She's PERFECT!
Finally THE spirit!
John Pergolizzi San Diego
On Mar 24, 2010, at 12:16 PM, Matthew 'Devotion' Bowne wrote:
>
> This one is a real "mod"...and not just cause it came from early
> 60's England.
> My buddy John brought this bike to my shop after picking it up in
> Connecticut for $40. It was in VERY rough shape. What can be best
> described as a "bum bike". About 500,000 miles on it, a crashed
> Tange fork, something screwed into the top tube, up-turned
> handlebars wrapped in tubes and electrical tape, a number of
> stickers, zip ties, bungee cords, masking tape, a mangled rear rack
> and a mix of parts...many of which were early Nuovo Record but, like
> the frame, all had the previous owner's first and last name scribed
> into them. The Weyless front and Phil Wood rear hub might have been
> the only bits without his "autograph".
> It was greasy and disgusting. And I had to have it. 'Cause I had a
> vision.
> I replaced the fork with a canti stud-equipped cross/touring fork
> someone gave me at T-Town years back. I'm always lookin' for an
> excuse to practice my brazing, so I added some matching bosses to
> the rear. While I was at it, I patched the hole in the top
> tube...sprayed the rear pegs to match (kinda) and clear-coated the
> top tube. I didn't think it was possible, but it just kept getting
> uglier...So I ran with it.
> What can one do to beautify a brown and green frame that looks like
> it was dragged behind a truck? Find more brown and green,
> naturally. That's when I remembered the green Vittoria cross tires
> and used those as a platform for the rest of the build: Some sort
> of cross bike abomination. One look at the angles on this thing and
> it's clear that it wasn't meant to be a race bike...but that's no
> reason I couldn't dress her up as one.
> I went with the classic cross 1X6 set up...since she'll likely be a
> mud/snow/foul weather lock-up machine on the fairly flat NYC streets.
> Fellow listmembers helped with a number of parts for the build, as
> they tend to do, so a big thanks to the community here. I want to
> especially thank Dan Artley for the saddle he gave me at NAHBS, or
> "cherry on top" as I like to think of it. Not only is it
> aesthetically perfect for the build, but it's a copy of my favorite
> saddle of all time: the Assos.
> David Coke and Charlie Young were big inspirations for this one
> too. David inspired me to think beyond the "period-correct Campy"
> box and I had LOADS of fun getting creative with this one. Charlie
> put me on his British cross machine at Cirque last summer and I have
> been wanting something like it ever since. Charlie has a great
> approach to building and riding and whether he knows it or not, he
> had a big hand in this build.
> Pics are below. Sorry for the lack of rotation on a couple of
> them. That will be fixed.
>
> http://www.wooljersey.com/
>
> Matthew Bowne
> Brooklyn, New York
>
> "The journey is the destination"
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