Finally finished! Won “Best NY Bike” at the Brooklyn Bike Jumble.
Final build list:
Frame/Fork: Dick Power
Cranks/Chainring: Williams, 24t inch-pitch ring.
Pedals: Chater-Lea Sprinter with Christophe Special clips and Alfredo Binda straps.
Bottom Bracket: Bayliss-Wiley
Wheels: FB high flange 40/36h to Fiamme Pista rims, tied and soldered, Clement Pistard tires.
Cog: 8t BSA
Chain: Diamond roller
Bars/Stem: Titan
Seatpost: Titan
Seat: Wright’s Swallow
in front of my apartment building!
Real beauty!
Went to the Trexlertown swap meet this past weekend. Slower swap than usual, but saw many of the usual bike nerd suspects and had a pretty good time. The original size view of the velodrome is pretty nifty — very “Where’s Waldo.”
FOR SALE: I’m selling my partially restored Guerciotti GPS7200 pista, in need of paint. Frame is 58cm ctt, 57.5cm c-c top tube, primed and ready for paint. Includes NOS 48t Campagnolo Record track chainring, pantographed, 110mm Guerciotti pantographed Cinelli stem, 2 sets of decals, and original catalogue.
Includes frame, fork, and all the bits in this picture. Frame had top and down tubes replaced and the frame/fork aligned by Bilenky in Philadelphia. Beautiful work, and the bike should make for a great rider. Asking $650 shipped in the CONUS.
The Oregon Manifest, a framebuilder’s show for Oregon-based builders, is this year doing something a little different than shows like NAHBS have been doing — they’re holding a 1950s French-style “constructeur challenge.”
The French used to hold an annual challenge where builders were tasked with creating a light and elegant bicycle that could survive a series of challenges, with the winner the bike that handled them all the most soundly and with the most panache. The Oregon Manifest’s challenge (sponsored by Rapha and Chris King) involves a 77 mile race for practical bikes, with a series of technical challenges like carrying a change of clothing and a six pack of beer, portaging the bike, locking the bike up and purchasing food to be portaged to the finish and so on. Bicycles must survive complete, with no rattling or malfunctioning parts. It’s quite a cool idea.
There’s much more coverage of the event available at Bike Portland. Hopefully I can make it out there!
