[Jonnyrau]

montage, on 27 July 2010 - 17:28:47, said:

I canny see it

I am stuggling on posting pics, if you know a way without using image hosting sites pls tell!






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[stevevw]

best thing you could do with that old wreck is give it to me.

Or do somthing like this to it.

[Jonnyrau]

stevevw, on 28 July 2010 - 14:13:00, said:

best thing you could do with that old wreck is give it to me.

Or do somthing like this to it.

wow that looks amazing, sweet rides. Were they once raleigh richmonds? I have both the ladies and the mens bikes. How did you put drop bars on? I am really keen to make my bike look something like yours!

[stevevw]

No idea what the man's bike was 70's Raliegh the womans is an 80's Ebony.
As you can see the Ebony has the changers on the stem like yours. All you will have to do to fit drops is get some bars, a pair of brake levers, bar tape and probably a new set of cables. Remove old bars etc and replace with the new bits as easy as that.

[Jonnyrau]

stevevw, on 29 July 2010 - 10:17:12, said:

No idea what the man's bike was 70's Raliegh the womans is an 80's Ebony.
As you can see the Ebony has the changers on the stem like yours. All you will have to do to fit drops is get some bars, a pair of brake levers, bar tape and probably a new set of cables. Remove old bars etc and replace with the new bits as easy as that.

so no new gears required?

[stevevw]

Jonnyrau, on 29 July 2010 - 18:55:20, said:

so no new gears required?

Nope you have the changers on the stem just leave them there. They are easier to see and use rather than on the down tube. But you could change to a band on down tube shifter if you wanted to. But why bother?

Richmond here with drops fitted. Not as nice as yours though.
http://cgi.ebay.co.u...=item335f6f3b4f

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[Jonnyrau]

stevevw, on 29 July 2010 - 21:01:47, said:

Nope you have the changers on the stem just leave them there. They are easier to see and use rather than on the down tube. But you could change to a band on down tube shifter if you wanted to. But why bother?

Richmond here with drops fitted. Not as nice as yours though.
http://cgi.ebay.co.u...=item335f6f3b4f

How would you find out which size drop bars to get? Im kinda new to this biking malarkey.

[stevevw]

take your old bars off and measure the dia where it clamps to the stem. Then all you have to do is decide how wide you want the bars (usually sholder width) and what style you want.

[Jonnyrau]

stevevw, on 30 July 2010 - 13:30:34, said:

take your old bars off and measure the dia where it clamps to the stem. Then all you have to do is decide how wide you want the bars (usually sholder width) and what style you want.

k Thanks!

[Jonnyrau]

Can anyone tell me how many gears I have?