Re: [CR]Question about a different sort of classic lightweight

(Example: Racing:Jacques Boyer)

In-Reply-To: <200111180419.UAA22183@smtp.harbornet.com>
References: <200111180419.UAA22183@smtp.harbornet.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 23:32:54 -0500
To: Kenneth Stagg <kstagg@harbornet.com>, Classic Rendezvous <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Question about a different sort of classic lightweight


Kenneth Stagg wrote:
>I'll take a flyer that we can safely discuss a classic Moulton since they're
>listed at the CR site. I just traded for a Speed 4 - less the front carrier
>of course.

Yes, the front racks on these have the inviting look of a comfy chair, but when a person sits on one, it is instantly ruined.
>Other than an interesting battleship grey repaint the one thing
>that I really need to fix is a sqeak in the front suspension.
>Anyone out there
>have a simple fix?

Lotsa grease. I believe the Moulton Club Website has some detailed info on this.

http://www.whooper.demon.co.uk/moulton/moultmn.html
>If not, instructions for a more complex one? After that I
>may be looking to put a new crankset on it (this will be my scoot-around-town
>bike so it won't be a true restoration.) What odds on cotterless BB's?

This has perfectly normal 68 mm ISO/British BB, so you can put any normal BB into it.

That's true of all Moultons except for the Raleigh-built MkIII.

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