Carb7008@cs.com wrote:
> I've sometimes dreamt of adding cantilevers to a nice (is a pre-canti Trek
> 720 too nice?) vintage sport/touring frameset. But I wonder if this conversion
> is cost-effective and how much paint will be damaged? Any validity to doing
> this or is it hare-brained? As a side benefit, conv from 27" to 700C can also
> be made.
I put cantis on my pre-canti 720:
http://www.os2.dhs.org/
This was before the Japanese cantis were available, so I used MAFAC tandem cantis.
You'd probably want to repaint afterward, though.
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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA