well things have been crazy with work lately and another friend's wedding and it's been too long since I posted and unfortunately I haven't been able to keep up too much with the list so I'm sure I've missed some interesting topics.
I some how managed among all the chaos to build up the raleigh international frame set I bought from george allen and I'm quite pleased. It's to be my english touring bike, I've got the sks fenders I bought at cycles de oro the last day of cirque on it now and they look great although I wish I would have picked up a set of honjo mudguards instead. I checked out a bike shop in Oak Park, IL that supposed to have a great selection of all sorts of things and they recommended some 28mm wide avocet slick touring tires and I like them so far. Anyone have any experience with avocet tires? I have to admit I've never used them. A little on the pricey side, especially for a wire beaded tire but I figured I'd take the chance. I've got the blackburn rack on the bike of course now I'm just looking for some panniers.
I'll post some pics up later this week. It's good to be in the loop again!
marc garcia
chicago IL