Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19068
Location: PDX11/8/13 12:31 PM |
Re-purposed Strong project/progress... EDIT:Finito
If you are in no mood for my bloggy ramblings, I suggest clicking/U-turning outta here now. ;O
I originally got this frame 12/26/2000 and had a LONG stint of about 12 years as my main steed.
Although after the broken leg saw little pavement for too long. Has seen 9 speed and 10 in it's tenure. It is amazing how well the powder coating has held up. The minor chips an imperfections are on the chain stays. I guess my left shoe was clipping the chain stay at some point as that is where that bulk of marks are. You have to look close to see them with the black.
It still has a geared rear wheel in the picture. I am ordering spokes [danscomp.com] today for the White Industries ENO hub I got last week.
I have an A23 rim and will use the DA front with the ENO when I get it built for a reasonable match. Picked up the Kona steel fork last night, took off the AME again [stiff, stiff] Decided on a steel fork instead of putting the Look back on. I had to use a long reach caliper, so the Dura Ace 9s calipers are getting retired [read: shelved for next use. ;)]. Will be putting the mate to the front long reach on after I pull it as well.
Going to start out with a 17T freewheel/15 cog on the flip flop. Front is a 42, but there is also a 39 hiding behind it for wider on the road chain/gear options. The Strong has good clearance so a 32 would probably fit if I am so inclined. The Kona fork look like a 38x could work. It raised the front of the bike 4mm. I will see how it gets along when I get it rolling. I think 23-5mm tire may work with fenders.
Will start with GP4 All season 28C and see how much PNW off season rolling I can accoplish when not rolling on MTBs.
Learned a valuable lesson when I pulled the AME off.
If you notice I have a Head Tube extension on top of the head tube. @ 44 years old I could not get the bars low enough and the 155mm Head tube helped get that done. No more 4-1/2" drop to the bars for me... ;O I hate goofy looking spacer setup almost as much as not using a bike/frame.
The lesson was just how much an AME steerer flexes. The edges of the spacer started to cut into the steerer. It is not bad yet, but would be eventually one can assume. I would not have seen this had i not pulled the fork and a failure was down the road for sure. Have to sell it to some one with a small frame to use now. ;O
I will check the new fork out, but being steel it should flex less [??] and certainly not cut into like the carbon steerer. Curious to see if it will touch, probably depends on my Out of the saddle effort and subsequent yanking and banking.
Last edited by Sparky on 11/16/13 5:12 PM; edited 1 time in total
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