This blog is to bikes, what The Sartorialist is to fashion, only a little bit more tongue in cheek. The blog is a homage to Scott Schuman's one The Sartorialist, if you haven't checked it out do so: www.thesartorialist.com The plan. Hit the streets. Scope out bicycles that show a personal flair. The method is a Nikon D90 and 50mm 1:1.4G lens. The execution. Lots of background blur. Feel free to comment and identify any of the unknown bikes.
Friday, 14 October 2011
Hawk Tornado single speed conversion, Swanston St, Melbourne
It's an interesting way to convert a roadie to a single speed. Not how sure the rear D works as a chain tensioner. If anyone knows what the bolt on the front fork is for besides a pannier rack let me know.
The bolt on the the fork is a dynamo mounting for old school headlights. There is an L shaped bracket that bolts onto the fork and the dynamo slips on to it. Malvern Star used to have them on their forks in the 1970's (Superstars and Skidstars,etc.)
G'day,
ReplyDeleteThe bolt on the the fork is a dynamo mounting for old school headlights. There is an L shaped bracket that bolts onto the fork and the dynamo slips on to it. Malvern Star used to have them on their forks in the 1970's (Superstars and Skidstars,etc.)
Cheers for solving the mystery James and adding some valuable info to boot. Very much appreciated.
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