I have no problem with mud/snow clearance on this thing:
It now has the fenders removed and fatter cross tires on it for the same purposes you described. It also costed me almost nothing.
It now has the fenders removed and fatter cross tires on it for the same purposes you described. It also costed me almost nothing.
[quote=Elderberry]I have no problem with mud/snow clearance on this thing:
It now has the fenders removed and fatter cross tires on it for the same purposes you described. It also costed me almost nothing.[/quote]
i like this.
Thanks. Just one of the steeds in my growing stable of repurposed old Schwinns. Will post pics of it in tough guy cross mode on the morrow if I get the chance.
that would be sweet, maybe i’ll retrofit my current touring rig?
I dunno, I’m trying to cut my stable down, this might just increase it haha.
does bianchi still do the san jose? i know i want one.
I think so, but they seemed a little pricey last I looked unless I can find a used one.
I think so, but they seemed a little pricey last I looked unless I can find a used one.[/quote]
yeah, i just checked their site - the build sucks too. fwiw the san jose frame is much lighter than a crosscheck. it’d be nice to find just the frame/set.
I think so, but they seemed a little pricey last I looked unless I can find a used one.[/quote]
yeah, i just checked their site - the build sucks too. fwiw the san jose frame is much lighter than a crosscheck. it’d be nice to find just the frame/set.[/quote]
you could probably buy the bike and then part it out to make up some of the damages, but then the frame would probably cost as much as a cross check frame, and you would have dealt with a shitload more hassle.
Also no gears ever.
truth.
I wonder what I could fetch for my BK
false coz internal hub
Blah blah blah
San Jose has horizontal dropouts, fender hell.
this is my main concern
how about a raleigh one way, comes 120 spaced. fits wide tires. cantilever brakes.
I think all winter bikes should either be Cross-Checks or else old steel sport-touring frames, either converted or run geared. Plenty of room and braze-ons for racks and full fenders, clearance for wide tires, with comfortable, stable and predictable geometry, and the option to run fixed or geared. And if it’s not a Cross-Check, it should cost you less than $100 so you’ll never be worrying about damaging your precious snowflake of a bike.
perfectly said.
Anybody have an old steel frame for me?
[quote=frankstoneline]
Anybody have an old steel frame for me?[/quote]
I have an old Schwinn Le Tour with a slightly bent TT that you can have fo freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
it’d prolly be to small for him.
also track dropouts and fenders isn’t terrible.