[CR]City bars and city bike conversions of ex-race bikes

(Example: Racing:Jacques Boyer)

From: "Charles T. Young" <youngc@netreach.net>
To: "Classic Rendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 20:20:36 -0500
Subject: [CR]City bars and city bike conversions of ex-race bikes

OK, so, not many folks with bar (re-)bending experience based on the feedback (1 correspondent). Maybe many demurred after consulting their attorneys. I'll try another question:

I have a set of ttt city bars mated to a ttt Gran Prix stem so probably '70's production. The bars have a flat moustache shape (no rise or drop). What type of levers would have been used and how would they have been placed? What other modifications were performed on retired race bikes over the decades to adapt them to more mundane service?

In expectation of a flood of mail on this topic,

Charlie Young
Honey Brook, PA