Posted: January 19th, 2012 | Author: peter lombardi | Filed under: bikes, haphazard, photography, projects, trek 950 singletrack | Tags: Brooks, goodies, saddle, singletrack, swallow, Trek, trek 950 | 2 Comments »
well i finally broke down and bought the saddle i’ve always lusted after, a slick Black Brooks Swallow, and it looks damn fine on the Trek 950 Singletrack if i do say so myself other parts are starting to trickle in, with the snow pounding us this week the delivery’s have been sketchy at best, [...]
Posted: January 6th, 2012 | Author: peter lombardi | Filed under: bikes, haphazard, photography, projects, trek 950 singletrack | Tags: bike, cassette, Chris King, conversion, m770, progress, stem, thomson, Trek, trek 950, wheelset, x4 | 1 Comment »
got my 110mm 10? Thomson X4 stem, the Chris King 1 1/8 2Nut Conversion, and my M770 XT 11-34 cassette. it’s finally starting to look like a bike! figured i’d get a little more progress up, since i’ll be heading off to PA again come tuesday, wheelset ordering / building when i get back! -peter
Posted: January 3rd, 2012 | Author: peter lombardi | Filed under: bikes, haphazard, photography, projects, trek 950 singletrack | Tags: bike, cassette, Chris King, conversion, derailleur, stem, thomson, Trek, trek 950, update, wheels, wheelset, xtr | 2 Comments »
parts are starting to add up, finally it’s staring to resemble a bike! waiting on an XT M770 11-34 cassette, an XTR M791 GS rear derailleur, the Chris King 1 1/8 2Nut Conversion, and the Thomson 110mm x 10? X4 stem. next on the list, building the wheelset… mmm, sexy 650b’s…. -peter
Posted: December 12th, 2011 | Author: peter lombardi | Filed under: bikes, haphazard, photography, projects, trek 950 singletrack | Tags: brake, brass washers, Chris King, Dynamo, elite, frame, neo retro, Paul, shimano, singletrack, soma, Soma Mixte, sotto voce, t660, thomson, Trek, trek 950 | No Comments »
so the parts for the Trek 950 Singletrack build are slowly coming together: a 1 1/8″ Chris King Black Sotto Voce headset that i picked up used (still need the 2Nut conversion for it), those Paul Neo-Retro brakes for the rear that I’ve posted about before, a Thomson 29.8 Elite Black seatpost, some DT Swiss [...]
Posted: November 28th, 2011 | Author: peter lombardi | Filed under: bikes, haphazard, mountain bikes, photography, projects, trek 950 singletrack | Tags: Avid, Boosters, brake, brake boosters, canti, cantilever brakes, neo retro, Paul, Paul Brake, Paul Components, project, rear brakes, SRAM, Trek, trek 950, Ultimate, v brakes, Volpe | No Comments »
the Trek project is slowly progressing, some winter trip plans haven’t helped it’s forward momentum, but i’m excited for them none-the-less. what we have here though is a set of Paul Components Neo-Retro cantilever brakes. Eventually the Trek will follow in the footsteps of the Volpe Build with a pair of Paul Brake Boosters, one [...]
Posted: November 19th, 2011 | Author: peter lombardi | Filed under: bikes, haphazard, photography, projects, trek 950 singletrack | Tags: badass, city bike, project, singletrack, Trek, trek 950 | No Comments »
so here it is, the 1992 Trek 950 Singletrack that is my next project, a badass 650b city bike. more info to come as i get the parts -peter
Posted: November 16th, 2011 | Author: peter lombardi | Filed under: bikes, haphazard, projects, trek 950 singletrack | Tags: bike, frame, project, sexy black, singletrack, Tange, town bike, trek 950, true temper | No Comments »
yup, a new project, an NOS ’92 Trek 950 Singletrack!!! yes, that’s right, a brand spanking new, never built up 1992 Trek 950 Single track, a sexy black with logo’ed lugged True Temper OX Comp II frame with the Tange triple butted Cro-Moly Big Fork, droool!!! more to come, but it’s going to be my [...]
Posted: November 1st, 2011 | Author: peter lombardi | Filed under: bikes, haphazard, projects | Tags: bike, Brooks, building, cranks, dia compe, Dynamo, frame, girl, girls, internal hub, mixte frame, Nitto, planning, rims, schwinn, Sheldon Brown, shimano, soma, univega, US, Velo Orange, VO, wheels | No Comments »
so it seems that i have a mixte build-up in the works, someday i’ll get back to the pre-war schwinn i swear! anyhow, back to the subject at hand, a mixte build, what’s a mixte you ask? well the late Sheldon Brown explains it as such, A style of lady’s frame in which the “top tube” consists [...]
Posted: August 29th, 2011 | Author: peter lombardi | Filed under: bikes, haphazard, photography, projects, road bikes | Tags: bianchi, bianchi volpe, jandd, me, peter, shimano, spd pedals, tre, VO, Volpe, week | 2 Comments »
bwa, nice racks! sorry… anyhow! got the JANDD Extreme and Expedition racks on the Bianchi Volpe, as well as some new Shimano M530 SPD pedals, looking slick! Ortleibs for the rear come later in the week. -peter
Posted: August 25th, 2011 | Author: peter lombardi | Filed under: bikes, haphazard, projects, road bikes | Tags: bianchi, bianchi volpe, mail, peter, stuff, thing, tourer, update, US, VO, Volpe | No Comments »
just a short update, racks, bags, and pedals for the Bianchi Volpe tourer build are all in the mail… you’ll get pics when i get muh stuff! -peter
