Evil bike..?

[Triskeliongirl]

Triskeliongirl wondered about the cassette: it's a 14-28 6-speed Shimano 600 road cassette. I do have a few spare cassettes...I'll play around with them and see what happens.

Hmmm. If a 14 is your smallest cog, could that be what its slow on the flats? What is the smallest cog on your other bikes?

[Bike Goddess]

You may have answered your question! You might try Googling the specs for track bikes to see if this bike meets the specs.

Lucky you to have a choice as to which bike to ride! I'd say, enjoy it on hill climbing, sprinting and track riding pursuits and leave it at that! You've done a good job rebuilding it and it should be enjoyed for what it is!

Just my $.02

[gnarwhal]

In response to the lady who asked what happened to me, well my DMR V8's with their lovely spiky grip pegs decided to spikygrip the back of my leg. my chain slipped and my foot went forward sending crank and pedal spinning round into my calf and left me with a bleeding stinging leg...ow!

Here's hoping you get your bike fit thing sorted

[Popoki_Nui]

In response to the lady who asked what happened to me, well my DMR V8's with their lovely spiky grip pegs decided to spikygrip the back of my leg. my chain slipped and my foot went forward sending crank and pedal spinning round into my calf and left me with a bleeding stinging leg...ow!

OW! Been there, done that! Hope you heal up soon. :0


~Sherry.

[Popoki_Nui]

I'd say, enjoy it on hill climbing, sprinting and track riding pursuits and leave it at that! You've done a good job rebuilding it and it should be enjoyed for what it is! Just my $.02

Good suggestion! That's what I might end up doing. I was hoping to use this bike (not dike ) as my winter road bike (I don't ride my Gitane or Falcon in the rainy months); maybe I'll have to find another project bike to use as a winter roadie. Not exactly a bad thing: I love restoring bikes, and one can't have too many bikes in their stable, right?

[Popoki_Nui]

Hmmm. If a 14 is your smallest cog, could that be what its slow on the flats? What is the smallest cog on your other bikes?

The cogs on my Falcon are 13-23 (52/42 chainrings), and on my Gitane it's a 14-28 cogset (52/39 chainrings).