Late 70's(?) Lotus Sprint Track bike, city cruiser style

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Frame / Size / Year:
Late 1970's (not sure on exact year) Lotus Sprint track bike, 57cm

Handlebars / Stem:
Nitto 110mm, Nitto all-rounder city bars with natural Cinelli cork

Fork / Headset:
Lotus/generic stock steel headset

Front Wheel / Hub / Rim / Tire:
shimano cheapie hub 3x to Mavic MA3, 32H

Rear Wheel / Hub / Rim / Tire:
Suntour Superbe Pro Track laced 4x to Mavic MA3, 36H

Crankset / Bottom Bracket:
Shimano UN cartridge BB, Suntour Superbe Pro Track 167.5 cranks

Saddle / Seat Post:
cheapie post, Maroon Brooks B17

Pedals / Chain:
RARE Phil Wood CHP platform pedals, MKS clips, KMC Z chain 1/8"

Gearing / Chainring / Misc.:
18T EAI cog 1/8", 48T sugino ring

Notes:

SKS full fenders. sold to Tomy, timecycle courier here in philly who promptly broke it! he has since gotten it repaired. i miss this bike, and i really regret selling those rare phil wood pedals, although i did need the money.

People who friended this bike seajaye, CONDENADO, brainvacation77, xbillyx, giosSR215, onethirtynine, jhvu74, notjason

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Boring?

Submitted by jhvu74 on 08/05/2009.

I can't believe someone would dog on this bike. I love it. I'm actually surprised you got fenders to work on a track frame. That's really unique and sets apart from the million other lame cookie-cutter builds.

Are those angles really that slack or is it the photos?

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nice

Submitted by E on 05/28/2009.

nice, street viable (the madison too)

how are the nitto bars--weight, flex?

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thanks

Submitted by msneeri2 on 05/28/2009.

the nitto bars are great, have a nice smooth bend and aren't too wide. they are alloy, so they are light. as far as stiffness, they are ok, its hard to make a stiff bar in this shape! comfortable tho. thanks for the comments!

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strange how you make a

Submitted by georgecostansa on 05/28/2009.

strange how you make a wonderful frame become such a boring and ordinary looking bike. I dont like to hate on bikes, but I´m really curious about your ideas with this bike

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look how slack those angles

Submitted by msneeri2 on 05/28/2009.

look how slack those angles are. the thing looks retarded with b123s on it. i ride in the rain, and im old. so bite me. im sure you dont like to hate on bikes ;) ya know what, i HATE to hate on bikes, but you, my pudgy seinfeld sidekick, have gotten my velocipede-riding goat. strange how you take a beautiful merckx tt bike and turn it into a shitty conversion. good day, sir!

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point taken.

Submitted by georgecostansa on 05/28/2009.

point taken.

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this bike has an amazing

Submitted by giosSR215 on 05/27/2009.

this bike has an amazing color. and the fenders are pretty sweet too man. nice build.

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Late 70's(?) Lotus Sprint Track bike, city cruiser style

Boring?

nice

thanks

strange how you make a

look how slack those angles

point taken.

this bike has an amazing

ah, a sensible man. thanks