Andrew_Squirrel
1985 Trek 720
I Finally got around to converting the 1985 Trek 720 from 27" to 700c. I stole these wheels off of my Mercian (never really looked good on that bike anyways).
- Installed new Kool Stop Salmon cartridges
- Adjusted cantilevers 4mm down for conversion (was surprisingly easy and doesn't look funky)
- Installed fairly heavy touring wheelset just sitting in the basement, Ultegra hub in back, vintage phil wood in front, straight gauge spokes, Mavic A719 rims.
- Threw some Panaracer tserv tires I had laying around, just got some Nomads in the mail so I might try them on this bike first. Mistakenly ordered skinwall, oops.
- New 9sp cassette (11-28), new 9sp chain.
- Ripped off Rivendell Silver Barcons (pretty, but I hate those things now), replaced with cheapy Ultegra 8-speed Bar-End Shifters (set to friction)
- Tried out the double-cross shift cable routing method, seems to work surprisingly well so far, rubs on the DT slightly but the paint is far far gone on this thing who cares. Housing tucks under Pass-hunter really well now.
- New batrape
- Removed Tubus rear rack, remounted the B&M Toplight Line Permanent (battery) to spare front light mount (Inspired by Blakey & Fred) on the hourglass rack boss.
- Replaced the rear mudflap that was torn off from portaging the bike with my car, formulating a front mud flap
1985 Trek 720
I Finally got around to converting the 1985 Trek 720 from 27" to 700c. I stole these wheels off of my Mercian (never really looked good on that bike anyways).
- Installed new Kool Stop Salmon cartridges
- Adjusted cantilevers 4mm down for conversion (was surprisingly easy and doesn't look funky)
- Installed fairly heavy touring wheelset just sitting in the basement, Ultegra hub in back, vintage phil wood in front, straight gauge spokes, Mavic A719 rims.
- Threw some Panaracer tserv tires I had laying around, just got some Nomads in the mail so I might try them on this bike first. Mistakenly ordered skinwall, oops.
- New 9sp cassette (11-28), new 9sp chain.
- Ripped off Rivendell Silver Barcons (pretty, but I hate those things now), replaced with cheapy Ultegra 8-speed Bar-End Shifters (set to friction)
- Tried out the double-cross shift cable routing method, seems to work surprisingly well so far, rubs on the DT slightly but the paint is far far gone on this thing who cares. Housing tucks under Pass-hunter really well now.
- New batrape
- Removed Tubus rear rack, remounted the B&M Toplight Line Permanent (battery) to spare front light mount (Inspired by Blakey & Fred) on the hourglass rack boss.
- Replaced the rear mudflap that was torn off from portaging the bike with my car, formulating a front mud flap