll go take some. All I've got is a phonecam, but better than nothing.

[gamecat]

Velospace is kinda cranky with Firefox, eh?

here we go:

http://velospace.org/node/18965

mixte tubes:


http://velospace.org/node/18967

Twenty, with stinky East German army panniers:



heron chainwheel:

[kbpfister]

The Albo bars should get here later in the week, I'll hold off on sending the northroad back and try to take a few snaps of both to see how dif the geometry is, I'm def. hoping on the Albo bars to get more hand positions than just at the grips.