Re: [CR] Modern KOF "English Path Racers"? Classicrendezvous Digest, Vol 82, Issue 131

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Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:31:09 +0100
From: "M-gineering" <info@m-gineering.nl>
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Subject: Re: [CR] Modern KOF "English Path Racers"? Classicrendezvous Digest, Vol 82, Issue 131


tobit linke wrote:
> There's the On-One "Lincolnshire Poacher" http://www.on-one-shop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/frame.jpg
> Long and relaxed, but lacking front fender eyelets.
>
> The Bob Jackson Vigorelli http://www.bobjacksoncycles.co.uk/popup_image.php?pID=307 you can probably get with your choice of braze-ons,
> but it probably has a trackish geometry.
>
> For a daily commuter (which in my book means it has fenders),
> I wouldn't go out of my way to have track ends as these make wheel removal
> in case of a flat difficult.
>

Track ends have the advantage of being much stronger, but on a road bike the brake alignment changes a lot with the position of the wheel

I'm currently doing a series of 'winterbike'frames built around 57mm brakes

-- mvg

Marten Gerritsen
Kiel Windeweer
Netherlands