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Friday, January 11, 2008

Lorna's VO mixte

I finally completed building up Lorna's mixte. The fork and frame were made for her by Ahren Rogers, under contract to Velo Orange, a company specializing in vintage French components and bicycles. It has an 8 speed, internal-geared Sturmey-Archer rear hub, 650b wheels, Honjo hammered aluminum fenders, a vintage Perle chainguard, T-A crankset, Paul centerpull brakes, and a Brooks saddle and bag. The handlebars are covered with laced-on elkhide, tough, yet soft to the touch. Our friends Eli and Lovina Hershberger, an Amish couple from Viroqua, made the basket. Pretty spiffy little bike, I think.

5 comments:

Velo Orange said...

Very nice job Gunnar. Bravo!

Alan said...

At a boy Gunnar. Nice bike by the way. I look forward to more posts.

Unknown said...

Sweet klunker. I wouldn't mind putting some miles on it.... And ya gotta love Sturmey-Archer hubs.

Anonymous said...

Hey, nice bike!

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