I had to invest about $120 in a seat post, brakes, brake levers, cables, and bar tape, but everything else was stuff I had in the garage. Dave at the shop was a huge help. He helped me find some brakes and a seatpost that would work. He even helped me find some baby-blue bar tape that would have perfectly matched the Reynolds tubing decal you can see in the second picture, but I just couldn't pull the trigger on baby-blue bar tape.
It's nice to have a shop to go to where they help you out even when there isn't a significant financial gain to be had by doing so.
I think it turned out pretty good and that's one less bike frame in the local landfill.
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Nice work, Bob! Sport Touring Geometry 12 Speed in an earlier life, now simplified to a singlespeed. Just for around town or would you consider it on something like Seth's ride?
I'll be at the wedding this weekend, so I would not be able to join you for the ride this weekend.
If I was available, this bike would probably be what I'd use for a 100 mile ride.
I've got an old TREK that I want to get setup as a SS. It needs a ton of work, and I'm struggling with how to get started. I too read Scott's post and thought about taking it somewhere to get it done. I just want to go the economical route as it seems kind of silly to drop a bunch of $$ on an old 'fun' frame!
It looks a lot better than it did in the shed. Nice job!
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