new fixie!

I may be wrong (a television screen doesn't have the resolution of a
true monitor) but I see what looks like cantilever bosses on the front
and rear forks. Why not try those?

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"May you have the wind at your back.
And a really low gear for the hills!"

Chris Zacho ~ "Your Friendly Neighborhood Wheelman"

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Chris Zacho said:

I may be wrong (a television screen doesn't have the resolution of a
true monitor) but I see what looks like cantilever bosses on the front
and rear forks. Why not try those?

Yes, this frame was meant for cantis, but I had the calipers and I kind of
prefer them. I also thought the bare cantilever bosses were cute and gave
the bike character. I may give in and go with cantis though, since it
appears that calipers on the rear will be even more of a kludge.

I had assumed that the frame would be spaced so as to allow either cantis
or calipers, but this was incorrect as another Benjamin (Weiner) pointed
out.

There is no cable housing stop for cantilevers on the rear; I assume it
originally had one hanging off the seat-post binder bolt. I should be able
to find one of these fairly easily, and I do have one partial set of cantis
hanging around.

--
Benjamin Lewis

One man's "magic" is another man's engineering. "Supernatural" is a null
word. -- Robert Heinlein

On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 19:32:29 -0700, Benjamin Lewis <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Mike Kruger said:

Sheldon Brown, master of the workaround, has a solution you might be
interested in.

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/home-drop.html

Yeah, I was thinking I might do something along those lines. I remember
seeing that before and thinking it looked scary, but now that I see the
details it's doesn't look so bad.

I can provide quotes on difficult items like this, produced in small
lots if necessary.
Michael J. Klein

Michael J. Klein said:

On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 19:32:29 -0700, Benjamin Lewis <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Mike Kruger said:

Sheldon Brown, master of the workaround, has a solution you might be
interested in.

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/home-drop.html

Yeah, I was thinking I might do something along those lines. I remember
seeing that before and thinking it looked scary, but now that I see the
details it's doesn't look so bad.

I can provide quotes on difficult items like this, produced in small
lots if necessary.
Michael J. Klein

What's difficult about a stack of washers and two flat pieces of metal? Or
are you talking about machining something nicer?

Anyway, for me it's academic, now that I've gone the cantilever route.

--
Benjamin Lewis

Seeing is deceiving. It's eating that's believing.
-- James Thurber

It's pretty much finished now, except for a few paint touch ups that I
want to do at some point. By popular demand, it now has cantilever brakes
(with stylin' red koolstop pads). I can now controllably put my back wheel
in the air with a fairly light squeeze of the front brakes.

http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~bclewis/personal/bike/fixie6a.jpg

Hmm, chain is a bit slack at the moment; I'll have to tighten that up a
bit.

Those are randonneur style handlebars by the way, which I rescued from a
bin at Our Community Bikes. I'm quite liking the way they feel. I think I
like them better than the "ergo" bars on my randonneur bike...

--
Benjamin Lewis

Seeing is deceiving. It's eating that's believing.
-- James Thurber