Interesting modification to that derailleur to get that long cage too. My guess is that the owner had a wide range freewheel on the back to offset that huge chainring, but put a different set of wheels on it to sell it. No tires would support that conclusion as well. Lou Deeter, Orlando FL USA
-----Original Message----- From: Kurt Sperry <haxixe@gmail.com> Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Fri, Jun 11, 2010 11:53 am Subject: Re: [CR] Ebay Outing: 53cm Zeus/Otero, Spence-Wolff, Maxicar, 58T TA
Very cool frame but why mount a long cage modded RD on a TT bike? I don't get it.
Kurt Sperry Bellingham, Washington USA
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 10:57 PM, donald gillies <gillies@ece.ubc.ca> wrote:
> http://ebay.com/
>
> The super Raven 800 must be a Timetrial bike it only has one braze-on
> downtube boss and is set up with mostly NOS parts, including a 58T TA
> chainring. Check out the spanish brazing on this bike, the
> embellishments are splendid !!! For reference by posterity, they are:
>
> - a bicycle engraved in the bottom bracket
> - a fork tang down the side of the fork that's 3-dimensional
> - nervex non-pro (constructeur, maybe ref. 158?) lugs.
> - an oval ellipsoid chainstay stiffener, mounted vertically
> - other indescribable stuff (rear bridge)
>
> - Don Gillies
> San Diego, CA, USA