Why make it simple when you can meke it complicated - a tribute to my wife ! :facepalm:
I had this titanium frame from the 90's
A russian Rapid
As its my only titanium frame and I wanted to do a light citybike, I embarked on modifying the build for it to accept some 700c wheels.
The issue were the brakes. As the Pauls BMX motolites are much too expensive, I embarked on having a friend lathe me some V brakes arms to accept Onza HO cantilevers brake shoes ! :mrgreen:
Found a "Skyde" titanium rigid fork in my spare parts "shop" , some machine tech levers nice levers , a ritchey steel stem and a no name titanium bar , suntour XC thumshifters and finally a pair of Mavic 501 and Mavic rims which had already been modified to take a 8 speed freewheel, left the previous Raceface crankset and TA rings ( took out the granny) and left as well the XTR mechs and seatpost
and here it the result
I am happy in Paris with these 32 tyres ( I am too old now for 23 tyres on the "shitty" Paris ground ( still some pavement and a lot of poor tarmac ) and this pretty nimble bike
I had this titanium frame from the 90's
A russian Rapid
As its my only titanium frame and I wanted to do a light citybike, I embarked on modifying the build for it to accept some 700c wheels.
The issue were the brakes. As the Pauls BMX motolites are much too expensive, I embarked on having a friend lathe me some V brakes arms to accept Onza HO cantilevers brake shoes ! :mrgreen:
Found a "Skyde" titanium rigid fork in my spare parts "shop" , some machine tech levers nice levers , a ritchey steel stem and a no name titanium bar , suntour XC thumshifters and finally a pair of Mavic 501 and Mavic rims which had already been modified to take a 8 speed freewheel, left the previous Raceface crankset and TA rings ( took out the granny) and left as well the XTR mechs and seatpost
and here it the result
I am happy in Paris with these 32 tyres ( I am too old now for 23 tyres on the "shitty" Paris ground ( still some pavement and a lot of poor tarmac ) and this pretty nimble bike