Esther wants a bike for getting around town. After spending a long while trying to persuade her that she didn't really want a step-through, Dutch style monstrosity, I finally managed to get a compromise in the form of a small MTB.
I found a Cinder Cone with P2s on ebay for cheap - the paint was too far gone to rescue, so I got it done plain white (excellent work by my brother). From the decals that were left on it, I'd have placed it at 94, but the macaroni round the seat tube instead of a dog collar maybe raises doubts? The frame also came with a Velocity stem, which has polished up nicely. I'm not going to be sticking to period all the way through, there's some Alfine cranks to go on and the brakes will be whatever's in the garage (pulled by STX RC levers from oldschool).
Thanks to Alex (retrokona), I then got some M261s laced to LX hubs, an LX rear mech from Richard (giant-one) and some cheap, non-retro On One Fleegle bars and it's basically as you see here.
I've just picked up a shim for an old USE post today in 26.8mm, but it's too big - can anyone tell me if these are 26.4mm instead? I've had the verniers on it and it's somewhere between 26 and 27, but as it's round I can't get it bang on.
Any comments welcome (especially to do with age and seat post size!), better pics once it's further on...
I found a Cinder Cone with P2s on ebay for cheap - the paint was too far gone to rescue, so I got it done plain white (excellent work by my brother). From the decals that were left on it, I'd have placed it at 94, but the macaroni round the seat tube instead of a dog collar maybe raises doubts? The frame also came with a Velocity stem, which has polished up nicely. I'm not going to be sticking to period all the way through, there's some Alfine cranks to go on and the brakes will be whatever's in the garage (pulled by STX RC levers from oldschool).
Thanks to Alex (retrokona), I then got some M261s laced to LX hubs, an LX rear mech from Richard (giant-one) and some cheap, non-retro On One Fleegle bars and it's basically as you see here.
I've just picked up a shim for an old USE post today in 26.8mm, but it's too big - can anyone tell me if these are 26.4mm instead? I've had the verniers on it and it's somewhere between 26 and 27, but as it's round I can't get it bang on.
Any comments welcome (especially to do with age and seat post size!), better pics once it's further on...
