As with numerous other projects around the house, Big Red will be sitting idle for a bit more.
I did take him to a local bike shop to get an idea as to the expense to bring him back to glory......turns out the rear brake mounts are too low or the brake calipers are too small for the location of the mount.
Guy at the bike shop should be able to locate new calipers, re-cable the bike and we will throw some new rubber, clean up the shifters, brake levers and derailleurs and we will be all set.
The frame is about 2 inches too small for me though. Oh well another tourer out the door. Thought about taking it on the C/O canal trail for a week with it, but will have to rethink it and perhaps go with Black Beauty with bigger(wider) tires.
I seem to recall my brother stating this frame is a replacement as the original cracked, no wonder the brakes don't line up. the shop probably just moved the components from one to the other.....stay tuned.
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