Here's what I'd do to that beautiful Woodrup.:
1. Yeah, lose the fender (mudguard) especially if you didn't get the front. If ever you did want fenders, get the SKS/Esge chrome set.
2. Lose the foam grips and the cheesey brake levers. Cloth tape with non-aero levers. Cables and tape in red would be very cool. Clear shellac on the tape.
3. Brooks saddle, B17, definitely in honey color.
4. Pedals? See
http://www.classicrendezvous.com/
5. Crankset could be changed to a TA "Cycletourist" for a triple: <http://www.classicrendezvous.com/France/TA_CycloT.htm>. Again the class touring item of its day.
Roy "my Nashbar looks like this" Drinkwater Lititz, PA
>i am reassembling the woodrup i recently purchased on ebay.
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>the question is this.. do i lose the cheesy rear fender and keep the
>blackburn rack and rear panniers....as the old song goes.. it never rains in
>southern california
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>do keep it the way it was assembled in 1981... or relegate that not so
>attractive rear fender to the shelf in the garage
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>see the rear fender in person at the following location
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><http://ebay.com/<blah>