Tag: cork grips

Suntour Thumb Shifters

So we are out on a family ride yesterday and my wife is telling me how much she loves the cork grips and the Sequoia in general, but why are the shifters still on the down tube?  It is realy fun being able to build bikes up and share the stoke.  I remember having the conversation on this, none the less I was off to the parts bin with a score had been saving for just such a build…

The barcon shifter orientation part of my brain thought these would work well this way.  The reality is that they are much better flipper over with the Suntour logo facing down they way they were meant to face on a flat bar.

1983 Sequoia Final Build – For Now

The drop bars were not the setup of choice for my wife.  I figured that was going to be the case and had a set of Nitto Albatross bars and NOS Specialized dirt drop stem on hand and ready to go.  The grips and levers took a bit of time to get together, but the finished product looks pretty darn good in my opinion. 

The only other thing swapped out so far was the pedals, as with the drops, clips and straps are not here thing at the moment.  The luggage is in the design phases and fenders may show up before the next winter rains.  I entertained the idea of a 650b conversion, not much to gain for her so we are going to hold off. 

 This is a fantastic bike, I wish you could still walk into a shop and buy something like this off of the rack for a reasonable price.