Recent content by Jak Conrad

Will do. I'm still cogitatin'.

If I found a decent enough deal on it, sure. For the moment, it's getting parts I have laying around. Still cogitating on which ones to use.

"Accidentally" bought on the Bay, and I'm surprised at the condition of this frame. The only marks I can find indicate that a pair of wheels were mounted, but the bike was either never ridden, or ridden so little as to leave it like new. 58 042487 011

I'll give that a shot. Won't break my heart if I can't get it perfect, but the progress I made with a simple flush would indicate that I might be able to get it going again. We'll see. It's the brifter set I've put 10s of thousands of miles on my Kona JtS with, so it'd be nice to have 'em still...

Yeah, I think I'll stick with a bar end, or if I'm feeling really retro, downtube. I've been used to brifters and bar ends, though I have used DT levers from time to time. I like the simplicity. Also, I still have a pair of 105 9-speed brifters I've been somewhat successful in de-gunking. I may...

This will either be downtube only, or I might run a bar end for the rear. I agree it won't compete with more modern frames, but the Bridgestone 200 is made of gas pipe, so it'll sure be lighter than that. :)

I have a set of Vittoria 28c that were going to go on the B'stone, but with the "new" Cannondale frame (NOS, not even a scratch), I'm gonna see how well they fit. If not, I'll step it down a size and just accept that it'll be stiff and light... compared to my other bikes anyway. :)

My most modern bike is probably a NOS 2005 Trek 1200 I built up recently, and a Montague Paratrooper from about the same time. My current Dale is an M500 (not sure the year, I'll look it up though), and a (probably 1987 SR400) frame I'm waiting for.

Hello! While losing weight, I built up an old M500 with stout wheels and parts I had laying around. It worked pretty well, and is a very sprightly feeling bike, but the frame is just a bit too small for me. I have it adjusted so that I have a decent fit, though sorta "slammed"... very sporty...