Hello, everyone. I've just been out road testing my second build. This one will be my bike. (First one was for my wife) It seems as though I've got it pretty well adjusted and it's even more comfortable for me than my wife's bike. That one is a bit small for me.
It's an old Columbia ten-speed. My memory of these bike's is vague. I'm thinking that it was something that you'd buy at K-Mart or Montgomery-Wards
in, say, 1972. At the same time I think I'm remembering a Columbia that was a bit on the upscale side. A 3-speed that was meant to compete with similar Raleighs, for instance. What do you think? Does that sound right?
Anyway, here it is. I had to replace the fork with something newer so that I could get wide tires on it. I did away with the derailleur completely so that I could adjust my engine chain exactly as I wanted. So I'm down to one pedalling gear, but I don't care about that. This is going to be a blast. Thanks once again to everyone for terrific info. I don't think it shows in the photo, but I'm using two separate brake levers on the right hand. This was a suggestion from Large Filipino. (thanks) It seems to work just fine.
It's an old Columbia ten-speed. My memory of these bike's is vague. I'm thinking that it was something that you'd buy at K-Mart or Montgomery-Wards
in, say, 1972. At the same time I think I'm remembering a Columbia that was a bit on the upscale side. A 3-speed that was meant to compete with similar Raleighs, for instance. What do you think? Does that sound right?
Anyway, here it is. I had to replace the fork with something newer so that I could get wide tires on it. I did away with the derailleur completely so that I could adjust my engine chain exactly as I wanted. So I'm down to one pedalling gear, but I don't care about that. This is going to be a blast. Thanks once again to everyone for terrific info. I don't think it shows in the photo, but I'm using two separate brake levers on the right hand. This was a suggestion from Large Filipino. (thanks) It seems to work just fine.