Before:
and after:
Well here it is... Inspired by Patz's bike thread, the "Good enough vs. Perfection" Thread, and the "Before and after" thread, I slapped the nishiki together and it is great. Do I want to polish the aluminium rack and parts? Yes! Will I ever get around to it? Nope! Instead, I will set it in the sun and crank up the exposure on the camera 1 stop, and leave it at that.
I got some cyclocross treads in the 27x1 3/8 size, fenders, and mounted a spare 24 tooth chainring on the front crank to make it a triple. Put on a set of modolo bars and a cinelli stem, and went with a far more comfortable (but not really period correct) Avenir seat. Cork tape, and a little chain lube. Easy peezy!
Call er' done
