Found a 1980's Roberts at the co-op...and a bunch of kids' track bikes
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Today marked another weekend of bike shop hopping, including a trip to the local co-op, where I found this Roberts:
Once again, I'm putting some money aside for a bike that I don't need. Unfortunately, not for sale...yet.
That didn't stop me from throwing my hat into the ring for it already. I found the pairing of the Nuovo RD with the Super Maxy front crankset interesting - though there's way too much chain here (not the co-op's fault, they have a gazillion bikes and this hasn't even been looked at yet). I'm already envisioning a spare, black anodized SR drillium chainring on it, even though I have no business working my way towards a bike that isn't even on the market yet.
I also got to see more youth-sized track bikes in one place than I've ever seen in my life. These were the big ones - 50cm was the biggest, I believe (and if not, they started at 48cm). There was another row of them that were tiny and just had to be 650C. Not sure, couldn't tell.
I've seen Andante badging on any frame you can imagine, so there's no telling what these are - probably frames from a South American builder. They're the ACME Bicycle Corp. of this region, really.
The owner of the co-op also hooked me up with a super nice B.Cycle station sign for the Bike Share Museum and gave me a tour of the facilities - the Broward B.Cycle system is without a doubt one of the cleanest, nicest bike share operations I've seen.
Sure makes you think "London Underground," doesn't it?
-Kurt
Once again, I'm putting some money aside for a bike that I don't need. Unfortunately, not for sale...yet.
That didn't stop me from throwing my hat into the ring for it already. I found the pairing of the Nuovo RD with the Super Maxy front crankset interesting - though there's way too much chain here (not the co-op's fault, they have a gazillion bikes and this hasn't even been looked at yet). I'm already envisioning a spare, black anodized SR drillium chainring on it, even though I have no business working my way towards a bike that isn't even on the market yet.
I also got to see more youth-sized track bikes in one place than I've ever seen in my life. These were the big ones - 50cm was the biggest, I believe (and if not, they started at 48cm). There was another row of them that were tiny and just had to be 650C. Not sure, couldn't tell.
I've seen Andante badging on any frame you can imagine, so there's no telling what these are - probably frames from a South American builder. They're the ACME Bicycle Corp. of this region, really.
The owner of the co-op also hooked me up with a super nice B.Cycle station sign for the Bike Share Museum and gave me a tour of the facilities - the Broward B.Cycle system is without a doubt one of the cleanest, nicest bike share operations I've seen.
Sure makes you think "London Underground," doesn't it?
-Kurt