Tag: bicycle

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.

Mid Week Ramble

This morning presented a couple of hours to squeeze in a ramble around town,  I wanted to check out a park that I thought might be a gateway to some fire roads, but that did not pan out.  The Fog and mist were pretty thick….

Riding back across town I stopped at the farmer’s market to pick up some fruit, then headed over to the flea market.  Each week seems to keep getting bigger.  THis time there were more vendors with bike junk, and definitely more guys skimming for stuff to flip.  I was still able to haul some decent loot.

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.

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The fog moved out to sea after lunch, so we hit the town before nap time.  Two playgrounds and a lap around the neighborhood in less than 45 minutes….

 

Father’s day went fantastically by the way, but keeping it simple, dad forgot to put the memory card in the camera.  Tons of fun, tacos and a trip to the beach, but no pics, just memories.