In a message dated 8/31/02 9:49:20 AM Pacific Daylight Time, heddarr@indianaconnect.com writes:
<< I would like to see. I heard of a california shop that made "correct transformations" My friends and I thought all the good shops that neat stuff was in NYC or all of California. We settled for catalogs.
What was that shop and did they work As I remember they were well spoken of and kind of pretty in a functional way.
I vaguely remember that they used straight stock aluminum and stretched out the pully distance so that it could wrap more chain. I the body provided plenty of clearance for large cogs and range for 6 speed.
I would assume that this would be problematic in that the frame bolt pivot was not sprung or maybe not.
The 70's were a long time ago. Assuming much about vague memories and would love to be reminded by those who know. >>
Many people did this sort of thing but the class act was Spence Wolf'' s alpine conversion. Much more than just a couple of pieces of flat stock. Phil Brown Going to work in very foggy San Francisco