The drop bars were not the setup of choice for my wife. I figured that was going to be the case and had a set of Nitto Albatross bars and NOS Specialized dirt drop stem on hand and ready to go. The grips and levers took a bit of time to get together, but the finished product looks pretty darn good in my opinion.
The only other thing swapped out so far was the pedals, as with the drops, clips and straps are not here thing at the moment. The luggage is in the design phases and fenders may show up before the next winter rains. I entertained the idea of a 650b conversion, not much to gain for her so we are going to hold off.
This is a fantastic bike, I wish you could still walk into a shop and buy something like this off of the rack for a reasonable price.
This is a recent Ebay acquisition that we could not pass up. It is the perfect size for my wife, and happens to be the closest to mint Sequoia I will likely ever see. Every piece is the way it was the day it rolled off the showroom floor, and it was stored indoors for 27 years and only ridden a few times. I had High hopes, but was stunned once I put it together and wiped it down. Superbe brakes and pedals, Avocet crankset and Saddle, Suntour derailers, Specialized hubs smooth as butter, and the tires still have the mold witness lines with skin walls in great condition.
She will ride it for a bit as it is, but it will quite likely get a set of Albatross bars, the 650b wheels and brakes off of her Miyata. The build quality on the frame is incredible, as nice or nicer than my Rivendell.
Now if only I coud find a 62.5 like this one.
Sneak Peek May 19 2011, 0 Comments
New pony in the stable, this one is a perfect time capsule that happened to be the right size for my wife!
More tomorrow.....
The barcon shifter orientation part of my brain thought these would work well this way. The reality is that they are much better flipper over with the Suntour logo facing down they way they were meant to face on a flat bar.
