So This Followed Me Home From the Salvation Army Store!

 

Been wanting something for the Senior Games and the occasional local time trials. 

So far I've oiled the chain and flipped the seatpost around. We'll see if I can like it.

Unbelievable, Inconceivable, I'm Updating This Thing

 Hi, after a year plus of life interfering with the bike thing I've got some new projects going. 

Almost two years ago I teased the arrival of a vintage Mikkelsen frame. Originally, I built it up with beautiful, shiny Campagnolo 11s parts. Mix of Record, Chorus and Athena. It was nice and my, does it ride nicely. Recently another frame came along that would be more suitable for those parts and it always bugged me to jam the wide rear hub between those dropouts. 

Well, today I rebuilt it with parts that suit its 126mm nature. Mostly 7s Shimano 105. Still have a Campy crank and front der on it. I'm allowed. Took it out for a shakedown cruise today. 

Cockpit is Nitto stem and Noodle bars and Tektro levers, the ones that feel like 9s Campy,

Wheels are Shimano 600 "Tricolor" hubs with Mavic GP4 CD rims.Tires are some Maxxis I bought like 20 years ago that are going to be replaced when the UPS truck arrives on Tuesday.

The ride went great. For once I got everything right on the workstand. Getting used to the DT shifters after 15 years of Ergo was interesting. You don't shift unless you have a reason, not just at every ripple in the road. That 13-23 cassette on the back might be a little more manly than I'll want to live with. We'll see.