By blackmountaincycles,
Filed under: What's in the stand
Custom touring bike. That’s what’s in the stand. This one is a custom touring/rando frame from Palermo Cycles in Baltimore, MD. The owner started this a while back and in the mean time moved from the DC area to Marin, got married, had a kid, sent the kid to college – kidding about the last one, but up to then I was serious. Just had a kid this weekeend – congratulations Nathan and Meghan!
It built up very nice. Only one hiccup with the length of the front rack mount, but that was easily solved. The only thing I would change would be to use standard butyl tubes. The latex tubes air down too fast and for a long distance rider, you would need to pay closer attention to them to maintain proper air pressure. On to photos…
Bike’s built, on to the fender install.
The seatstay bridge is pretty neat and mimics the double plate look of the fork crown.
Racks next with a Nitto M18 that will be swapped for a Nitto Campee for touring.
There’s too much threaded rod from the M18 rack behind the fork so in its final form, there will be a spacer at the front to make this flush. The spacer will also tip the rack forward which will also make it level. Racks have to be level.
Nice dropouts and dropout detail.
Mud flap on front fender.
(What’s playing: Democracy Now! on KWMR)
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Turned out really nice. I saw the bike in the stand when I stopped into the shop to pick up a shirt and a few things. Reminded me of one of those Orange Cream popsicles.
Beautiful bike… Thanks for sharing.
Oh my.
Beautiful build. Wish I could work on these (other than my own that is). Love the painted to match fenders. Thanks alot for your informative post.
That is a sweet looking bicycle. Thanks for sharing it with us.
I wonder what kind of bicycle Amy Goodman rides.
what a beauty!
And I agree on the water bottle thoughts.
Awesome ride! What I do with the Nitto front racks is add one of those valve stem ferrules between rack and crown. They seem to be the perfect thickness. Look nice too. Then I trim the rod down and fit an acorn nut on the end or, if the brake hole is recessed trim it even more and use a recessed nut.
Sweet Ride. What kind of rims are those? MA-40's or something newer?
Rims are very much like a modern MA40, but slightly wider. They are H Plus Son rims, model TB14. Very nice rim and build up nicely.