suburbanreuben
Old School Grand Master
To ease the pain of selling my Team ST, I bought this Dekerf Solitairefrom Gearless in Seattle. I wasn't too sure about the paint colour at first, but now I love it.
Similarly, initial handling comparisons with my '94 Dekerf were less than favourable. Replacing the fat 2.3 Speed KIngs with 1.8" Specializeds, and removing two links to shorten the chainstay length to 16.5" worked wonders. There's a bit more fettling needed , but it's getting there!
It's a bit of a mixture of oldish and new, but it's for riding, in the deep dark forest. I doubt it'll ever see a road for more than a hundred yards.
Thanks, Lawrence!
Similarly, initial handling comparisons with my '94 Dekerf were less than favourable. Replacing the fat 2.3 Speed KIngs with 1.8" Specializeds, and removing two links to shorten the chainstay length to 16.5" worked wonders. There's a bit more fettling needed , but it's getting there!
It's a bit of a mixture of oldish and new, but it's for riding, in the deep dark forest. I doubt it'll ever see a road for more than a hundred yards.
Thanks, Lawrence!