Rebuilt single speed circa '73-82 Motobecane Ride report!!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Close, I think they're these

www.bonthronebikes.co.uk/157-26073

no reflector and open, "drilled" on side and back. I dunno about a Brooks for me. The Avocet is one of the saddles my butt likes. Chris says "phase two" should be some lovely hand-hammered fenders he carries.

I also need to figure out storage; under seat bag, handlebar bag. The Nigle Smythe bag I have on the commuter doesn't fit.



I know, isn't it? I'm hearing Disco in the background when I ride

Yeah, the modern black plastic stuff does not really "go" with this bike.
Those Honjo hammered fenders would look nice. Lots of Rivendellers use those. But me- I'm a minimalist and I can see your Moto with plain chrome fenders like the classic old ones.
Canvas bags are def the called for thing here. Duluth has a few limited supply canvas bags available right now, and they are VERY cheap compared to other brands:
http://www.duluthpack.com/search_res...ke+bag&x=0&y=0
Apparently they found some boxes of old stock bags and are selling them off.

I have both the banana bag and the Little Joe (which is pretty roomy).
I think you could cover most stuff with a LJoe on the back and a candy bar on the front. Since this is a townie bike, you might want to consider a basket for those loaves of French bread and bottles of wine you might pick up in town. Check out VO's REAL classic baskets:
http://www.velo-orange.com/bapaandba.html

And here are the fenders (both hammered and smooth) and nice leather mudflaps:
http://www.velo-orange.com/fenders.html

Lisa

[dex]

Aaaggghh. This thread is way too dangerous for me. It's making me itch to get to work on my Mercier like you wouldn't believe. Also, my finger keeps hovering over the "Add To Cart" button on that banana bag, with thoughts of, "It'll be sooo pretty on Giselle..." filling my brain. *sigh*