Recent content by chilehed

Doug was very helpful, but expressed that he wouldn't mind if I could find someone closer to me because he's really busy and this isn't his favorite kind of job. Someone put me in touch with Matt Assenmacher up near Flint, and I'll be dropping the fork off with him this morning. The rims came...

I'm pretty sure it's not the original fork, but it's definitely JIS. Thanks for the name, Niles is a couple of hours away but looking at his website I think it'll be worthwhile to not have to do it myself.

It's been a moving target, indeed. I was concerned about the chainline angles having durability issues with the added motor load if I used a mid-drive, so I decided to go with a Grin eZee front hub with a Fischer AG torque-sensing BB and a 48V 19Ah downtube battery. Parts list so far is: -...

Yeah, but it's not likely I'll ever need it again so the ten bucks they charged me to get it off was worth it. And don'tcha know, it turns out that the crown race ID is 27 mm, so it's JIS! Snap... looks like my options are - Find a 33mm stack height JIS headset to match the existing fork...

I have AA00966. What do you want to know?

@letsbike , I just noticed that "TANGE-TR-R" is stamped around the dropouts, and eyeballing with a ruler the rake's about 45 mm. Factory documentation says the original fork was supposed to be a Tange 124B with 54 mm rake, and since I've gathered that 6C is a date code indicating March1986 it's...

Spring is here and my ski season’s over; if you’ve never skied Jackson Hole, change that. Parts have been arriving. It’s got Old Man Mountain Divide racks front and rear now, and I’m eyeing a pair of Carradice Super C panniers for after the rest is done. I got a VeloOrange rear freewheel hub on...

It did eventually, yes.

@black lightning 1987 ,I found a set of Tektro R559 nutted calipers on Amazon, it took a month for them to arrive from Taiwan but with the weather I wasn't in a hurry. I got the front one on last night and it stoppies really nice now. They look good, too. Thanks for the suggestion! @letsbike ...

I'll have to consider that, keeping in mind that I need to package protect for fenders and 32mm tires. Thanks for the suggestion.

The original Gran-Compe NGC500 sidepulls. I've got a fresh set of Shimano pads on, with the original Gran-Compe levers I can do a stoppie easily but not with these Dia-Compes. The Gran-Compe levers are ~22 mm between the pivots, while the Dia-Compes are ~25, which means 12% less force applied at...

Thanks for breaking the logjam free, it helped me find these, these, and these as well. I'll look closely at all four, some are not cheap but I've had more expensive hobbies in the past. I'm not the first owner but far as I know it's the original part. I can't find my note of what markings were...

Getting closer. I put flat pedals on and found that the natural position of my feet is about an inch and a half farther out than how my clipless were set; I rode that way for thirty years so I guess it's no surprise that it aggravated my got-kicked-by-a-horse-once knee. Got a threadless stem...

Got it together enough for a short ride last night, it was good to be in the saddle again and it rode very nicely. Lots more to do yet, but it'll happen more slowly now. Saddle, obviously. I want to go to 32mm tires, so new wheels. Fenders. Good racks and bags. Pretty sure I want to increase the...

Getting closer. The parts finally arrived from South Salem Cycleworks, it was a bit of a cluster but Michael kept at it (it wasn't his fault) and made sure they came through. I'd certainly recommend him to anyone looking for parts. In the meantime I cleaned things off and got the fork...