Showing posts with label chapman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chapman. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Even Yet Still Another Chapman Road Bike

Barbara must be really frakking tall.  Nice RS crown; no DT shifter bosses, but the proper 1010b dropouts almost cancel out the weird off-brand long-reach sidepull brakes. Bring me a renaissance of polished silver alloy on road bikes.  Still, I dig it--looks like an elegant custom road bike design.


Sunday, September 8, 2019

Chapman Vintage Style

This one is a little to goofy for me; I would have preferred to simply see the normal, raceworthy vintage Campag parts on there instead of all the dumb shit and of course polished not black.  I also would have gone with the proper water bottle on the seat tube and a pump peg, but those rear dropouts are on point.  And down tube shifter bosses.  Yes indeed.


Saturday, August 31, 2019

Chapman Cycles Road Bike: Ancient & Modern

Chapman road, 753, lugs, steel fork with what looks to be a flat crown, threaded headset, wicked heinous modern Campag bits, and no fucking disc brakes.  All we're missing are some downtube shifter bosses and 1010b dropouts; this bike is a smooth blending of the good with new, but the modern Campagnolo aesthetic is just so fucking wretched that it takes me right out of it.  9/10-speed was the pinnacle of looks and function for our Italian friends.