paradoxbox
Cruising
- Jul 14, 2010
- 19
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Hey all, first time poster, long time reader.
So, last year I bought myself an old school Bridgestone Roadman on yahoo auctions for around 8000yen or so. It was in decent shape, good chain, working derailleurs, not too ratty. It had a few small patches of surface rust on the rear frame from where it got scratched and nature took its toll on it.
Anyway, have been using it to putt around and now I finally decided to get the thing going. My eventual goal, is once the roadman's parts are completely upgraded, is to just switch out the frame for something more modern and decent.
Any advice would be appreciated on where I should go from here. Please keep in mind I'm a full time student who pays for his own tuition so I barely have any money. I use my bike to commute to school every day unless it's raining out (Basically Ueno to Shinjuku).
Here's what I have done so far:
New saddle
Campagnolo Khamsin wheels
Campagnolo Veloce 10 speed cassette/freehub/whatever it's called
Shimano Aero brake levers (Yeah not Campy, I know, they were cheap!)
New brake/shifter cables and housing
New brake pads
Fibre flare light
Panaracer slick tires with some cheap tubes
Plans for the near future:
New brakes (Any recommendations for this? I hate the super squishyness of my current ancient brakes)
New pedals, any suggestions? This will come right after brakes I think. Something lighter might be nice. Current pedals are steel.
Possibly new handlebars..Recommendations?
new shifters; are these useless with the old derailleur? it's an old ancient thing, bridgestone original. i just use the downtube shifters in friction mode now.
Stuff I'd like to do eventually, cash permitting:
Carbon forks
Repaint with rustoleum/tremclad type paint in flat black or white, then clearcoat it
new rear derailleur (Campagnolo), front deraileur and crankset.
So, last year I bought myself an old school Bridgestone Roadman on yahoo auctions for around 8000yen or so. It was in decent shape, good chain, working derailleurs, not too ratty. It had a few small patches of surface rust on the rear frame from where it got scratched and nature took its toll on it.
Anyway, have been using it to putt around and now I finally decided to get the thing going. My eventual goal, is once the roadman's parts are completely upgraded, is to just switch out the frame for something more modern and decent.
Any advice would be appreciated on where I should go from here. Please keep in mind I'm a full time student who pays for his own tuition so I barely have any money. I use my bike to commute to school every day unless it's raining out (Basically Ueno to Shinjuku).
Here's what I have done so far:
New saddle
Campagnolo Khamsin wheels
Campagnolo Veloce 10 speed cassette/freehub/whatever it's called
Shimano Aero brake levers (Yeah not Campy, I know, they were cheap!)
New brake/shifter cables and housing
New brake pads
Fibre flare light
Panaracer slick tires with some cheap tubes
Plans for the near future:
New brakes (Any recommendations for this? I hate the super squishyness of my current ancient brakes)
New pedals, any suggestions? This will come right after brakes I think. Something lighter might be nice. Current pedals are steel.
Possibly new handlebars..Recommendations?
new shifters; are these useless with the old derailleur? it's an old ancient thing, bridgestone original. i just use the downtube shifters in friction mode now.
Stuff I'd like to do eventually, cash permitting:
Carbon forks
Repaint with rustoleum/tremclad type paint in flat black or white, then clearcoat it
new rear derailleur (Campagnolo), front deraileur and crankset.