the Red Kite
By chai wallah on 03/20/2009.
Bike tags: Road bike | Commuter | 1981 | 5 speed | 5-speed |
Coventry-Eagle. Has lamp brackets!
SR stem; bar grips are Specialized & bars new (as bought) too, so may be same. Will swap out soon
27"x1¼ Rigida Chromage Superchromix textured (?!) steel rims (made in France); Maillard hubs
As front
Sakae Silstar; Tange
KKT RT-SF
46T/14-28T (Regina Corsa freewheel)
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Coventry-Eagle. Has lamp brackets!
SR stem; bar grips are Specialized & bars new (as bought) too, so may be same. Will swap out soon
27"x1¼ Rigida Chromage Superchromix textured (?!) steel rims (made in France); Maillard hubs
As front
Sakae Silstar; Tange
KKT RT-SF
46T/14-28T (Regina Corsa freewheel)
Shimano RS derailleur slightly knackered :/ Doing best to sort out.
It's a sad sight, those replacement parts, isn't it? I'll see what I can do there, too.
Bike guru reckons low-end 1980s, made in Humberside - but it's local in spirit, and will get me around.
update: I wasn't feeling too generous toward this bike, but actually, it's really rather similar to the Charge Lazy Susan, isn't it? (Apart from the Susan's amazingly laid-back angles.) Now, I could swap North Roads onto it, but I'd not be able to climb hills then without doing my back in. Hmph.
