Converting to Compact Double?

[melissam]

Popoki_Nui,

That looks fantastic! Thanks for posting the pics!

What kind of handlebars are those?

How wide are the tires? 28s? Do they fit on the original rims?

What color is your bike? It looks black in the pictures, but that could be the lighting. My bike is burgundy, but it can look brown or black.

Thanks again for posting the pics. Man, maybe we should start a "vintage" bike pic thread.

-- Melissa

[Popoki_Nui]

Popoki_Nui,
What kind of handlebars are those?
How wide are the tires? 28s? Do they fit on the original rims?
What color is your bike? It looks black in the pictures, but that could be the lighting. My bike is burgundy, but it can look brown or black.

Not sure about the bars and stem, I had them in a box of parts in my workshop. They are basically 1" quill mountain bike stem and bars with bar ends. The tires are Continentals marked 700x28, but they actually measure 31mm wide. Yes, they fit right on the original rims. The bike's color now is gloss black, the original color was a kind of brownish~black (as far as I could tell: most of the paint was gone). The pic below shows what she looked like the day I brought her home. Tires rotted, cables seized, anything not alloy was rusted tight.