Re: [CR]L'Eroica bike choices

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From: "Ken Sanford" <kanford@comcast.net>
To: "Edward Albert" <Edward.H.Albert@hofstra.edu>, <haxixe@gmail.com>, <mdschmidt@patmedia.net>
References: <s6e5b746.096@gw15.hofstra.edu>
Subject: Re: [CR]L'Eroica bike choices
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:35:53 -0400
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cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

I ain't sure what I will be riding yet. Probably the '52 Ephgrave - but its present lowest gear is 45 x 22 which just ain't sufficient!!!

Hoping to get something more reasonable - but if not; I have not come to all that many hills that I can't walk.

Ken Sanford
Kensington, MD


----- Original Message -----
From: Edward Albert
To: haxixe@gmail.com
Cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 9:29 PM
Subject: Re: [CR]L'Eroica bike choices



>I am riding a Masi GC Milano, 1978 with Panaracer 700C X 25 messenger
> tires. 41 X 28 is the lowest I can handle with a 77 Super Record rear
> derailleur. So I walk 135K if I have to. To heck with the airlines.
> Risk the ride!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> Eddie Albert
> Chappaqua, NY, USA
>
> Edward Albert, Ph.D.
> Professor Emeritus of Sociology
>>>> Michael Schmidt <mdschmidt@patmedia.net> 09/10/07 8:29 PM >>>
> I thought about a Rauler, an Alex Singer, a Peter Weigle and then, I
> asked
> myself what if the airlines sends the bike to Octoberfest in Germany.
>
> Me?? I am taking the same piece of crap that I took last year. The
> Zeus
> Frankenbike. It was perfect last year only a bit too heavy. For 2007's
> event, I changed the wheels from Phil Wood/Mavic to a lighter pair of
> Campy/Campy. The Ideale saddle is now a Brooks B17. 3TTT bars and stem
> with heavier padded bar tape. Tires are Vittoria Randos 700x32 at
> 80psi.
> Last year, I ran Conti Top Touring 700x37 at 65psi. Still plan to run
> the
> triple but I found the 26T inner to be so low, it was unusable so I went
> to
> a 32T-41T-49T set and I think that works better.
>
> We're now three weeks away.
>
> Yeah baby!!
>
> Mike Schmidt
> Stirling, NJ
> USA
>
>
> On 9/10/07 3:02 PM, "Kurt Sperry" <haxixe@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I just wanted to add that I've got some miles in on my Grand Bois
> 700Cx30
>> tires I bought from Jan on some logging roads very similar to the
> typical
>> Tuscan strade bianche and found them very stable and sure footed.
> They
>> might be a good choice for L'Eroica as they seem to roll fast and
> smooth on
>> paved road as well.
>>
>> Kurt Sperry
>> Bellingham WA
>> USA
>>
>>
>> On 9/10/07, Paul Lee <Paul.Lee@aeroflex.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> As L'Eroica gets closer I'm refining our choices of rides to take
> over
>>> there. I've posted a few pictures to wooljersey along with some of
> the
>>> brake
>>> variations for Rita's Raleigh International with 650b's.
>>>
>>> http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/leep/leroica07/
>>>
>>> I had built up a Motobecane Grand Jubilee but the French bottom
> bracket
>>> threads were a bit loose after chasing and I abandoned it at the
> first
>>> sign
>>> of the fixed cup loosening. Besides, at 63 cm, the frame would be a
> tight
>>> fit into the bike travel case. Rita's pink Bianchi seemed like an
>>> appropriate choice but the 650b tire clearance was too close.
>>>
>>> Rita is not going for the style points as she wants the security and
>>> comfort
>>> of SPD pedals and aero brake levers. She is using friction bar end
>>> shifting
>>> though.
>>>
>>> On our test rides, the orange Ron Cooper turned out to be a blast on
> the
>>> trails with Grand Bois Cypres tires. Rita is pleased with the
> stability of
>>> the Panaracer Col de la Vie 650b tires when the trail gets loose. The
>>> bumps
>>> are softened too.
>>>
>>> I'm sure I'll be tweaking the bikes between now and when we leave but
> it
>>> is
>>> a relief to have narrowed down the choices with a week or so to
> spare. Ron
>>> Cooper and Raleigh International it is.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Paul Lee
>>> Huntington, New York USA